Predicting kinetics of water-rich permeate flux through photocatalytic mesh under visible light illumination.

ABSTRACT: Membrane-based separation technologies are attractive to remediating unconventional water sources, including brackish, industrial, and municipal wastewater, due to their versatility and relatively high energy efficiency. However, membrane fouling by dissolved or suspended organic substances remains a primary challenge which can result in an irreversible decline of the permeate flux. To overcome this, membranes have been incorporated with photocatalytic materials that can degrade these organic substances deposited on the surface upon light illumination. While such photocatalytic membranes have demonstrated that they can recover their inherent permeability, less information is known about the effect of photocatalysis on the kinetics of the permeate flux. In this work, a photocatalytic mesh t

SUBMITTER: Shrestha B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature