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Thin Film Biocomposite Membrane for Forward Osmosis Supported by Eggshell Membrane.

ABSTRACT: There is a general drive to adopt highly porous and less tortuous supports for forward osmosis (FO) membranes to reduce internal concentration polarization (ICP), which regulates the osmotic water permeation. As an abundant waste material, eggshell membrane (ESM) has a highly porous and fibrous structure that meets the requirements for FO membrane substrates. In this study, a polyamide-based biocomposite FO membrane was fabricated by exploiting ESM as a membrane support. The polyamide layer was deposited by the interfacial polymerization technique and the composite membrane exhibited osmotically driven water flux. Further, biocomposite FO membranes were developed by surface coating with GO for stable formation of the polyamide layer. Finally, the osmotic water flux of the eggshell composite membrane with a low structural parameter (~138 µm) reached 46.19 L m-2 h-1 in FO mode using 2 M NaCl draw solution.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC8879599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

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Thin Film Biocomposite Membrane for Forward Osmosis Supported by Eggshell Membrane.

Kim Teayeop T Park Sunho S Lee Yoonkyung Y Kim Jangho J Kim Kyunghoon K

Membranes 20220130 2

There is a general drive to adopt highly porous and less tortuous supports for forward osmosis (FO) membranes to reduce internal concentration polarization (ICP), which regulates the osmotic water permeation. As an abundant waste material, eggshell membrane (ESM) has a highly porous and fibrous structure that meets the requirements for FO membrane substrates. In this study, a polyamide-based biocomposite FO membrane was fabricated by exploiting ESM as a membrane support. The polyamide layer was ...[more]

PMID: 35207088

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