Complex organic matter causes severe fouling when membranes are applied for shale gas wastewater (SGW) treatment. This study reports the grafting of a zwitterionic polymer brush consisting of poly (sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) onto the surface of a commercial nanofiltration (NF) membrane via electron transferatom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET-ATRP) to achieve anti-fouling property, especially against organic foulants. Compared to the pristine NF membranes, the PSBMA-grafted NF membrane showed high performance when challenged by SGW as a feed stream: (1) The flux stability was significantly improved during long-term operation, with a 64.28% increase in flux normalization at 50% recovery rate of SGW, while maintaining a suitable initial flux and near constant ion removal rate; (2) Based on excitation-emission-matrix spectra integrated in the fluorescence region, the removal of protein-like organic matters and humus-like organic matters increased by 34% and 16.5%, respectively; (3) The XDLVO theory supports the hypothesis that the hydrophobic interactions between the membrane surface and organic foulants were reduced by enhancing the Lewis acid-base interaction energy. The proposed anti-fouling zwitterionic membranes has potential in industrial application for the on-site reuse of SGW.

Facile preparation of antifouling nanofiltration membrane by grafting zwitterions for reuse of shale gas wastewater / Hu, Minli; Wu, Qidong; Chen, Chen; Liang, Songmiao; Liu, Yuanhui; Bai, Yuhua; Tiraferri, Alberto; Liu, Baicang. - In: SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 1383-5866. - 276:(2021), p. 119310. [10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119310]

Facile preparation of antifouling nanofiltration membrane by grafting zwitterions for reuse of shale gas wastewater

Tiraferri, Alberto;
2021

Abstract

Complex organic matter causes severe fouling when membranes are applied for shale gas wastewater (SGW) treatment. This study reports the grafting of a zwitterionic polymer brush consisting of poly (sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) onto the surface of a commercial nanofiltration (NF) membrane via electron transferatom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET-ATRP) to achieve anti-fouling property, especially against organic foulants. Compared to the pristine NF membranes, the PSBMA-grafted NF membrane showed high performance when challenged by SGW as a feed stream: (1) The flux stability was significantly improved during long-term operation, with a 64.28% increase in flux normalization at 50% recovery rate of SGW, while maintaining a suitable initial flux and near constant ion removal rate; (2) Based on excitation-emission-matrix spectra integrated in the fluorescence region, the removal of protein-like organic matters and humus-like organic matters increased by 34% and 16.5%, respectively; (3) The XDLVO theory supports the hypothesis that the hydrophobic interactions between the membrane surface and organic foulants were reduced by enhancing the Lewis acid-base interaction energy. The proposed anti-fouling zwitterionic membranes has potential in industrial application for the on-site reuse of SGW.
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