TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrolyte retention of supported bi-layered nanofiltration membranes
AU - de Lint, W.B. Samuel
AU - Zivkovic, Tijana
AU - Benes, Nieck E.
AU - Bouwmeester, Henny J.M.
AU - Blank, Dave H.A.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The electrolyte separation behaviour of a supported bi-layered ceramic membrane is investigated experimentally and the measured ion retentions
are compared with the predictions of a site-binding transport model with no adjustable parameters. Due to the difference in iso-electric point
between its two separating layers, the bi-layered system is expected to perform better over a large pH range compared with a membrane with only
one type of selective layer. The separating layers in the membrane are a microporous silica and a mesoporous -alumina (pore sizes of 0.8 and
2 nm, respectively) and their retention is studied for a binary electrolyte solution of NaCl at 1 mol/m3 for pH values between 4 and 10.
Because of its smaller pores and high charge, the silica layer mainly determines the membrane retention at neutral and alkaline pH, while the
-alumina layer has a significant impact on the NaCl retention at 4 < pH< 5. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental
data for Na+ at 4 < pH< 9 and for Cl− at the whole pH range. For a pH of 4, the predicted chloride retention is lower than the sodium retention
while the experimental data show the opposite effect.
© 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - The electrolyte separation behaviour of a supported bi-layered ceramic membrane is investigated experimentally and the measured ion retentions
are compared with the predictions of a site-binding transport model with no adjustable parameters. Due to the difference in iso-electric point
between its two separating layers, the bi-layered system is expected to perform better over a large pH range compared with a membrane with only
one type of selective layer. The separating layers in the membrane are a microporous silica and a mesoporous -alumina (pore sizes of 0.8 and
2 nm, respectively) and their retention is studied for a binary electrolyte solution of NaCl at 1 mol/m3 for pH values between 4 and 10.
Because of its smaller pores and high charge, the silica layer mainly determines the membrane retention at neutral and alkaline pH, while the
-alumina layer has a significant impact on the NaCl retention at 4 < pH< 5. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental
data for Na+ at 4 < pH< 9 and for Cl− at the whole pH range. For a pH of 4, the predicted chloride retention is lower than the sodium retention
while the experimental data show the opposite effect.
© 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.10.004
M3 - Article
VL - 277
SP - 18
EP - 27
JO - Journal of membrane science
JF - Journal of membrane science
SN - 0376-7388
IS - 1-2
ER -