The impact of additives and dope composition on hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane for pure water permeability

Selvam Karuppasamy; Kalpesh Sundarmurthy; Suresh Krishnan; Saravanan Sundaram; Sofiya Karunanithi; Esakki Muthu Sankaran; Shine Kadaikunnan; Jamal M. Khaled

doi:10.1515/zpch-2024-0939

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The impact of additives and dope composition on hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane for pure water permeability

Selvam Karuppasamy , Kalpesh Sundarmurthy , Suresh Krishnan , Saravanan Sundaram , Sofiya Karunanithi , Esakki Muthu Sankaran , Shine Kadaikunnan and Jamal M. Khaled

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From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 239 Issue 8

Abstract

In the current work, a dry-jet wet spinning process was used for preparing the polysulfone (PS) polymer hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane. The polysulfone (PS) polymer was prepared by phase inversion technique with two distinct additives: glycerol and polyethylene glycol (PEG). The HF membranes were characterized and their performance was compared for pure water permeability (PWP). While characterizing, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis on the internal section and cross-sectional area of membranes exhibited thin finger-like structures and thick sponge-like structures, respectively. With aid of an atomic force microscopic (AFM), the average surface roughness (Ra) of extruded HF membranes was found to be 61.253 nm and 81.086 nm, respectively for the membranes prepared using glycerol and PEG as additives Wettability studies revealed that the both membranes were hydrophilic. Further, they subjected to ascertained for the average pore size, surface porosity, stretch length, and breakage load. In addition, an investigation through X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis exhibited that the acquired fibers were amorphous. The results of these findings showed that an increase in pressure caused a rise in water flow. Though PEG-supported HF membrane was an additive that has been shown to provide a greater water flux than glycerol additive HF, its structural stability suggests that it might be employed for higher pressure applications to satisfy the necessary demand for water processing.

Keywords: polysulfone; additives; hollow fiber membranes; phase inversion; polyethylene glycol; glycerol

Corresponding author: Esakki Muthu Sankaran, Centre for Material Science, Department of Physics, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641021, India, E-mail: sem.mphilfi6@gmail.com

Funding source: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Award Identifier / Grant number: RSPD2024R679

Acknowledgments

The authors express their sincere appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD2024R679), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Author contributions: All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Research funding: The Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD2024R679), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Data availability: All the data used in the manuscript are within the manuscript.

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Received: 2024-05-27

Accepted: 2024-11-04

Published Online: 2024-11-26

Published in Print: 2025-08-26

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