Sustainable Membrane Technology for Energy, Water, and Environment

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Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is a Professor in the Faculty of Petroleum and Renewable Energy Engineering, and founder and head of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Currently he is the Dean of Research for the Materials and Manufacturing Research Alliance, UTM. He is the Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia. Prof. Ismail is the Co-Editor of Desalination, the International Journal on the Science and Technology of Desalting and Water Purification. Prof. Ismail has published more than 200 papers in referred journals and more than 10 book chapters. Takeshi Matsuura is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at UTM and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a former member of the National Research Council of Canada. Prof. Matsuura is one of the prominent scientists in membrane science and technology for his enormous contributions in the field. He is one of the pioneers of nanofiber membrane applications for water treatment. His work has inspired an entire generation of membrane scientists and process engineers to apply fundamental scientific engineering principles in order to develop and deploy fouling and scaling monitoring and prevention methods. Prof. Matsuura has published over 350 papers in refereed journals.

FOREWORD ix PREFACE xi CONTRIBUTORS xv PART I MEMBRANE MATERIAL AND MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT 1 1 Spinning Effect of Polyethersulfone Hollow Fiber Membrane Prepared by Water or Polyvinylpyrrolidone in Ternary Formulation 3 Nurmin Bolong, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, and Mohd Razman Salim 2 Effect of Inorganic Particle on the Performance of Polyethersulfone-Cellulose Acetate Ultrafi ltration Membranes 11 Gangasalam Arthanareeswaran and Radhe Shyam Thakur 3 Characterizations of Newly Developed Bacterial CelluloseChitosan Membrane with Pyrroline 29 Siti Nur Hidayah Mohamad, Norhayati Pae, Abdul Halim Mohammad Yusof, and Ida Idayu Muhamad 4 Effect of Posttreatment to Enhance the Performance of Nanofi ltration Asymmetric Membrane in Atrazine-Herbicide Removing Process 41 Noraaini Ali, Nurbaiti Abdul Hanid, Asmadi Ali, Ahmad Jusoh, and Marinah Ariffin 5 Polyacrylonitrile Nanofi ber Assembled by Electrospinning: Effect of Dope Concentrations on the Structural and Pore Characterizations 51 Agung Mataram, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, and Takeshi Matsuura PART II APPLICATIONS IN GAS AND VAPOR TREATMENT 59 6 Polymer Structures and Carbon Dioxide Permeation Properties in Polymer Membranes 61 Shinji Kanehashi, Shuichi Sato, and Kazukiyo Nagai 7 Gas Permeability and Electrical Properties of 6FDA-Based Polyimide Membranes 75 Shuichi Sato, Sou Miyata, Shinji Kanehashi, and Kazukiyo Nagai 8 Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes for Gas Separation 87 Ghader Khanbabaei, Jamal Aalaei, and Ali Rahmatpour 9 Preparation of Perovskite Titania Ceramic Membrane by Sol-Gel Method 95 Abdul Latif Ahmad, Sani N. A. Abdullah, and Sharif Hussein Sharif Zein PART III APPLICATIONS IN WATER TREATMENT 105 10 Fouling Characteristics and Cleaning Strategies of a PVDF Tubular Ultrafi ltration Membrane in Natural Rubber Skim Latex Concentration Process 107 Devaraj Veerasamy and Zairossani Mohd Nor 11 Removal of Diethanolamine (DEA) from Wastewater Using Membrane Separation Processes 123 Binyam Seyoum, Hilmi Mukhtar, and Kok Keong Lau 12 The Effect of Chitosan Membrane Preparation Parameters on Removal of Copper Ions 143 Azadeh Ghaee, Mojtaba Shariaty-Niassar, and Jalal Barzin 13 Analysis of Fouling and Flux Behavior in Cross-Flow Microfi ltration of Nonalcoholic Beer by Ceramic Membrane 157 Mehdi Yazdanshenas, Seyyed Ali Reza Tabatabaei Nejad, Mohammad Soltanieh, and Luc Fillaudeau 14 Comparison and Upgrading of Wastewater Treatment Plants for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse by Means of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology 169 Mahdi Khosravi, Gagik Badalians Gholikandi, and Hamid Reza Tashaouei PART IV APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENT 179 15 Surface Treatment and Characterization of Polypropylene Hollow Fibers by Sol-Gel Method for Liquid Phase Microextraction 181 Mohd Marsin Sanagi, Yanuardi Raharjo, Wan Aini Wan Ibrahim, Ahmedy Abu Naim, Syairah Salleh, and Mazidatulakmam Miskam 16 Effect of Different Additives on the Properties and Performance of Porous Polysulfone Hollow Fiber Membranes for CO2 Absorption 191 Amir Mansourizadeh, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, and Mohammad Ali Aroon 17 Absorption of Carbon Dioxide through Flat-Sheet Membranes Using Various Aqueous Liquid Absorbents 203 Abdul Latif Ahmad, Sunarti Abd Rahman, and W. James Noel Fernando 18 Preparation and Characterization of W/O Emulsion Liquid Membrane Containing Diethanolamine (DEA) for Carbon Dioxide Separation from Gas Mixtures 211 Khairul Sozana Nor Kamarudin and Inamullah Bhatti 19 Removal of Dyes from Liquid Waste Solution: Study on Liquid Membrane Component Selection and Stability 221 Norasikin Othman, Norlisa Mili, Ani Idris, and Siti Nazrah Zailani PART V APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY 231 20 Modeling and Analysis of Solar-Powered Membrane Distillation Unit for Seawater Desalination 233 Fawzi Banat and Mohammed Al-Jarrah 21 Polystyrene Ionomers Functionalized with Partially Fluorinated Short Side-Chain Sulfonic Acid for Fuel Cell Membrane Applications 243 Ying Chang and Chulsu