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Preparation, Characterization, and Performance Evaluation of Polysulfone Hollow Fiber Membrane with PEBAX or PDMS Coating for Oxygen Enhancement Process.

Authors :
Chong, Kok Chung
Lai, Soon Onn
Lau, Woei Jye
Thiam, Hui San
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Roslan, Rosyiela Azwa
Source :
Polymers (20734360); Feb2018, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p126, 13p, 1 Color Photograph, 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 1 Graph
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Air pollution is a widely discussed topic amongst the academic and industrial spheres as it can bring adverse effects to human health and economic loss. As humans spend most of their time at the office and at home, good indoor air quality with enriched oxygen concentration is particularly important. In this study, polysulfone (PSF) hollow fiber membranes fabricated by dry-jet wet phase inversion method were coated by a layer of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) or poly(ether block amide) (PEBAX) at different concentrations and used to evaluate their performance in gas separation for oxygen enrichment. The surface-coated membranes were characterized using SEM and EDX to determine the coating layer thickness and surface chemical properties, respectively. Results from the gas permeation study revealed that the PSF membrane coated with PDMS offered higher permeance and selectivity compared to the membrane coated with PEBAX. The best performing PDMS-coated membrane demonstrated oxygen and nitrogen gas permeance of 18.31 and 4.01 GPU, respectively with oxygen/nitrogen selectivity of 4.56. Meanwhile, the PEBAX-coated membrane only showed 12.23 and 3.11 GPU for oxygen and nitrogen gas, respectively with a selectivity of 3.94. It can be concluded the PDMS coating is more promising for PSF hollow fiber membrane compared to the PEBAX coating for the oxygen enrichment process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20734360
Volume :
10
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Polymers (20734360)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
128249320
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10020126