RT Journal Article
T1 Comparison of two different UV-grafted nanofiltration membranes prepared for reduction of humic acid fouling using acrylic acid and N-vinylpyrrolidone
A1 Abu Seman, M. N.
A1 Khayet Souhaimi, Mohamed
A1 Hilal, N.
AB UV-photografting using two different monomers, acrylic acid and N-vinylpyrrolidone, with different concentrations in an aqueous solution and various irradiation times were studied. Irreversible fouling of both the un-grafted polyethersulfone and the UV-grafted membranes have been studied using humic acid model solutions at two different pH values; 7 and 3. It was observed that the UV-grafted membranes exhibited practically less tendency to be irreversibly fouled by humic acid molecules at pH 7. However at the acidic condition of pH 3, some membranes exhibited a higher degree of fouling more than the un-grafted membrane, especially for membranes with higher roughness values. The smaller pore size generated after UV-grafting of polyethersulfone membrane did not significantly affect humic acid removal due to the larger humic acid molecular size.
PB Elsevier Science Bv
SN 0011-9164
YR 2012
FD 2012-02-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44254
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44254
LA eng
NO © 2010 Elsevier B.V. We would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for supporting Mazrul Abu Seman's study. M. Khayet is thankful to the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) for the grant.
NO Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
NO University Complutense of Madrid (UCM)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 dic 2025