Norfarhana A S, Ilyas R A, Ngadi N, Sharma Shubham, Sayed Mohamed Mahmoud, El-Shafay A S, Nordin A H
School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Department of Petrochemical Engineering, Politeknik Tun Syed Nasir Syed Ismail, Pagoh Education Hub, Pagoh Muar 84600, Johor, Malaysia.
Polymers (Basel). 2022 Jun 15;14(12):2432. doi: 10.3390/polym14122432.
Membrane separation processes are prevalent in industrial wastewater treatment because they are more effective than conventional methods at addressing global water issues. Consequently, the ideal membranes with high mechanical strength, thermal characteristics, flux, permeability, porosity, and solute removal capacity must be prepared to aid in the separation process for wastewater treatment. Rubber-based membranes have shown the potential for high mechanical properties in water separation processes to date. In addition, the excellent sustainable practice of natural fibers has attracted great attention from industrial players and researchers for the exploitation of polymer composite membranes to improve the balance between the environment and social and economic concerns. The incorporation of natural fiber in thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) as filler and pore former agent enhances the mechanical properties, and high separation efficiency characteristics of membrane composites are discussed. Furthermore, recent advancements in the fabrication technique of porous membranes affected the membrane's structure, and the performance of wastewater treatment applications is reviewed.
膜分离工艺在工业废水处理中很常见，因为在解决全球水问题方面，它们比传统方法更有效。因此，必须制备具有高机械强度、热特性、通量、渗透率、孔隙率和溶质去除能力的理想膜，以辅助废水处理的分离过程。迄今为止，橡胶基膜在水分离过程中已显示出具有高机械性能的潜力。此外，天然纤维出色的可持续利用实践引起了行业参与者和研究人员的极大关注，他们致力于开发聚合物复合膜，以改善环境与社会和经济问题之间的平衡。讨论了将天然纤维作为填料和成孔剂加入热塑性弹性体（TPE）中如何增强膜复合材料的机械性能以及提高其分离效率。此外，还综述了多孔膜制造技术的最新进展对膜结构的影响以及废水处理应用的性能。
