Zeolite) for ammonium and sulfide ions removal from Sour water

Marwa Abdel Fattah, Chemical Engineering Department, Menoufia Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Egypt.Follow
Marwa S. Shalaby, Chemical Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Moustapha S. Mansour, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Ahmed Badr Eldin, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, El-Minya University, El-Minya, Egypt
Ibrahim Ismail Ibrahim, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, El-Minya University, El-Minya, Egypt
Heba Abdallah, Chemical Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Corresponding Author

Marwa Abdelfattah

Subject Area

Chemical Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

The viability of human life depends heavily on the accessibility of clean water, not only for personal use but also to support various industrial, agricultural, and industrialrelated activities. Composite membranes were prepared using polyethersulfone (PES) with zeolite and clay. The membranes were fully characterized. Membrane performances were tested using sodium sulfide with a concentration of 0.365 g/l and ammonium chloride with a concentration of 0.148 g/l to study the effect of prepared composite membranes on the treatment of sour water. The membrane's mechanical properties were tested and M3 has the greatest tensile strength of 64 MPa with an elongation of 31.7%. M3 provides good membrane performance where the removal percentage of sodium sulfide reached 80.6% and the permeate flux reached 231.2 LMH. Also, M3 exhibits good results in ammonium chloride removal where the percentage of removal attained 75.7% and permeate flux reached 92.5LMH. the results indicate that the addition of Zeolite in the polymeric mixture enhances the dense top layer of the membrane, while the addition of clay enhances the membrane hydrophilicity.

Keywords

Composite membrane; polyethersulfone; nano- Zeolite; sour water; ammonium ion; sulfide ion

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Recommended Citation

Fattah, Marwa Abdel; Shalaby, Marwa S.; Mansour, Moustapha S.; Eldin, Ahmed Badr; Ibrahim, Ibrahim Ismail; and Abdallah, Heba (2023) "Novel composite membrane(PES/Clay/Zeolite) for ammonium and sulfide ions removal from Sour water," Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 49 : Iss. 1 , Article 2.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.58491/2735-4202.3117

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