Extraction of lignosulfonate using TOA-kerosene-PVDF in supported liquid membrane process

• Main Authors: Xian, Chen Ke, Othman, Norasikin, Harruddin, Norlisa, Nasruddin, Nur Alina, Ooi, Zing Yi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52835/1/ChenKeXian2014_Extractionoflignosulfonate.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52835/; https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v67.2737
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Lignosulfonate is a major byproduct from the sulphite pulping process which is the most abundant biopolymer and largely unused. Although lignosulfonate is nontoxic, it impacts brownish black colour to water and makes the water unsuitable for reuse. However, lignosulfonate have a wide range applicati...