Understanding membrane fouling by oil-in-water emulsion via experiments and molecular dynamics simulations

• Main Authors: Tanis-Kanbur, Melike Begum, Velioğlu, Sadiye, Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Hu, Xiao, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Membrane Fouling; Oil-in-water Emulsion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139172
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Membrane-based filtration is promising for the treatment of oily wastewater with stable micron-sized oil droplets, but is unfortunately limited by the inevitable membrane fouling phenomenon. To advance the understanding on membrane fouling by oil emulsion, this study made use of the direct observati...