Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes

Recently, membrane surface patterning has attracted much attention as an innovative alternative to control membrane fouling that occurs with membrane filtration used in water and wastewater treatment. However, limited attention has been focused on patterned membranes with nano-scale features due to...

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Main Authors: Jang, Jun Hee, Lee, Jaewoo, Jung, Seon-Yeop, Choi, Dong-Chan, Won, Young-June, Ahn, Kyung Hyun, Park, Pyung-Kyu, Lee, Chung-Hak
Other Authors: Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-826782020-03-07T12:48:42Z Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes Jang, Jun Hee Lee, Jaewoo Jung, Seon-Yeop Choi, Dong-Chan Won, Young-June Ahn, Kyung Hyun Park, Pyung-Kyu Lee, Chung-Hak Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute Patterned membrane Nano-pattern Recently, membrane surface patterning has attracted much attention as an innovative alternative to control membrane fouling that occurs with membrane filtration used in water and wastewater treatment. However, limited attention has been focused on patterned membranes with nano-scale features due to their difficult fabrication. As a result, there is a lack of research on membrane fouling by particle deposition occurring with a wide range of pattern sizes. In this study, we prepared patterned membranes with nano-scale hexagonally packed arrays using nanoimprint lithography as well as micro-scale patterned membranes. Filtration tests were conducted using the membranes in cross-flow ultrafiltration to demonstrate the effect of the size ratio of particles to membrane patterns on fouling by particle deposition on the membrane surface. We found that particle deposition was most efficiently mitigated by the patterned membranes when the size ratio was approximately 3. On the other hand, when the size ratio was much smaller than 3, particle deposition was significant and was nearly as much as that of non-patterned membranes. In addition, when the size ratio was larger than 3, particle deposition increased with the increase in the size ratio. We explained the correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to membrane patterns in terms of shear stress near the surface of the membrane patterns using a computational fluid dynamics simulation technique. We anticipate that this study will provide a deeper understanding of the particle deposition phenomena in nano- and micro-patterned membrane filtration. 2017-05-09T08:45:51Z 2019-12-06T15:00:13Z 2017-05-09T08:45:51Z 2019-12-06T15:00:13Z 2015 2015 Journal Article Jang, J. H., Lee, J., Jung, S. -Y., Choi, D. -C., Won, Y. -J., Ahn, K. H., et al. (2015). Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membrane filtration systems. Separation and Purification Technology, 156, 608-616. 1383-5866 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82678 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42357 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.10.056 197461 en Separation and Purification Technology © 2015 Elsevier B. V. 9 p.
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
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language English
topic Patterned membrane
Nano-pattern
spellingShingle Patterned membrane
Nano-pattern
Jang, Jun Hee
Lee, Jaewoo
Jung, Seon-Yeop
Choi, Dong-Chan
Won, Young-June
Ahn, Kyung Hyun
Park, Pyung-Kyu
Lee, Chung-Hak
Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
description Recently, membrane surface patterning has attracted much attention as an innovative alternative to control membrane fouling that occurs with membrane filtration used in water and wastewater treatment. However, limited attention has been focused on patterned membranes with nano-scale features due to their difficult fabrication. As a result, there is a lack of research on membrane fouling by particle deposition occurring with a wide range of pattern sizes. In this study, we prepared patterned membranes with nano-scale hexagonally packed arrays using nanoimprint lithography as well as micro-scale patterned membranes. Filtration tests were conducted using the membranes in cross-flow ultrafiltration to demonstrate the effect of the size ratio of particles to membrane patterns on fouling by particle deposition on the membrane surface. We found that particle deposition was most efficiently mitigated by the patterned membranes when the size ratio was approximately 3. On the other hand, when the size ratio was much smaller than 3, particle deposition was significant and was nearly as much as that of non-patterned membranes. In addition, when the size ratio was larger than 3, particle deposition increased with the increase in the size ratio. We explained the correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to membrane patterns in terms of shear stress near the surface of the membrane patterns using a computational fluid dynamics simulation technique. We anticipate that this study will provide a deeper understanding of the particle deposition phenomena in nano- and micro-patterned membrane filtration.
author2 Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
author_facet Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
Jang, Jun Hee
Lee, Jaewoo
Jung, Seon-Yeop
Choi, Dong-Chan
Won, Young-June
Ahn, Kyung Hyun
Park, Pyung-Kyu
Lee, Chung-Hak
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author Jang, Jun Hee
Lee, Jaewoo
Jung, Seon-Yeop
Choi, Dong-Chan
Won, Young-June
Ahn, Kyung Hyun
Park, Pyung-Kyu
Lee, Chung-Hak
author_sort Jang, Jun Hee
title Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
title_short Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
title_full Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
title_fullStr Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
title_sort correlation between particle deposition and the size ratio of particles to patterns in nano- and micro-patterned membranes
publishDate 2017
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82678
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