I am working on flat sheet PVDF membrane functionalized with different nanoparticles. I would like to test the modified flat sheet membranes for mitigation of biofouling in MBR for wastewater treatment. However, having difficulty in making the flat sheet membrane module and fixing the modified membrane on it. I will be grateful if someone shares the experience on making flat sheet membrane module or supplier contact.
Many thanks,
HARSHAD
Are you planning to use the membranes in a spiral wound housing or in a simple stirred cell system?
Sterlitech would be a good supplier:
http://www.sterlitech.com/1812-spiral-wound-elements.html
here are some options for stirred-cell housing :
http://www.sterlitech.com/stirred-cells.html
The simplest membrane module to fabricate at lab or industrial is scale is flat sheet membrane. Primarily you need to decide the membrane material and select appropriate solvent ... For instance if you want to use polymeric membrane ... dissolve the polymer and cast on flat glass plate using doctors knife or a casting with predetermined thickness ... Depending the structure of the membrane required, various types of phase inversion methods can be used.
Dr Lade,
The design (in fair detail) of an experimental flat-sheet module for MBR studies is included in our recent study
S.I. Patsios et al. / Journal of Membrane Science 482 (2015) 13–24
We could also assist you in fabricating this or any other type of module.
Usually is need to couple two membrane with a drainage sheet between them. So you can connect suction pump to the drainage sheet.
However i have not experience how to couple different layer.
I also suggest you to take a look here:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586614000495
For our work, we took it as a good example for the construction of module. More particularly, we faced two flat sheet modules with a distance of about 2 cm and with a controlled but continue air scouring from the bottom of these. The structure well supported our purposes (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852416314602).
Thank you Anastasios J. Karabelas and Carlo Salerno for flat sheet membrane module suggestion. Thank you all the researchers for sharing the experience.
What is the likelihood of me making this membrane locally because I need flat sheet to work on, any advice and guide please. I can be reached on [email protected].
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