Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes

Wang, Kui; Abdalla, Ahmed A.; Khaleel, Mohammad A.; Hilal, Nidal; Khraisheh, Marwan K.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.032

Title: Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes

Abstract

Applications of membrane technology in water desalination and wastewater treatment have increased significantly in the past fewdecades due to itsmany advantages over otherwater treatment technologies.Water treatment membranes provide high flux and contaminant rejection ability and require good mechanical strength and durability. Thus, assessing the mechanical properties of water treatment membranes is critical not only to their design, but also for studying their failure mechanisms, including the surface damage, mechanical and chemical ageing, delamination and loss of dimensional stability of the membranes. The various experimental techniques to assess themechanical properties ofwastewater treatment and desalinationmembranes are reviewed. Uniaxial tensile test, bending test, dynamic mechanical analysis, nanoindentation and bursting tests are the most widely used mechanical characterization methods for water treatment membranes. Mechanical degradations induced by fouling, chemical cleaning as well as membrane delamination are then discussed. Moreover, in order to study the membranesmechanical responses under similar loading conditions, the stress-state of the membranes are analyzed and advanced mechanical testing approaches are proposed. Lastly, some perspectives are highlighted to study the structure-properties relationship for wastewater treatment and water desalination membranes.

Authors:

Wang, Kui ^[1]; Abdalla, Ahmed A. ^[2]; Khaleel, Mohammad A. ^[3];

^[4];

^[1]

Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ., (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha (Qatar). Qatar Environment and Energy Research Inst. (QEERI)
Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ., (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha (Qatar). Qatar Environment and Energy Research Inst. (QEERI); Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ., (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Doha (Qatar). College of Science and Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Swansea Univ., Swansea (United Kingdom). College of Engineering, Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1399402

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Desalination

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 401; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0011-9164

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; Membrane; Wastewater treatment; Desalination; Stress state; Mechanical characterization; Mechanical properties

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                    Wang, Kui, Abdalla, Ahmed A., Khaleel, Mohammad A., Hilal, Nidal, and Khraisheh, Marwan K. Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Wang, Kui, Abdalla, Ahmed A., Khaleel, Mohammad A., Hilal, Nidal, & Khraisheh, Marwan K. Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.032

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                    Wang, Kui, Abdalla, Ahmed A., Khaleel, Mohammad A., Hilal, Nidal, and Khraisheh, Marwan K. Thu .  
"Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.032.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399402.

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  author       = {Wang, Kui and Abdalla, Ahmed A. and Khaleel, Mohammad A. and Hilal, Nidal and Khraisheh, Marwan K.},

  abstractNote = {Applications of membrane technology in water desalination and wastewater treatment have increased significantly in the past fewdecades due to itsmany advantages over otherwater treatment technologies.Water treatment membranes provide high flux and contaminant rejection ability and require good mechanical strength and durability. Thus, assessing the mechanical properties of water treatment membranes is critical not only to their design, but also for studying their failure mechanisms, including the surface damage, mechanical and chemical ageing, delamination and loss of dimensional stability of the membranes. The various experimental techniques to assess themechanical properties ofwastewater treatment and desalinationmembranes are reviewed. Uniaxial tensile test, bending test, dynamic mechanical analysis, nanoindentation and bursting tests are the most widely used mechanical characterization methods for water treatment membranes. Mechanical degradations induced by fouling, chemical cleaning as well as membrane delamination are then discussed. Moreover, in order to study the membranesmechanical responses under similar loading conditions, the stress-state of the membranes are analyzed and advanced mechanical testing approaches are proposed. Lastly, some perspectives are highlighted to study the structure-properties relationship for wastewater treatment and water desalination membranes.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.032},

  journal      = {Desalination},

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  volume       = 401,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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