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Water Purification and Biomineralization using Nanofibres-Based Membrane Technology


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1 Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India
 

Population of world and industrialization are increasing rapidly due to which the amount of fresh water is decreasing. There is a need to promote a novel costeffective technique to purify the contaminated water. Nanotechnology provides extraordinary nanomaterials with unique properties which can be used to purify the water. In this article the use of polymeric hybrid membranes is discussed. A novel high flux filtration hybrid membrane system, consisting of a three-layer composite with hierarchical structures, i.e. highly porous hydrophilic material coated top layer, an electrospun nanofibrous barrier layer in the middle; for support the bottom layer is made of nonwoven fibrous web to provide high tensile strength up to 40 MPa, more durability and high retention ratio.

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Hybrid Membrane, Electrospinning Technique, Nanomaterials, Porous Nanofibres.
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Authors

Manish Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India
Siddhant Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India
Samar Agnihotri
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India
Bharat Singh Rajpurohit
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India
Jaspreet Kaur Randhawa
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175 005, India

Abstract


Population of world and industrialization are increasing rapidly due to which the amount of fresh water is decreasing. There is a need to promote a novel costeffective technique to purify the contaminated water. Nanotechnology provides extraordinary nanomaterials with unique properties which can be used to purify the water. In this article the use of polymeric hybrid membranes is discussed. A novel high flux filtration hybrid membrane system, consisting of a three-layer composite with hierarchical structures, i.e. highly porous hydrophilic material coated top layer, an electrospun nanofibrous barrier layer in the middle; for support the bottom layer is made of nonwoven fibrous web to provide high tensile strength up to 40 MPa, more durability and high retention ratio.

Keywords


Hybrid Membrane, Electrospinning Technique, Nanomaterials, Porous Nanofibres.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv120%2Fi5%2F809-817