Open AccessInfluence of Different Carriers in Polymer Inclusion Membranes for Desalination of Seawater
Author(s) -
Muhammad Cholid Djunaidi,
Pardoyo Pardoyo,
Tri Wahyuni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2020.22636
Subject(s) - chemistry , cellulose triacetate , membrane , tributyl phosphate , seawater , distilled water , chloride , aliquat 336 , nuclear chemistry , desalination , chromatography , organic chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , biochemistry , oceanography , solvent extraction , geology
Desalination of seawater using various polymer inclusion membranes was carried out. Polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) is known tohave the highest stability, able to overcome liquid membrane instability and was placed in between two phases: the source phase isseawater and the receiving phase is the micro-filtered water. Determination of salinity levels in the feed phase and the receiving phase wascarried out using a salinity meter, while membrane characterization was done using FTIR and SEM techniques. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)based PIM membranes were prepared using different single and mixed synergtic carriers ratio of 1:1 viz. dibutyl ether, methyltrioctylammoniumchloride (Aliquat 336), di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phosphate (D2EHPA), thenoyl trifluoroacetone (HTTA), tributyl phosphate(TBP) and eugenol (PE). The results showed the salinity value for single HTTA carriers had a greater salinity value in comparison to mixedcarriers (HTTA:TBP; HTTA:Aliquat; D2EHPA:TBP; and D2EHPA:Aliquat) gave different salinity value towards the desalination process.