Role of Membrane Surface Charge and Complexation-Ultrafiltration for Heavy Metals Removal: A Mini Review

Authors

  • M. F. Hamid Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • N. Yusof Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • N. M. Ismail Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • M. A. Azali Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v24n1.170

Abstract

Membrane technology is a promising water purification unit operation from household use to industrial application owing to its simplicity of operation, efficient recovery and minimum need for chemical and space allocation. Due to that reason, study on the membrane applications have becoming more popular among scientific community nowadays and one of the applications is removal of heavy metal using ultrafiltration (UF). However, a stand-alone UF will be not able to carry out the removal of heavy metals effectively. Certain modification is required in order to enhance its rejection via unique facilitated mechanism. Thus in this review, role of surface charge interaction as well as the method of complexation-ultrafiltration were discussed.

Author Biographies

N. Yusof, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Senior Lecturer,

School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,

Faculty of Engineering,

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

N. M. Ismail, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Senior lecturer,

Faculty of Engineering,

Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

M. A. Azali, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Assistant Engineer,

Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), N29A, 81310, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

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2020-02-26

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Hamid, M. F., Yusof, N., Ismail, N. M., & Azali, M. A. (2020). Role of Membrane Surface Charge and Complexation-Ultrafiltration for Heavy Metals Removal: A Mini Review. Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v24n1.170

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