Fabrication and performance of maltitol-based polyester composite nanofiltration membrane
Loose nanofiltration membranes with excellent dye/salt selective separation are expected to fulfill the urgent need for dye/salt mixture separation in textile wastewater treatment.In this study,Maltitol with abundant hydroxyl groups was used as a novel aqueous monomer,and Maltitol/TMC loose nanofiltration membrane with high dye/salt selectivity and high water permeance was fabricated by interfacial polymerization(IP)with trimesoyl chloride(TMC)on the surface of polyethersulfone(PES)ultrafiltration membranes for the excellent separation of dye/salt mixed solutions.The performance of the membranes was optimized by adjusting the concentration of Maltitol,and the optimized membranes had water permeance of 800.1 L/(m2·h·MPa),with dyes rejection to 99.3%,95.1%and 97.2%for Congo red(CR),Direct red 23(DR 23)and Eriochrome black T(EBT),the rejection of Na2SO4 and NaCl were only 10.3%and 4.4%,respectively.The optimized membranes showed flux recovery ratio(FRR)of around 90%for all three dyes,and good long-term stability for the mixed salt/dye solutions.The new maltitol-based nanofiltration membrane has excellent application prospects in textile wastewater treatment.