PMID- 33348767
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201228
IS  - 2077-0375 (Print)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Electronic)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 12
DP  - 2020 Dec 17
TI  - Carbon Nanotubes-Sponge Modified Electro Membrane Bioreactor (EMBR) and Their 
      Prospects for Wastewater Treatment Applications.
LID - 10.3390/membranes10120433 [doi]
LID - 433
AB  - A novel membrane bioreactor system utilizes Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 
      (MWCNTs) coated polyurethane sponge (PUs), an electrical field, and a 
      nanocomposite membrane has been successfully designed to diminish membrane with 
      fouling caused by activated sludge. The classical phase inversion was harnessed 
      to prepare Zinc Oxide/Polyphenylsulfone (ZnO/PPSU) nanocomposite membranes using 
      1.5 g of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs). The prepared nanocomposite membrane surface was 
      fully characterized by a series of experimental tools, e.g., Scanning electron 
      microscope (SEM), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact angle (CA), pore size, 
      and pore size distribution. The testing procedure was performed through an 
      Activated Sludge-Membrane Bioreactor (ASMBR) as a reference and results were 
      compared with those obtained with nanotubes coated sponge-MBR (NSMBR) and 
      nanotubes coated sponge-MBR in the presence of an electrical field (ENSMBR) 
      system. Observed fouling reduction of the membrane has improved significantly 
      and, thus, the overall long-term was increased by 190% compared with the control 
      ASMBR configuration. The experimental results showcased that sponge-carbon 
      nanotubes (CNTs) were capable of adsorbing activated sludge and other 
      contaminants to minimize the membrane fouling. At a dosage of 0.3 mg/mL CNT and 2 
      mg/mL of SDBS, the sponge-CNT was capable of eliminating nitrogen and phosphorus 
      by 81% and >90%, respectively.
FAU - Almusawy, Ali M
AU  - Almusawy AM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0870-2635
AD  - Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Alsinaa Street 52, 
      Baghdad 10066, Iraq.
FAU - Al-Anbari, Riyad H
AU  - Al-Anbari RH
AD  - Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Alsinaa Street 52, 
      Baghdad 10066, Iraq.
FAU - Alsalhy, Qusay F
AU  - Alsalhy QF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0495-1300
AD  - Membrane Technology Research Unit, Chemical Engineering Department, University of 
      Technology, Alsinaa Street 52, Baghdad 10066, Iraq.
FAU - Al-Najar, Arshed Imad
AU  - Al-Najar AI
AD  - Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Alsinaa Street 52, 
      Baghdad 10066, Iraq.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201217
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Membranes (Basel)
JT  - Membranes
JID - 101577807
PMC - PMC7766409
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - carbon nanotube
OT  - electrochemistry
OT  - membrane bioreactor
OT  - membrane fouling
OT  - wastewater
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/12/23 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/23 06:01
PMCR- 2020/12/17
CRDT- 2020/12/22 01:04
PHST- 2020/11/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/12/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/12/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/22 01:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - membranes10120433 [pii]
AID - membranes-10-00433 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/membranes10120433 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Membranes (Basel). 2020 Dec 17;10(12):433. doi: 10.3390/membranes10120433.