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Cigarette butt waste as material for phase inverted membrane fabrication used for oil/water emulsion separation
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Document Title
Cigarette butt waste as material for phase inverted membrane fabrication used for oil/water emulsion separation
Author
Doyan A.,Leong C.L.,Bilad M.R.,Kurnia K.A.,Susilawati S.,Prayogi S.,Narkkun T.,Faungnawakij K.
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University of Mataram, Jl. Majapahit No. 62, Mataram, 83125, Indonesia; Physics Education, FKIP, University of Mataram, Jl. Majapahit No. 62, Mataram, 83125, Indonesia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610, Malaysia; Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika (UNDIKMA), Jl. Pemuda No. 59A, Mataram, 83126, Indonesia; Faculty of Integrated Technologies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia; National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 111 Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand
Type
Article
Source Title
Polymers
ISSN
20734360
Year
2021
Volume
13
Issue
12
Open Access
All Open Access, Gold, Green
Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI
10.3390/polym13121907
Abstract
The increasing rate of oil and gas production has contributed to a release of oil/water emulsion or mixtures to the environment, becoming a pressing issue. At the same time, pollution of the toxic cigarette butt has also become a growing concern. This study explored utilization of cigarette butt waste as a source of cellulose acetate-based (CA) polymer to develop a phase inverted membrane for treatment of oil/water emulsion and compare it with commercial polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) and polysulfone (PSF). Results show that the CA-based membrane from waste cigarette butt offers an eco-friendly material without compromising the separation efficiency, with a pore size range suitable for oil/water emulsion filtration with the rejection of >94.0%. The CA membrane poses good structural property similar to the established PVDF and PSF membranes with equally asymmetric morphology. It also poses hydrophilicity properties with a contact angle of 74.5◦, lower than both PVDF and PSF membranes. The pore size of CA demonstrates that the CA is within the microfiltration range with a mean flow pore size of 0.17 µm. The developed CA membrane shows a promising oil/water emulsion permeability of 180 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 after five filtration cycles. However, it still suffers a high degree of irreversible fouling (>90.0%), suggesting potential future improvements in terms of membrane fouling management. Overall, this study demonstrates a sustainable approach to addressing oil/water emulsion pollution treated CA membrane from cigarette butt waste. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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CC BY
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