Sustainable wastewater treatment by RO and hybrid organic polyamide membrane nanofiltration system for clean environment

R Saravanan; T Sathish; Kamal Sharma; A Venkateswara Rao; Ravishankar Sathyamurthy; Hitesh Panchal; Musaddak Maher Abdul Zahra

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139336

Sustainable wastewater treatment by RO and hybrid organic polyamide membrane nanofiltration system for clean environment

Chemosphere. 2023 Oct:337:139336. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139336. Epub 2023 Jun 26.

Authors

R Saravanan¹, T Sathish², Kamal Sharma³, A Venkateswara Rao⁴, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy⁵, Hitesh Panchal⁶, Musaddak Maher Abdul Zahra⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: sathish.sailer@gmail.com.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, GLA University, Mathura, India. Electronic address: kamal.sharma@gla.ac.in.
⁴ Advanced Functional Materials Research Centre, Department of Engineering Physics, College of Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Electronic address: avrtoavr@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India. Electronic address: raviannauniv23@gmail.com.
⁶ Mechanical Engineering Department, Government Engineering College Patan, Gujarat, India. Electronic address: engineerhitesh2000@gmail.com.
⁷ Computer Techniques Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah 51001, Iraq; Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Babylon, Hillah, Babil, Iraq. Electronic address: Iraqmusaddaqmahir@mustaqbal-college.edu.iq.

PMID: 37379991
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139336

Abstract

One of the environmental pollution is happened by the discharge of industrial wastewater that needs to be adequately filtered. Given that the effluent from the leather industry contains high levels of chromium, heavy metals, lipids, and Sulphur, it is one of the wastewater disposals that are most damaging. This experimental study focuses on reverse osmosis and hybrid organic polyimide membrane for nanofiltration for sustainable wastewater treatment. In the RO and organic polyamide Nano-porous membranes, a thin film of polyamide membrane was used for efficient filtration. Taguchi analysis optimized process parameters such as pressure, temperature, pH, and volume reduction factor. The outcome shows an 89% reduction in total wastewater hardness, an 88% reduction in sulfate, and an 89% efficiency reduction in COD. As a result, the proposed technology significantly increased filtration efficiency.

Keywords: Environmental; Nanofiltration; Sustainable; Thin film; Wastewater treatment.

MeSH terms

Filtration
Membranes, Artificial
Nylons
Osmosis
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Wastewater*
Water Purification*

Substances

Wastewater
Nylons
Membranes, Artificial