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- Title
3D Printed and Conventional Membranes—A Review.
- Authors
Thiam, Baye Gueye; El Magri, Anouar; Vanaei, Hamid Reza; Vaudreuil, Sébastien
- Abstract
Polymer membranes are central to the proper operation of several processes used in a wide range of applications. The production of these membranes relies on processes such as phase inversion, stretching, track etching, sintering, or electrospinning. A novel and competitive strategy in membrane production is the use of additive manufacturing that enables the easier manufacture of tailored membranes. To achieve the future development of better membranes, it is necessary to compare this novel production process to that of more conventional techniques, and clarify the advantages and disadvantages. This review article compares a conventional method of manufacturing polymer membranes to additive manufacturing. A review of 3D printed membranes is also done to give researchers a reference guide. Membranes from these two approaches were compared in terms of cost, materials, structures, properties, performance. and environmental impact. Results show that very few membrane materials are used as 3D-printed membranes. Such membranes showed acceptable performance, better structures, and less environmental impact compared with those of conventional membranes.
- Subjects
POLYMERIC membranes; MANUFACTURING processes; NANOFIBERS manufacturing; METAL-spinning
- Publication
Polymers (20734360), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 5, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2073-4360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/polym14051023