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- Title
Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and environmental estrogens (EEs) from water using positively charged hollow fiber nanofiltration membrane.
- Authors
Wei, Xiuzhen; Zhang, Qian; Cao, Shiyu; Xu, Xufeng; Chen, Yi; Liu, Lu; Yang, Ruiyuan; Chen, Jinyuan; Lv, Bosheng
- Abstract
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes show great potential for advanced water treatment, especially for trace organic pollutant removal. The removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and environmental estrogenic hormones (EEHs) by positively charged hollow fiber NF membranes (PEI-NF) were evaluated. The separation properties were evaluated by changing the operating pressure, temperature, ionic strength, and cation species. A relationship between the physicochemical characteristics of the pharmaceuticals and the NF membrane retention behavior was established. The results showed that the rejection rates of the PEI-NF membrane for the selected PPCPs and EEHs ranged from 81 to ~ 91.26%. For positively (negatively) charged pharmaceutical molecules, the electrostatic repulsion (attraction) effect and steric hindrance were the dominant rejection mechanisms of the PEI-NF membrane. For neutral pharmaceutical molecules, in addition to the size sieving effect, the hydration-induced size increase of hydrophilic substances improved the rejection rates. Both the molecular structure and diffusion coefficient of pharmaceutical molecules influenced their rejection by the PEI-NF membrane to a certain extent. Moreover, the PEI-NF membrane showed a high removal effect for PPCPs and EEHs in water samples from actual tap water plants.
- Subjects
HOLLOW fibers; XENOESTROGENS; HYGIENE products; WATER use; DIFFUSION; IONIC strength; WATER filtration
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 7, p8486
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-020-11103-5