JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 8.4
Zhigang Xue,Yuan Shen,Liang Chen,Bo Liu,Na Hu,Rongfei Zhou,Weihong Xing
Pervaporation (PV) and vapor permeation (VP) using selective zeolite membranes are more energy-saving in dealing with azeotropic mixtures compared with conventional distillation for organic solvent dehydration. Herein, we developed a monolithic supported chabazite membrane and exploited its dehydration performance. The membrane was fabricated by secondary growth method on the 19-channel alumina monolithic without organic template. By finely controlling the homogeneity of nuclei growth and minimizing the intracrystalline defects through the epitaxial growth of uniformly nanosized SSZ-13 seed layer using cesium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide as cooperative hydration-mismatched inorganic structure directing agents (ISDA). The resulting monolithic chabazite membrane exhibits excellent water-perm-selectivity. The effects of feed water composition and operating temperature on the dehydration performance of the monolithic chabazite membrane were investigated through PV and VP processes. The typical membrane displayed excellent selectivities of more than 10,000 and 30,000 in 10/90 wt% water/ethanol and water/isopropanol mixtures at 393 K. The membrane exhibited excellent hydrothermal stability in a VP with a 10/90 wt% water/ethanol at 393 K for 72 h. The robust monolithic chabazite membrane with high packing density, strong mechanical strength, large membrane area and excellent water-selective performance significantly outperforms state-of-the-art membranes for dehydration in practical applications.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 7.015
Yangyang Mao,Mengchen Zhang,Long Cheng,Jianwei Yuan,Gongping Liu,Libo Huang,Mihail Barboiu,Wanqin Jin
Inspired by fast and selective water transport in natural Aquaporin (AQP), imidazole-quartet water channels (IQWC) constructed by imidazole-ureido (IU) molecular scaffolds, are excellent candidates to design membranes with fast and selective water transport properties. In this work, a water binding IU bola-amphiphile-imidazole compound was embedded with the hydrophilic and laminated graphene oxide (GO) to prepare IU-GO membrane. H NMR, TG, XRD , SEM, AFM and FTIR were conducted to characterize physicochemical properties of IU and IU-GO membrane. It was demonstrated that IU could well interact with GO to generate a robust membrane structure. The resulting IU-GO membranes were applied for pervaporation dehydration of n -butanol-water. The total flux and the separation factor of the optimized IU-GO membrane were 3506 g·m -2 ·h -1 and 4454 respectively when the membrane was measured at 343 K with butanol content of 80 wt%. Furthermore, the membrane exhibited good stability and separation performance during 120 h continuous operation test, showing great potential in application of solvent dehydration.
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膜技术
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2020
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IF 4.3
Qunshan Wei,Xiaojing Liu,Yanxia Zhang,Kai Zhang,Zheng Li,Zhemin Shen,Christopher W.K. Chow
Protein, the main component of extracellular polymeric substances, plays a vital role in sediment dewatering. Tannic acid (TA) can bind with protein, so was used as a new conditioner for sediment dewatering. The benefit of using TA as a conditioner for sediment dewatering and its mechanism were explored in this study. A series of laboratory-based experiments were conducted and the water content (Wc) of sediment cakes, specific resistance to filtration (SRF) and the filterable dehydration rate were used to evaluate the sediment dewaterability. The results showed that at the optimal dosage of 0.20 mmol/gTS (total solid), TA reduced Wc of sediment cakes by 12.3% and SRF by 70.6%, and increased the filterable dehydration rate by 9%. These results indicated TA effectively improved the dewatering performance of sediment. The conditioning mechanism study of TA supported that the protein content was reduced by combining with TA, and the bound water was gradually converted into free water. When TA was added in sufficient amount, the particle size gradually increased, large and dense aggregates were formed which enhanced the dewatering performance of the sediment. These results confirm the feasibility of using TA as an effective option for rapid dewatering of sediment and provide a reference for selecting the appropriate conditioner for sediment dewatering.
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POLYMER BULLETIN
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2020
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IF 2.014
Yuan Haikuan,Wang Chengchong,Liu Xiaodi,Lu Jie
In order to ameliorate the trade-off effect in pervaporation process and to reduce the micro-phase separation of hybrid membrane, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) blending materials were modified by two inorganic components to prepare PVA-PFSA-Si hybrid membrane. PVA-PFSA-Si membrane was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), contact angle measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), positron annihilation lifetime spectrometer (PALS) and swelling measurements. As a second inorganic modifier, the effect of γ-glycidyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) on the morphology of hybrid membrane was better than that of γ-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTEOS). PVA-PFSA-Si/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite membrane was used to pervaporatively dehydrate ethyl acetate (EAc)/H 2 O binary, EAc/ethanol (EtOH)/H 2 O ternary EAc/acetic acid (HAc)/EtOH/H 2 O quaternary solutions. At feed temperature of 40 °C, M8 membrane had the permeation fluxes ( J ) of 262.7, 215.2 and 182.6 g m −2 h −1 and the separation factors ( α ) of 6673, 3453 and 5374 for pervaporative dehydration of EAc/H 2 O (98/2, wt%) binary, EAc/EtOH/H 2 O (96/2/2, wt%) ternary and EAc/HAc/EtOH/H 2 O (96/1/1/2, wt%) quaternary solutions, respectively. The pervaporative results showed that PVA-PFSA-Si membrane had the excellent dehydration performances for EAc binary or multicomponent aqueous solutions.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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2022
·Vol. 19
·期 22
·14726
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IF 4.614
Hong Xiao,Qing Liu,Yingjun Wang,Ying Zhu,Dexin Fang,Ganxue Wu,Zhenxing Zeng,Hong Peng
Fe(II)-activated potassium periodate (KIO4) oxidation was used to improve the dewaterability of waste-activated sludge for the first time. Compared with those of raw sludge, the capillary suction time (CST), specific resistance filtration (SRF), and water content of filter cake (WC) of sludge treated using the Fe(II)/KIO4process under the optimal conditions (i.e., the initial pH = 6.8, KIO4dose = 1.4 mmol/g volatile suspended solids, Fe(II)/KIO4molar ratio = 1.2) decreased by 64.34%, 84.13%, and 6.69%, respectively. For conditioned sludge flocs, the Zeta potential and particle size were increased, and hydrophilic proteins in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were partly degraded, accompanied by the transformation of tightly bound EPS into soluble EPS and the conversion of dense sludge flocs into loose and porous ones. During Fe(II)/KIO4oxidation, Fe(IV) and the accompanying•OH were determined as the predominant reactive species and the underlying mechanism of sludge EPS degradation was proposed. This work provides a prospective method for conditioning the sludge dewaterability.Keywords:sludge dewaterability;ferrous ion;potassium periodate;extracellular polymeric substances
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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IF 8.3
Xiaoyong Zhang,Haoran Ding,Yujia Zhou,Zhaozhao Li,Yongping Bai,Lidong Zhang
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) enhances the reversibility and responsiveness of wearable temperature-sensitive devices. However, an open question is whether and how the hydrogel design can prevent adhesive performance loss caused by phase-transition-induced dehydration and unstable mechanical properties between devices and human skin and reduce interfacial failure. Herein, a gelatin-mesh scaffold-based hydrogel (NAGP-Gel) is constructed to inhibit dehydration and volume change, leading to stable mechanical properties, superior adhesiveness, and thermal sensing sensitivity during the phase transition. NAGP-Gel enhances the polymer chains–water interaction and weakens the degree of aggregation of polymer chains–chains, improving antidehydration properties under 45 °C conditions that are higher than the lower critical solution temperature (LCST; i.e., ∼32 °C). The mesh scaffold greatly restricts the phase-transition-induced polymer chain movement and maintains the mechanical performance. In a 60 °C environment, the maximum water loss and volume retention ratio of NAGP-Gel are only 3.58% and 97.3%, respectively. Additionally, NAGP-Gel serves as a temperature sensor, producing a stable thermal–electrical signal within the LCST range. It also can be assembled into an electronic device enabling the transmission of information and recognition of sign language via Morse code. This work broadens the application of PNIPAM in constructing intelligent hydrogels and opens the door to exploring emerging hydrogels for temperature-monitoring applications.
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生物医学工程
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2020
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IF 6.551
Dongdong Ge,Yanting Dong,Wenrui Zhang,Haiping Yuan,Nanwen Zhu
As an essential section before final sludge disposal, sludge dewatering has currently been one of the focus issues. In this study, an innovative Fe 2+ /persulfate/tannic acid (TA) process was verified to further strengthen systemic efficacy on enhancing sludge dewaterability, compared with the conventional Fe 2+ /persulfate process. With the efficient TA/Fe 2+ (molar ratio) of 0.25 added in Fe 2+ (0.3 mmol/gTS (total solid))/persulfate (0.6 mmol/gTS) process, sludge dewaterability was enhanced remarkably. Capillary suction time, specific resistance to filtration, and water content of dewatered sludge cake were further reduced by 61.5%, 35.3%, and 6.4% than these in Fe 2+ /persulfate. Sludge supernatant viscosity was further reduced by 86.7% due to the more removal of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). The secondary structure of EPS protein changed apparently and fluorescent components of EPS decreased distinctly. Sludge functional group contents were observed to be lower. TA effectually increased sludge particle size and heightened sludge flocculability, rendering the large and compact aggregations. Moreover, TA accelerated the recovery of Fe 2+ , facilitating persulfate activation to generate more SO 4 ·− and · OH for EPS disruption and cell lysis in the conditioning system. These findings provided a novel approach based on the Fe 2+ /persulfate process in sludge treatment for desirable dewaterability.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2020
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IF 7.489
Zhuo Zhang,Luxuan Guo,Xiaolai Zhang,Jingcheng Hao
Hypothesis The color-changing ability of creatures widely existed in nature has inspired the development of adaptive allochroic materials, which can respond to various external stimuli. Integrating multi-stimuli responsiveness and long-term stability in allochroic system are urgent for practical applications under complex circumstances. Experiments The photochromic/thermotropic organohydrogels (PTOs) comprised polyacrylamide and cationic cellulose (JR400) were prepared by facile free-radical polymerization and glycerol displacement. The coexisting covalent bonds and noncovalent interactions collaboratively reinforce the networks, endowing the PTOs with boosted stretchability and toughness. Findings The photochromic ammonium molybdate (Mo 7 ) and thermo-sensitive poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (EPE) were made into networks. In these cooperative networks, each constituent performed their own function without disruption, including fast photochromism (10 s) and durable thermo-responsiveness. Importantly, the glycerol-water solvent bestowed the distinct anti-freezing (-30 °C) and anti-dehydration performances on the PTOs. Accordingly, the materials could serve as promising rewritable devices for high-resolution and long-term data storage/encryption. Moreover, on-demand PTO windows integrating UV-prevention and solar energy regulation with T lum (92.96%) and ΔT sol (46.02%) could create comfortable and healthy environments for occupants. This work offers a new design strategy for low-cost, environmentally stable smart optical devices .
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MINERALS ENGINEERING
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2019
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IF 3.315
Suhong Zhang,Yanlong Wen,Liguang Wang,Yongkang Yang,Shengyu Liu
A multifunctional polymer that was magnetic and had a high water absorption ability was prepared via synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles followed by surface modification and polymerization. The structure and morphology of the multifunctional polymer were characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope (EDS). The magnetite content and the magnetic property of the multifunctional polymer were analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer (SQUID), respectively. The results suggested that the multifunctional polymer had a stable core-shell structure, a striking temperature-responsive property, and stable magnetic property. Further work was carried out to assess the performance of this multifunctional polymer at a particle size of 0.3–0.45 mm for dewatering of fine coal (<0.25 mm in size). It was found that the multifunctional polymer could give fast kinetics of dewatering and after each cycle, the polymer could be readily separated by simple magnetic separation and then regenerated and reused in next cycle while maintaining the same dewatering performance.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Xiaoping Liu,Yunbo Zhai,Zhixiang Xu,Liming Liu,Wanying Ren,Yu Xie,Caiting Li,Yun Zhu,Min Xu
The high water content of sewage sludge increases the processing costs and hampers its further disposal. Fenton technology has proven to be efficient and been widely used to enhance sludge dewaterability, but it usually needs acidification and subsequent neutralization, thus consuming a lot of chemicals. It’s well documented that hydroxyl radicals produced in various Fenton or Fenton-like reactions play a crucial role in sludge dewatering. Based on the latest study, Cu + and Cu + /H 2 O 2 pretreatments for the enhanced dewaterability of sludge without extra pH adjustment were proposed. Results showed that Cu + with and without H 2 O 2 can significantly improve the dewatering performance of sludge, which was ascertained by a capillary suction time (CST) reduction rate of about 80 %. The proteins and polysaccharides in tightly-bound extracellular polymeric substance (TB-EPS) were decreased, while increased in soluble extracellular polymeric substance (S-EPS). In addition, a hydrophobic and porous surface was formed, and zeta potential increased after conditioned. These changes may release bound water and thus improve sludge dewaterability. The results of electron spin resonance and scavenging tests signaled that the Cu 3+ was mainly accountable for the dissolution of EPS, rather than the hydroxyl radicals ( OH). Our results substantiate and untangle a distinct reinforcement mechanisms for sludge dewatering by high valent copper (Cu 3+ ). This study demonstrates for the first time that Cu 3+ plays an important role in sludge dewatering, which has long been credited to hydroxyl radicals. It also urges re-evaluation of the Fenton(-like) system for sludge dewatering, given that Cu 3+ could also cause potential oxidative destruction of EPS compared with reactive oxygen species.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2025
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Liu Qingye,Wang Chenghua,Zou Chang,Li Jiangtao,Liu Jun,Liu Yilun,Sun Xueyan,Zhao Wei
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel as a hydrogel electrolyte faces issues such as fracture, dehydration, and poor conductivity, limiting its application in flexible zinc-air batteries. To address these, we propose a triethanolamine (TEA)-modified PVA-based hydrogel material (TPVA). TEA promoted formation of a uniform mesoporous structure and enables TPVA hydrogel to exhibit excellent mechanical properties, with an elongation at break (425%) approximately twice that of PVA (230%). Additionally, TPVA material retains excellent hydration after 120 h, demonstrating a significant enhancement in water retention. TPVA-based ZABs achieved a power density of 46.1 mW cm −3 , which is 3.1 times enhancement than that of PVA-based (14.9 mW cm −3 ), and demonstrated significantly extended cycling stability, maintaining stable charge–discharge operation for 35.7 h, outperforming PVA system (11.5 h). Dynamic simulation revealed TEA-PVA interactions, with TPVA showing denser hydrogen bond networks and lower potential energy. This work proposes a promising approach to enhance PVA hydrogel electrolytes for flexible ZABs.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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IF 7.086
Jialin Liang,Xiaojian Liao,Maoyou Ye,Zhijie Guan,Zhihua Mo,Xian Yang,Shaosong Huang,Shuiyu Sun
The stabilization and dewaterability of waste activated sludge (WAS) are essential factors for downstream disposal or reuse. Herein, two types of zero-valent metals, zero-valent iron (Fe 0 ) and zero-valent aluminum (Al 0 ), were compared for their ability to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) during the WAS conditioning process, with the effects of PMS activation by these two metals on WAS dewaterability and the potential environmental risks evaluated. Results showed that compared to Al 0 /PMS treatment, Fe 0 /PMS treatment achieved superior WAS dewaterability and reduced operational costs. Using PMS combined with Fe 0 and Al 0 treatments under optimal conditions, the water content (Wc) of dewatered sludge decreased to 55.7 ± 2.7 wt% and 59.4 ± 1.3 wt%, respectively. Meanwhile, application of the Fe 0 /PMS treatment system reduced the total annual cost by approximately 33.1%, compared to the Al 0 /PMS treatment. Analysis of the dewatering mechanism demonstrated that in the Fe 0 /PMS treatment, Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ flocculation played an important role in the enhancement of WAS dewatering, while sulfate radical ( S O 4 • − ) oxidation was the dominant factor for WAS dewaterability improvement in Al 0 /PMS treatment. The greater enhancement of WAS dewaterability by Fe 0 /PMS treatment, was mainly attributed to more efficient reduction of hydrophilic extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and an increase in surface charge neutralization. Environmental risk evaluation results indicated that Fe 0 /PMS and Al 0 /PMS treatments both effectively alleviated the environmental risks of heavy metals and faecal coliforms in dewatered sludge. Overall, this study proposes a novel perspective for the selection of an optimal PMS activator in sludge treatment .
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