Study of the Hydrodynamic performance Membranes based on the   Polysulfone and doped Polyanilibe : Conception and application


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  • NACIRA NAAR Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux Macromoléculaires et Biomolécules, Faculté de Chimie (USTHB), Alger, Algérie Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-6050
  • Ahmed Brahim Laboratoire des Sciences Appliquées (LSA), École Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées d'Alger (ESSA-Alger), Algérie Author
  • Khaled Beyaz Laboratory of Applied Sciences (LSA), National Higher School of Advanced Technologies ENSTA, Bab el Oued, Algiers, Algeria Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9662-1511
  • Fatima Boukraa Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux Macromoléculaires et Biomolécules, Faculté de Chimie (USTHB), Alger, Algérie Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8684-9093

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69717/jaest.v5.i2.136

Keywords:

Membrane, Polysulfone, Polyaniline, Water treatment

Abstract

Polysulfone/polyaniline ultrafiltration ((PSF/PANI-UF) membranes were prepared via the phase inversion method using six examples of the polyaniline (PANI) synthesized in the presence of doped by functionalized agent dopants by direct process. To enhance the hydrodynamic performances of these prepared membranes, the conducting polyaniline (PANIs) has been added at different mass compositions (0.0, 0.2, 0.5 and 1.0%). The performance surface hydrophobicity was estimated by the contact angle. The PSF/PANI Membranes were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy in order to identify the interaction between PSF, PEG and PANI in presence of NMP solvent. The UV-Visible results of the PANIs pellets indicate that PANIs were obtained as emerald salt, which confirmed by calculating the oxidation state of PANIs from the FTR spectra.  The separation properties of the composite membranes were studied in terms of water permeability and methylene blue removal.  The porosity and the permeability of the membranes PFS/PANI were improved in comparison with that of the pristine PSF membrane as well as rejection capacities (>97%) for methylene blue. In addition to this, the pure water flux of the membrane (PANI (B and D)) increased reaching up to 0.0444 and 0.05824-ml. min-1 respectively at a pressure of 3.0 bars.

Highlights

  1. Composites based on different doped PANIs prepared using the reverse phase method.
  2. The percentages of the different formulations were carefully considered.
  3. Several techniques were proposed to confirm the presence of the dopant in the structure of PANI and polysulfone.
  4. The techniques were used to study the performance of the developed membranes.
  5. The results obtained confirmed the usefulness of the developed membranes in the field of wastewater purification, especially methylene blue.

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NAAR , N., Brahim, A. ., Beyaz, K. ., & Boukraa, F. . (2025). Study of the Hydrodynamic performance Membranes based on the   Polysulfone and doped Polyanilibe : Conception and application. Journal of Applied Engineering Science and Technology, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.69717/jaest.v5.i2.136