Testing Water Desalination Using Electrospun Zwitterionic Polysulfone.
Description
Electrospun fibrous membranes have gained increasing interest in membrane filtration applications due to their high surface area and porosity. To develop a high-performance water filtration membrane a novel zwitterionic functionalized zwitterionic Polysulfone was Electrospun to bead free fibers on Polysulfone membranes. The SBAES25 was successfully Electrospun on Polysulfone membrane and thermal pressed at above Tg to improve the properties of membrane. The aim of this work is to study Electrospun zwitterionic Polysulfone nanofiber membrane with different characterization methods. The electrospinning method was studied using different polymer concentrations and electrospinning conditions. Scanning Electron Microscopy was used to study the porosity and diameter size of the fiber. TGA-ASSAY method was used to study the difference in water uptake ratio of Polysulfone membrane with and without the Electrospun fiber. A goniometer was used to test the water contact angle of the membrane. Tensile tests were performed to study the improvements in mechanical properties.
Date Created
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2023
Agent
- Author (aut): Erravelly, Nitheesh Kumar
- Thesis advisor (ths): Green, Matthew
- Committee member: Emady, Heather
- Committee member: Seo, Eileen S
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University