Use of Polymer Inclusion Membrane for the Separation of Phenols Compounds Mixture from Dilute Aqueous Solutions

Authors

  • Abdelghani Mounir Balahouane Laboratory of Heterocyclic Compounds, Faculty of Chemistry, University Houari Boumediene of Science and Technology, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
  • Mohamed Lakhdar Belfar Laboratoire de Valorisation et Promotion des Ressources Sahariennes, Faculté des Mathématiques et Sciences de la Matière, Université Kasdi Merbah, Ouargla, Algeria
  • Yacine Moussaoui Department of chemistry, Faculty of mathematics and materials science, University Kasdi Merbah of Ouargla, Algeria
  • Nadjib Benosmane Laboratory of Heterocyclic Compounds, Faculty of Chemistry, University Houari Boumediene of Science and Technology, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algeria; Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, University M’hamed Bougara of Boumerdes, 35000 avenues of Independence Boumerdes, Algeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15379/ijmst.v9i1.1035

Abstract

Abstract: Separation of phenolic compounds mixture namely: phenol, resorcinol, Bisphenol A from dilute aqueous solutions by polymer inclusion membrane using Cellulose triacetate (CTA) as support was investigated as a means of recovering Bisphenol A from mixture of phenolic compounds. The effects of parameters influencing the separation performance were studied in terms of permeation flux and selectivity. For competitive transport of phenols across PIM with RC8 + NPOE, the selectivity order was Bisphenol > Phenol > Resorcinol. The high permselectivity of the membrane to Bisphenol A was primarily due to its high affinity towards calixresorcinarene macrocycle. This is of particular interest from an industrial point of view because the enriched phenol permeate can be easily recovered upon phase separation. The prepared PIM were characterized by using Raman spectroscopy, XPS and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques.

Keywords: PIM, CTA, Membrane separation, Phenols mixture, Bisphenol A, Wastewater treatment.

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Published

2022-08-18

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A. M. Balahouane, M. L. Belfar, Y. Moussaoui, and N. Benosmane, “Use of Polymer Inclusion Membrane for the Separation of Phenols Compounds Mixture from Dilute Aqueous Solutions”, ijmst, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 26-32, Aug. 2022.

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022)

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