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A Morphological Study of Alumina Hollow Fiber Membrane

Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering


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Title	A Morphological Study of Alumina Hollow Fiber Membrane

Creator	Al-Obaidy, Asrar

Description	Morphologies of ceramic hollow fiber membranes prepared by a combined phase-inversion and sintering method were studied. The organic binder spinning solution containing suspended Al₂O₃ powders was spun to a hollow fiber precursor, which was then sintered at elevated temperatures( 300 ˚C, 1400 ˚C, 25 ˚C) in order to obtain the Al₂O₃ hollow fiber membranes. The spinning solution consisted of polyether sulfone (PES), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), which were used as polymer binder, solvent, respectively. The prepared Al₂O₃ hollow fiber membranes were characterized by a scanning electron microscope (SEM). It is believed that finger-like void formation in asymmetric ceramic membranes is initiated by hydrodynamically unstable viscous fingering developed when a less viscous fluid (non-solvent) is in contact with a higher viscosity fluid (ceramic suspension containing invertible polymer binder). The effects of the air-gap (0 cm, 2 cm, 15 cm) on fibre morphology have been studied and it has been determined that viscosity due to change in air-gap is the dominating factor for ceramic systems.

Publisher	University of Baghdad/ College of Engineering

Date	2016-09-30

Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Format	application/pdf

Identifier	http://ijcpe.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/ijcpe/article/view/219

Source	Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; Vol 17 No 3 (2016): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; 117-123 المجلة العراقية للهندسة الكيمياوية وهندسة النفط; مجلد 17 عدد 3 (2016): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; 117-123 2618-0707 1997-4884

Language	eng

Relation	http://ijcpe.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/ijcpe/article/view/219/215