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Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis

Hadeel Subhi Abid, Boor Singh Lalia, Paolo Bertoncello Orcid Logo, Raed Hashaikeh, Ben Clifford Orcid Logo, David Gethin Orcid Logo, Nidal Hilal

Desalination, Volume: 416, Pages: 16 - 23

Swansea University Authors: Paolo Bertoncello Orcid Logo, Ben Clifford Orcid Logo, David Gethin Orcid Logo, Nidal Hilal

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The use of an electrically conductive membrane has attracted significant interest in water treatment technology due to remarkable performance in fouling mitigation domain. In electrochemical systems, when external potential is applied, water electrolysis occurs and the generated gases efficiently cl...

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title Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
spellingShingle Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
Paolo Bertoncello
Ben Clifford
David Gethin
Nidal Hilal
title_short Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
title_full Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
title_fullStr Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
title_full_unstemmed Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
title_sort Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis
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description The use of an electrically conductive membrane has attracted significant interest in water treatment technology due to remarkable performance in fouling mitigation domain. In electrochemical systems, when external potential is applied, water electrolysis occurs and the generated gases efficiently clean the membrane surface. However, fabricating and integrating conductive membranes in current water treatment modules is challenging. The present work applies, for the first time, the electrolysis concept at the spacer component of the module rather than the membrane. Two types of materials were tested, a titanium metal spacer and a polymeric spacer. The polymeric spacer was made conductive via coating with a carbon-based ink comprised of graphene nanoplates (GNPs). A membrane system composed of the carbon coated/titanium metal spacer attached to the surface of a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microfiltration membrane and was assembled to the case of membrane module. The conductive spacers worked as an electrode (cathode) in electrochemical set-up. The membrane system was subjected to fouling and then exposed to periodic electrolysis, wherein in-situ cleaning of membrane surface by hydrogen bubbles generation at the spacer is applied.
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