生物污染
介电泳
结垢
膜
膜污染
胶体
化学工程
电泳
电场
介电常数
材料科学
化学
纳米技术
色谱法
电介质
微流控
光电子学
工程类
物理
量子力学
生物化学
作者
Bin Liu,Qian-Cheng Xia,Yue Zhao,Guandao Gao
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.est.2c03900
摘要
Membrane fouling compromises the benefits of membrane technology, leading to its performance deterioration and incremental cost. Coupling with an electric field has been attractive but is limited by the electrical dependence of the electrophoresis (EP) mechanism and undesired faradic reactions. This study reports a universal dielectrophoresis-based (DEP) membrane antifouling strategy for electronegative, electropositive, and neutral colloidal foulants, which depends on the particle polarizability rather than its charge. The porous Ni@PVDF model electroconductive membrane was fabricated to construct a nonuniform electric field inducing DEP, while applying a low voltage avoided side electrochemical reactions. For electronegative SiO2(−) and electropositive Al2O3(+) particles with a lower relative permittivity than the medium water (78), the membrane permeability all remarkably increased by 90.1% under AC/DC (±1.0 V) fields. By contrast, serious membrane fouling occurred for the BaTiO3 colloids with a higher relative permittivity (∼2000). Notably, the permittivity of nearly all colloids in wastewater treatment is much less than that of water, which makes the dielectrophoresis-based antifouling strategy universal. The theoretical simulation systematically analyzed the forces on particles including DEP, EP, and others, indicating that the formed protected area on the membrane pore wall by DEP forces prevented the irreversible membrane blockage of colloids and facilitated loose cake layer formation for alleviating membrane fouling. In brief, this work reported a hopeful concept for dielectrophoresis-based membrane antifouling and verified its antifouling mechanism.
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