Add time:08/01/2019         Source:sciencedirect.com

This work aims to develop novel ceramic ultrafiltration membranes made from purified natural Moroccan clays. Two raw clays namely Clay A (smooth aspect) and Clay B (rough aspect) were purified via physicochemical treatment. Chemical and mineralogical characterizations demonstrated that obtained purified clays are richer in clayey minerals such as smectite, kaolinite and illite. Thin selective layer was deposed on pozzolan support via spin-coating method using purified clay suspensions and sintered at 800 °C. Prepared membranes were deeply investigated using scanning electron microscopy, pore size, water permeability, and antifouling characterizations. As results, the average pore size is found to be 75 and 90 nm respectively for Clay A and Clay B membranes while the permeability is equal to 14.7 and 16.4 L/h.m2.bar respectively for Clay A and Clay B membranes. The obtained membranes were applied for tangential filtration of Direct Red 80 solution with concentration of 50 ppm under pressure of 3 bar. Experimental results demonstrate that dye rejection could achieve a value of 99 and 97% respectively for Clay A and Clay B membranes. Based on promising filtration results, it can be suggested that prepared UF membranes could be efficiently applied for dyes removal from colored wastewater generated from textile industries.

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