03621ntm a2200385 i 4500952014100000952012400141999001700265003000800282005001700290006001900307008004100326020003200367040002300399090002900422100004000451245014500491264003400636264001200670300006900682336002100751336002100772337002500793337002300818338002300841338003000864347002400894500005900918502007000977504004001047520200201087610007403089650004503163650001103208942001603219  00102lcc40718REFa10000b10000cREFd2021-01-28l0oFTKKP .H39 2020 r ThesispT000001349r2022-04-27 00:00:00t1w2021-01-28yTHESIS  00102lcc40718REFa10000b10000cREFd2022-03-04l0oCD12841pT000001350r2023-01-30 00:00:00t1w2022-03-04yTHESIS  c95428d95434MY-KuUP20251125105846.0a||||fr|||| 000 0 220304s2020    my a|||fr|||| 000 0 eng d  aTHE0009135(Local)qhardback  aUMPbengcUMPerda  aFTKKP .H39 2020 r Thesis1 aNurul Hazreen Wanie Hazmo,eauthor.10aEffect of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 and multi-walled carbon nanotube on the performance of pvdf membrane /cNurul Hazreen Wanie Hazmo 1aKuantan, Pahang :bUMP,c2020 4c© 2020  axi, 85 pages :billustrations (some color) ;c30 cm. +e1 CD-ROM  atext2rdacontent  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  acomputer2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  acomputer disc2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda  aFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology  aThesis (Master of Science) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2020  aIncludes bibliographical references3 aThe  main  concern  in  membrane  technology  is  the  membrane  fouling,  which  occurs  during the filtration process, causing a reduction in water flux and deteriorates the stable  performances  of  membrane  filtration  system.  Several  approaches  were  introduced  to  eliminate the organic fouling including the incorporation of nanoparticles into a polymer  membrane such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), zinc oxide (ZnO), zeolitic imidazolate  frameworks  (ZIFs)  and  carbon  nanotubes  (CNTs).  Therefore,  the  synthesized  zeolitic  imidazolate framework 8 (ZIF-8) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were  used  as  inorganic  additives  in  this  work  with  composition  of  0.1wt.%,  0.3wt.%  and  0.5wt.%, respectively. The preparation of  polyvinyldifluoride  (PVDF) membranes was  done via physical blending method. The prepared membranes were then characterized  by  using  scanning  electron  microscopy  (SEM),  energy  dispersive  x-ray  spectrometry  (EDX), and contact angle analysis to investigate their structures in terms of morphology  and hydrophilicity properties. Water permeability and filtration performance test were  performed  using  pure  water,  bovine  serum  albumin  (BSA)  and  humic  acid  (HA)  solution to evaluate the fouling resistance of the prepared membranes. Even though the  fluxes decreased over  time, it was found that the ZIF-8/PVDF membrane with 0.5 wt.%  concentration has the highest percentage of solute rejection for both BSA (>92%) and  HA  (>94%)  solution  as  compared  to  MWCNT/PVDF  membranes  and  pure  PVDF  membrane.  Overall,  the  nanocomposite  membranes  showed  an  improvement  in  the  hydrophilicity,  permeability,  and  solutes  rejection  rate  compared  to  pristine  PVDF  membrane.  The  anti-fouling  properties  of  nanocomposite  membranes  also  has  been  enhanced  with  higher  flux  recovery  rate  values  and   lower  flux  decline  rate  were  achieved as compared to pristine PVDF membrane20aFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering TechnologyxDissertations 0aUniversities and collegesxDissertations 0aTheses  2lcccTHESIS