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NAMS 2002 Workshop - ICOM 2008

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crosslinking agents, citric acid, oxalic acid and maleic acid, and different<br />

temperatures: 60, 80, 100 and 150°C. The characterization of the crosslinked<br />

PVA was performed by DSC, TGA and FTIR analysis, as well as water swelling<br />

degree.<br />

Ultrafiltration poly(ether sulfone) hollow fibers with cut-off of 50 kDa were used as<br />

porous support for a selective layer of PVA. The composite fibers were<br />

characterized by SEM and by permeation of sodium sulfate solution in a lab setup.<br />

The transport properties in combination with morphological analysis allow<br />

establishing criteria for selection of the best conditions to prepare PVA composite<br />

membranes for RO and NF processes.<br />

The results with these composite membranes showed salts rejection were<br />

around 95%. To evaluate the chlorine resistance, PVA films were analyzed by<br />

FTIR after immersion in chlorine solution. Results indicate that it is a promising<br />

method to produce chlorine resistant membranes.

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