Hollow Fiber Membranes. Fabrication and Applications

Table of Contents

Section I Introduction and fundamentals 1. Introduction 2. Polymeric membrane fabrication by phase inversion 3. Molecular simulation of the phase inversion process 4. Hollow fiber membranes prepared via thermally induced phase separation

Section II Fundamentals of hollow fiber membrane fabrication 5. Irregular contour 6. Macrovoid formation 7. Macrovoid-free hollow fiber 8. Membrane formation of sulfonated polymers 9. Spinneret design and considerations 10. Module fabrication of hollow fiber membranes

Section III Novel hollow fiber processes 11. Nano hollow fibers 12. Hollow fiber spinning of dual-layer membranes 13. Use ionic liquids for hollow fiber spinning

Section IV Specialty polymers for hollow fiber spinning 14. Polysulfone (PSf)/polyethersulfone (PES)/polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) & Sulfonated polymers 15. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) 16. Polybenzimidazole (PBI) 17. Polyimides (PI)

Section V Applications of hollow fiber membranes 18. Polyimide hollow fibers for gas separation 19. Composite hollow fibers for gas separation 20. I2PS hollow fibers for pervaporation 21. Hollow fibers for microfiltration and ultrafiltration 22. Hollow fibers for nanofiltration/organic solvent nanofiltration 23. Hollow fibers for reverse osmosis (RO)/forward osmosis (FO)/pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) 24. Hollow fiber for membrane distillation (MD)

Authors

Tai-Shung Chung Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. Prof.Chung is a Provost's Chair Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). His research focuses on polymeric membranes. He has published more than 725 journal papers with citations of > 36700 (by Scopus) and an H index of 97. After working in US industries for 15 years, he joined NUS in 1995. In 2005-2008, he worked as a Senior Consultant for Hyflux Inc., led and built its membrane research team. He became a Fellow in the Academy of Engineering Singapore in 2012 and received IChemE (Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) Underwood Medal for exceptional research in separations and Singapore President's Technology Award in 2015. He was a highly cited researcher in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering by the Elsevier and Shanghai Global Ranking in 2016 and received Distinction Award in Water Reuse and Conservation from International Desalination Association (IDA) in 2016. He is also a highly cited researcher in the list of Clarivate Analytics in 2018. Yingnan Feng Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. Dr. Feng is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). His PhD and Bachelor (1st class honor) were obtained from the same department. His research experience includes membrane formation mechanisms, advanced membrane fabrication and modifications. He is currently leading an academic-industrial collaboration to develop high performance hollow fiber membranes for ultrapure water production. He has published 9 research articles in Journal of Membrane Science, Environmental Science & Technology and other leading research journals. He also won the Travel Award from Membrane Society of Australasia in 2019.