Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater

A Master of Science thesis in Chemical Engineering by Liyan Omar Qalyoubi entitled, “Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater”, submitted in December 2021. Thesis advisor is Dr. Amani Lutfi Al-Othman and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh. Soft copy is...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Qalyoubi, Liyan Omar (author)
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Wastewater treatment
Pharmaceuticals’ removal
Antibiotics
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spelling Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical WastewaterQalyoubi, Liyan OmarAdsorptive membranesWastewater treatmentPharmaceuticals’ removalAntibioticsA Master of Science thesis in Chemical Engineering by Liyan Omar Qalyoubi entitled, “Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater”, submitted in December 2021. Thesis advisor is Dr. Amani Lutfi Al-Othman and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate, Approval Signatures, and AUS Archives Consent Form).Adsorptive membranes are considered among the promising technologies that have shown competence in removing different pollutants from wastewater. They possess the dual advantage of adsorption and filtration. Pharmaceutical compounds including antibiotics are emerging contaminants of major concern because they cannot be fully removed via conventional wastewater treatment methods. Therefore, there is a crucial need for an effective technology such as the adsorptive membrane technology. In this work, an adsorptive membrane composed of Polyethersulfone (PES) with Zirconium Phosphate (ZrP) adsorbent was synthesized for the removal of Ciprofloxacin antibiotic from synthetic water solutions. Batch adsorption experiments using zirconium phosphate were conducted first to determine the optimum conditions for the antibiotic removal. Several factors were studied including the initial concentration of the antibiotic, the adsorbent dosage, contact time, pH, and temperature. The experimental data were best fit by the Temkin isotherm. Based on the adsorption batch results, the PES/ZrP membrane was synthesized by solution spin coating and tested with various adsorbent loadings to investigate the optimum ZrP loading in the membrane. The composite membrane showed a high ciprofloxacin removal reaching up to 99.7% which indicated an enhancement compared to the use of PES membrane alone (68%). Moreover, a significant improvement in the membrane's water flux (100.84 L/m².h) and permeability (97.62 L/m².hr.bar) were noticed as opposed to pure PES membrane's flux and permeability. Several characterization analyses were conducted including SEM, EDS, FTIR, XRD, and BET, which demonstrated the successful ZrP deposition in the membrane’s pores with enhanced hydrophilicity properties and effective surface area. Lastly, the membrane was successfully regenerated and reused up to 5 times which indicates the potential of PES/ZrP adsorptive membrane for the removal of ciprofloxacin and at a high efficiency.College of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringMaster of Science in Chemical Engineering (MSChE)Al-Othman, AmaniAl-Asheh, Sameer2022-01-24T08:14:25Z2022-01-24T08:14:25Z2021-12info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf35.232-2021.47http://hdl.handle.net/11073/21594en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/215942025-06-26T12:24:33Z
spellingShingle Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
Qalyoubi, Liyan Omar
Adsorptive membranes
Wastewater treatment
Pharmaceuticals’ removal
Antibiotics
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title Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
title_full Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
title_fullStr Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
title_full_unstemmed Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
title_short Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
title_sort Adsorptive Membranes for The Removal of Antibiotics from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
topic Adsorptive membranes
Wastewater treatment
Pharmaceuticals’ removal
Antibiotics
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/21594