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Water Purification Using
Carbon nanotube (CNT) Filters
Name : NAMITHA M R Reg. No: 2011-02-028Guide : Dr. Asha Joseph
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3Contents
IntroductionWater purificationNanotechnology and Carbon
nanotubes (CNTs)Water purification using CNT filtersAdvantages of CNTs as water filtersDisadvantages of CNTsCase studyConclusionReferences
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4Introduction
Water - The elixir of life
Water crisis is one of the grand challenges of 21st century
By 2025, 1800 million people will be living in regions with absolute scarcity (UN WWAP 2013)
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Fresh water availability- Facts and Figures
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783 million people do not have access to clean and
safe water1 in 9 people world wide do not
have access to safe and clean drinking
water443 million school days are lost each year due to water-
related diseases
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85% of the world population lives in the driest half of the
planet
6 to 8 million people die annually
from the consequences of disasters
and water-related diseasesYet future global agricultural water consumption alone is estimated to
increase by ~19% by 2050
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Here comes, the importance of water
purification…..
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10Water purification
Process of removing :
undesirable chemicalsbiological contaminantssuspended solids gases from contaminated water
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Conventional Water Purification methods
Coagulation and flocculationSedimentationFiltrationDisinfectionChlorinationReverse OsmosisDistillation
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DRAW BACKS OF CONVENTIONAL WATER PURIFICATION METHODS
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13So, the point is…
Conventional methods are:
High energy requirementLess effectiveMay produce undesirable odours
Requires a large area of land
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14What to do..?
Advanced membrane technologies with controlled and novel pore architecturesis important for the achievement of more efficient and cost effective purification
Advances in activated carbon in conjunction with nanotechnology could be welcome relief to the problem of water treatment
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Contd..
Nanotechnology does appear to be the technology of the future that holds the key to the world’s water problems.
Carbon nanotube filters for water purification is an impressive nanotech solution for the water related issues of current century
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16Nanotechnology..???
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17Nanotechnology- Engineering concept
Art and science of manipulating matter at the nanoscale
Involves the study and building of matter and compounds at the scale of 0.1 to 100 nanometers
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18Contd...1 nanometer = one billionth of a meter
Nanoparticle - Collection of ten to thousands of atoms measuring about 1-100 nm in diameter
Size of the nanoparticle is controlled by experimental conditions
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20Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
Nano sized cylindrical allotropes of C-atoms in the form of rolled sheet of hexagons
Members of fullerene structural family
Long, hollow structure with walls formed by graphene
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22Contd...
Discovered
• In 1991• By Sumio Iijima• By arc evaporation
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23Contd...Property varies based on the method of rolling and arrangement of Carbon atoms
Hundreds of times stronger than steel, but six times lighter
Individual nanotubes align themselves into “ropes” held together by Vander Waals forces
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Contd...
Act as effective semiconductors ,with right arrangement of atoms
Tunable physical, chemical, electrical and
structural properties
Inspires innovative technologies to address water pollution problems
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25Classification of CNTs
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27CNT Synthesis
Laser ablation
Chemical vapor
deposition
Arc discharge
Plasma torch
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28Arc discharge method
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29Laser Ablation method
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30Plasma torch method
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Chemical Vapour Deposition method
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CNT filters for Water Purification
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33Contd…CNT filters can achieve high water flux at reasonably low pressure
Have Tip-functionalized nonpolar interior home
Provides strong invitation to polar water molecules
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34Contd…
Rejects salts and pollutants
SWCNT filter shows high bacterial retention
MWCNT filter exhibited high viral removal at low pressure
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35Properties of CNTs as water filters
Strong antimicrobial activity
Higher water flux than other porous materials
Tunable pore size and surface chemistry
Low energy consumption
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36Contd...
Antifouling and self-cleaning functions
Remarkable electrical and thermal conductivity
Very high tensile strength
Very elastic ~18% elongation to failure
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Outside diameter : ~1–100 nmInside diameter : ~1/3 outside diameter
Tube wall spacing : ~0.3 nmStiffness : ~5x steelStrength : ~30x steelElectrical & Thermal conductivity : ~10x5 nm graphite
Specific properties of CNTs selected
for Water Purification
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38Bucky-Paper CNT Membranes
(a) Process for manufacturing Bucky-papers (b) SEM image showing the Bucky-paper surface and (c) Bucky-paper demonstrating their flexibility & mechanical robustness.
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Water purification technology using CNT filters
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40Desalination using CNT filters
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Removal of bacteria using CNT filters
a) The unfiltered water containing E. coli bacteria b) The E. coli bacteria (marked by arrows) grown by the culture of the polluted water c) The filtration experiment d) The water filtered through nanotube filter e) The filtrate after culture showing the absence of the bacterial
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Polymer - CNT Membranes for Desalination & Water Filtration (Scientific Animation).mp4
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43Advantages of CNTs over conventional filters
Less pressure is required to pass water across
More efficient, recyclable
Have incredibly large surface areas
Can be more easily cleaned by back-flushing
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44Disadvantages of CNTs
CNT-based filters are expensive
Clogging occurs due to crystalline deposition
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Applications of CNT in Water filtration
Municipal water facilitiesMedical facilities and Industrial facilities
Laboratories and DistilleriesDesalination plantsWastewater treatment facilitiesConsumer markets
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46Case study
Filtration of sodium chloride (NaCl)
from seawater using carbon hollow tube
composed of Carbon nanotubes
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Done By: Chaudhary Ravi Prakash
Patel Prashant Tripathi, O.N. Srivastava
and T.P. Yadav
Done at:Marina Beach, Chennai, India
in 2013
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48Objective
Filteration of seawater (Marina Beach, Chennai, India) by removing NaCl
At lower costLower input energy Minimum use of chemicals andMinimum impact on the environment
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49Materials and methods
Materials required :-
Hollow carbon cylinder of diameter 1 cm , length ~10 cm having radial CNTs with diameter ~10–12 nm
Filtration setup
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Methods adopted:-
1. Synthesis of carbon hollow cylinder consisting of radially aligned CNTs
2. Fabrication of filtration setup
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(a)Hollow cylinder of CNTs
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(b) Filtration setup of hollow cylinder of CNTs(c) The schematic diagram of the filtration setup (d) Optical photograph of the filtration setup.
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53Experimental apparatus
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54Results and Discussions
With the increase in the liquid column pressure, the filtration rate also increases
Using vacuum, pressure difference of ~742 torr gets applied at seawater entering points
Amount of filtrated water was found to be nearly two times higher
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(a)With 100-cm water column of (pressure 10 Pa)
(b) With water collected as a function of vacuum in 12 h
Seawater filtration through CNT-based filter
Efficiency of seawater filtration:-
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SEM of the bulk hollow cylinder of CNTs before (a–b) and after (c–d) filtration of
seawater
Characters of CNT filter before & after filtration
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EDX data of salt of seawater before filtration
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EDX data of salt of seawater after filtration
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59Case study can be concluded as…
Rate of filtration through CNT filters holds promise for improvement
Creating vacuum in the filtrate side improves the rate of filtration
Amount of Na decreases from 30.06 - 0.4wt% and Cl from 11.44 -0.17wt%
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60Conclusion
CNT membranes could potentially lead to more effective means of filtration.
•Remove more impurities •Faster•More economical•More selective
Aligned CNT membranes provides opportunities for future seawater desalination
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61References
Harris, P. F. 1999. Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures .Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 123p.
Chaudhary Ravi Prakash Patel., Prashant Tripathi, O.N., Srivastava, O. N., and Yadav, T. P. 2013. Filtration of sodium chloride from seawater using carbon hollow tube composed of carbon nanotubes.Int. J. Smart and Nano Materials. 5(3): 194-206. Available: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tsnm20 .pdf. [25 Nov.2014]
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And finally….
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