The Ceramic TiO2 Low-Pressure Nano-Filtration Membrane Separation Behavior for Single and Mixed Ion Salt Solutions

The objective of this work is to study the separation performance of a tubular TiO2 ceramic nanofiltration membrane operate at low pressures (2 bar), and the parameters that would affect the membrane rejection behavior, such as the ions valences, ions type, transmembrane pressure (TMP) values, and membrane zeta-potential. The membrane was used to desalinate water samples containing NaCl, NaNO3, and Na2SO4 in single and tertiary salts solution. The rejection of ions solutions took the following trend: R of sulphate (SO4 2- ) > R of nitrate (NO3 1- )>R of chloride (Cl1- )>R of sodium (Na1+). The highest SO4 2- rejection was about 62%, the highest NO3 1- rejection was about 51%, the highest Cl1- rejection was about 42%, and highest Na1+ rejection was about 37%.