Abstract
In this work, a novel coating layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polyquaternium-10 (PQ10) was constructed onto the surface of polyamide-based RO membrane via the method of surface coating followed by cross-linking. Permeation tests demonstrated that the incorporation of PQ10 into PVA could efficiently improve the water permeation ability of surface coating layer, showing a significant decrease of hydraulic resistance from 5.9 × 1012 m−1 of the PVA-1.0 coating layer to 2.5 × 1012 m−1 of the PVA-1.0/PQ10-0.2 coating layer. Anti-fouling performance evaluation revealed that the PVA/PQ10-coated membrane not only possessed the good anti-fouling property of the PVA-coated membrane to negatively charged foulants and protein but also exhibited more excellent anti-fouling performance to positively charged foulant due to its relatively lower surface charge density and pseudo-zwitterionic surface character. Long-term filtration tests with dye wastewater illustrated that although the initial water permeability of membrane coated with PVA-1.0/PQ10-0.2 surface layer was lower than that of the virgin RO membrane under the same operation condition, the PVA-1.0/PQ10-0.2-coated membrane exhibited a higher salt rejection, lower flux decline rate and larger cumulative volume of permeated water during a filtration period of 48.0 h. Soaking tests further demonstrated the improvement of membrane chemical durability against acid, alkaline and chlorine by the PVA/PQ10 coating layer.
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