Thin Film Composite Nanofiltration Research Articles

Facile preparation of polyvinylidene fluoride substrate supported thin film composite polyamide nanofiltration: Effect of substrate pore size

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is rarely used as substrate membrane for thin film composite polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membrane due to its hydrophobic surface pushes water away during interfacial polymerization. According to Jurin's law, the pressure of membrane surface pushed water away is inversely proportional to the radius of membrane pore. In this study, a series of commercial PVDF membranes with pores ranging from 25 to 450 nm were used as substrates in a traditional interfacial polymerization. This preparation process does not need any pre-modification on substrate or specific equipment. It was found that the PVDF substrate pore size greatly influences the morphologies and surface properties of the corresponding TFC PA NF membrane. Only when a PVDF substrate has moderate pore size, such as 50 and 100 nm, could a continuous and defect-free PA layer will be formed, as verified through SEM characterization. The TFC membrane prepared with the PVDF substrate of 100 nm exhibits a 27.0 L m-2 h-1 bar-1 pure water permeance, and a 96.2% Na2SO4 rejection. The facile and effective method demonstrated in this study provides a new thought for the preparation of PVDF substrate supported PA NF membrane.

Next-generation thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes for water remediation: a review

Next-generation thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes for water remediation: a review

Enhancing H2O2 Tolerance and Separation Performance through the Modification of the Polyamide Layer of a Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane by Using Graphene Oxide

Through interfacial polymerization (IP), a polyamide (PA) layer was synthesized on the top of a commercialized polysulfone substrate to form a thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration membrane. Graphene oxide (GO) was dosed during the IP process to modify the NF membrane, termed TFC-GO, to enhance oxidant resistance and membrane performance. TFC-GO exhibited increased surface hydrophilicity, water permeability, salt rejection, removal efficiency of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), and H2O2 resistance compared with TFC. When H2O2 exposure was 0–96,000 ppm-h, the surfaces of the TFC and TFC-GO membranes were damaged, and swelling was observed using scanning electron microscopy. However, the permeate flux of TFC-GO remained stable, with significantly higher NaCl, MgSO4, and PPCP rejection with increasing H2O2 exposure intensity than TFC, which exhibited a 3.5-fold flux increase with an approximate 50% decrease in salt and PPCP rejection. GO incorporated into a PA layer could react with oxidants to mitigate membrane surface damage and increase the negative charge on the membrane surface, resulting in the enhancement of the electrostatic repulsion of negatively charged PPCPs. This hypothesis was confirmed by the significant decrease in PPCP adsorption onto the surface of TFC-GO compared with TFC. Therefore, TFC-GO membranes exhibited superior water permeability, salt rejection, and PPCP rejection and satisfactory resistance to H2O2, indicating its great potential for practical applications.

Thin-film composite polyester nanofiltration membrane with high flux and efficient dye/salts separation fabricated from precise molecular sieving structure of β-cyclodextrin

The treatment of dye pollutant and salts by nanofiltration membrane technology usually has the difficulty of low permeability and higher pressure in the case of maintaining a high rejection. In this study, high flux polyester membranes of β-cyclodextrin/trimesoyl chloride - multiwalled carbon nanotubes (β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs) were fabricated on a modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) substrate via interfacial polymerization (IP) process. The modified MWCNTs substrate was not only beneficial to modulating the permeation and distribution of aqueous phase monomer (β-cyclodextrin, β-CD), but also in favor of the formation of an ultrathin loose selective polyester active layer due to the porous network structure. The optimization experiments about the reaction time and monomer concentrations were conducted. The experimental results showed that the pure water flux of the as-prepared β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs membrane was 179.93 L m-2h-1 bar-1 (at the pressure of 0.1 MPa) when the reaction time of IP process was 5 min. The single dye removal efficiency of β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs membrane was 97.41% for Brilliant Green (BG) and 96.39% for Congo red (CR), respectively. The removal efficiency of dye/salt mixture by the membrane was above 84% for BG and over 98% for CR, respectively. The results indicated that the membrane had the efficient selective separation performance for the dye/salt mixture benefiting from the special molecular sieving architectures with the precisely intrinsic inner cavity of β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs membrane. Furthermore, the reusability, chlorine resistance, and antifouling ability of the β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs membrane was relatively excellent, and the membrane could effectively remove BG (>93%) and CR (>98%) simultaneously for mixed BG/CR dyes in real water body. These results suggested that the as-prepared β-CD/TMC-MWCNTs membrane had the potential of practical application in dye wastewater treatment.

Thin-film composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes toward textile industry effluent treatment and environmental remediation applications: review

Thin-film composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes toward textile industry effluent treatment and environmental remediation applications: review

Synthesis and Characterization of a Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane Based on Polyamide-Cellulose Acetate: Application for Water Purification

Synthesis and Characterization of a Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane Based on Polyamide-Cellulose Acetate: Application for Water Purification

Enhanced removal efficiency of heavy metal ions by assembling phytic acid on polyamide nanofiltration membrane

The water pollution caused by heavy metals is bringing serious damage to public health and environment, and significant efforts have been devoted to explore advanced materials and technologies for eliminating toxic metal ions more efficiently. Herein, a phytic acid (PA)-incorporated polyamide thin-film composite nanofiltration (NF) membrane is constructed though traditional interfacial polymerization and electrostatic assembly of PA with polyethyleneimine. Owing to the high negative charges of PA, the resultant NF membrane exhibits ultrahigh binding affinity for heavy metals cations, and is highly capable of removing heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. As a result, the PA-functionalized NF membrane can reduce Cd2+ and Pb2+ concentrations from 500 ppm to the ultralow level of ~0 and 5 ppb, and achieve record-breaking remove rates of 100.000% for Cd2+ and 99.999% for Pb2+. Additionally, the as-prepared NF membrane also delivers excellent long-term stability in continuous 120-h operation, and can be easily regenerated and reused without remarkable fading of the initial Cd2+ removal rate even after six filtration cycles. This work demonstrates the potential usage of the PA-functionalized NF membrane for serving as a promising platform to eliminate heavy metal ions in waste water.

Processing of Black Carrot Juice by Nanofiltration and Forward Osmosis

Juice concentration is traditionally achieved with thermal evaporators. However, many nutrients and sensorial attributes suffer from degradation at high temperature. In order to preserve the sensorial and nutritional attributes of the juice, non-thermal processes based on membranes have arisen as an alternative.In the present work, 6.7 °Brix black carrot juice has been subjected to a sequence of processes based on nanofiltration (NF) and forward osmosis (FO) operated at room temperature with the aim of concentrating acylated anthocyanins. Four polymeric membranes with molecular weight cut-offs in the range 150 – 2000 Da were compared in terms of flux and anthocyanin rejection. The membrane showing the best performance was a polyamide thin film composite NF membrane with a reported cut-off of 600 – 800 Da. With this membrane, the rejection of anthocyanins was 98% and the rejection of total soluble solids was 65 %. The juice was pre-concentrated to 10 °Brix with minimal anthocyanin loss. The resulting retentate was further concentrated to 43 °Brix using FO biomimetic membranes and a solution of MgCl2 as draw.

New Concept of Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane Fabrication Using a Mist-Based Interfacial Polymerization Technique

The conventional interfacial polymerization (CIP) technique used for preparing thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration membranes typically requires a large amount of monomers during polyamide (PA) synthesis where most of the monomers are discarded after cross-linking. Thus, a new fabrication concept is proposed in this work to synthesize a PA layer via a mist-based interfacial polymerization (MIP) technique where only a small amount of aqueous solution is dispersed as mist. This approach also eliminates the rubber-rolling step in CIP. In addition to forming a thinner and looser PA structure, the piperazine solution required in the IP reaction is significantly reduced, that is, 17 times lower than that of CIP. The microdroplet dispersion approach in MIP could form a higher cross-linked PA due to the high polymerization interface besides forming a higher free-volume selective layer due to the disruption in the PA repeat structure. Our findings revealed that the newly developed mist-based TFC membrane could achieve 9.08 L/m2·h·bar pure water permeability and 97.2% Na2SO4 rejection coupled with a complete flux recovery rate. As a comparison, the conventional TFC membrane only attained 2.84 L/m2·h·bar and 95.7%, respectively. The MIP technique could also be potentially considered for developing a nanofiller-incorporated TFC membrane due to the absence of the rubber-rolling step.

Multi-ionic electrolytes and E.coli removal from wastewater using chitosan-based in-situ mediated thin film composite nanofiltration membrane

This work presents the experimental investigation of flat sheet composite nanofiltration membrane synthesized with chitosan nanoparticles through interfacial polymerization of piperazine with trimesoyl chloride on polyethersulfone/sulfonated polysulfone substrates. The synthesized membrane was tested in wastewater treatment containing inorganic salts and E.Coli. Single binary electrolyte solution of KCl, MgCl2, MgSO4, and Na2SO4, ternary electrolyte solution, containing a combination of MgCl2 and MgSO4, KCl and MgCl2 and quaternary electrolyte solution of KCl, MgCl2, and MgSO4 as feed were treated in crossflow membrane cell for the water flux and species rejection in the permeate under operating pressure up to 0.5 MPa. The rejection of Na1+, K1+, Mg2+, Cl1−, and SO42− was observed to be 81, 28, 87, 96, and 98%, respectively with an average water flux up to 214 ± 10 L m⁻2.hr⁻1 in the permeate for the binary electrolyte solution. Similarly, the rejection for K1+, Mg2+, Cl1− and SO42− was noted to be 33, 94, 97, and 99%, respectively, for ternary electrolyte solution with an average water flux up to 211 ± 10 L m−2.hr−1. The quaternary ion system in the feed resulted in an average water flux up to 198 ± 12 L m⁻2.hr⁻1 with the rejection of K+, Mg+2, Cl− and SO4−2 as 35, 87, 96, and 99%, respectively. The model feed solution of E. coli after passing through the membrane achieved an E. coli rejection (99%) with water flux up to 220 L m−2.hr−1.

Fast and Versatile Pathway in Fabrication of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Nanofiltration Membrane with Tunable Properties

Thin film composite nanofiltration (NF) membranes are relatively new membranes compared to other types of pressure-driven membranes. However, they attract interest from researchers due to their versatility to be used in various applications. In this work, a new class of NF membrane was successfully fabricated through spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly by depositing alternate layers of branched polyethylenimine (PEI) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) on ultrafiltration polysulfone (PSF) membrane. The suitability of the fabricated membranes for removal of divalent ions was investigated. It was found that the membrane consisting of (PEI/PSS)10–0.05 M NaCl showed MgCl2 rejection rate of 93.95% and permeation flux of 0.9 L/m2·h bar during tests performed using a crossflow permeation cell at a crossflow velocity of 0.65 m/s, MgCl2 feed concentration of 6530 ppm, pressure of 10 bar, temperature of 32.5°C, and pH of 6.5. This result suggests that this new fabrication method is suitable for producing polyelectrolyte multilayered (PEM) NF membranes that exhibit comparable membrane performance to commercial ones.

Thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane based on polyurea for extreme pH condition

A series of thin-film composite membranes based on polyurea has been fabricated by interfacial polymerization with branched polyethyleneimine and piperazine in the aqueous phase, and multi-isocyanate in the organic phase on porous polyethersulfone support for extreme pH nanofiltration. It is found that 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate and toluene diisocyanate are more suitable to react with multi-amine to form the dense crosslinking layer, thereby achieving improved permeation and separation properties. By optimizing the ratio of polyethyleneimine to piperazine in the aqueous phase and 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate content in the organic phase, the best performance membrane with a MgSO4 rejection higher than 97.0% has been obtained. The surface properties of the polyurea-based membranes, such as surface charge, hydrophilicity, roughness, and morphology structure have been characterized in detail. After exposure to 20% (wt/v) HCl, 20% (wt/v) H2SO4, as well as 20% (wt/v) NaOH aqueous solution for one year, PEI-0.4/PDI-0.25 membrane can still retain MgSO4 rejection higher than 90% at neutral pH testing condition, with more than a two-fold increase of water flux, due to the swelling of the polyurea separation layer. The relationship between the molecular structure of polyurea and acid/alkali stability of membrane is also investigated. More importantly, the optimal polyurea-based nanofiltration membrane exhibits comparable acid/alkali stability to commercial MPS-34 membrane produced by Koch industries, displaying a broad field of application with good prospects.

Preparation of Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membranes Doped with N- and Cl-Functionalized Graphene Oxide for Water Desalination.

In the present work, chemically modified graphene oxide (GO) was incorporated as a crosslinking agent into thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes for water desalination applications, which were prepared by the interfacial polymerization (IP) method, where the monomers were piperazine (PIP) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC). GO was functionalized with monomer-containing groups to promote covalent interactions with the polymeric film. The composite GO/polyamide (PA) was prepared by incorporating amine and acyl chloride groups into the structure of GO and then adding these chemical modified nanomaterial during IP. The effect of functionalized GO on membrane properties and performance was investigated. Chemical composition and surface morphology of the prepared GO and membranes were analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The fabricated composite membranes exhibited a significant increase in permeance (from 1.12 to 1.93 L m−2 h−1 bar−1) and salt rejection for Na2SO4 (from 95.9 to 98.9%) and NaCl (from 46.2 to 61.7%) at 2000 ppm, when compared to non-modified membranes. The amine- and acyl chloride-functionalized GO showed improved dispersibility in the respective phase.

Thin film composite solvent resistant nanofiltration membrane via interfacial polymerization on an engineered polyethylene membrane support coated with polydopamine

In this work, a thin film composite (TFC) membrane possessing outstanding properties for solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) membrane application was fabricated. For this purpose, high density polyethylene (HDPE)-polystyrene (PS)-styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) blends were fabricated in the first step with different compositions by using an internal mixer machine and hot press technique, respectively. Then, the fabrication of a novel HDPE support was conducted by etching the PS phase out of the as-prepared HDPE-PS-SEBS blends through solvent extraction method (Etched HDPE). In the next step, the prepared Etched HDPE membrane support was dipped in a dopamine solution, by which auto-oxidization and self-polymerization of dopamine monomers onto the Etched HDPE membrane supports surface was done, leading to the formation of an ultrathin polydopamine (PDA) layer with a strong chemical binding force. By the formation of the polydopamine layer, hydrophilic functional groups were introduced onto the HDPE membranes surface, causing the attraction of m-phenylenediamine (MPD) monomers onto the membrane surface and the formation of a uniform ultrathin PA top layer. Finally, the TFC layer was formed on the as-prepared membrane supports with different m-phenylenediamine and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) concentrations. The performance and properties of the prepared TFC-PE@PDA membrane was investigated for rejection of different dyes including Reactive Red, Direct Yellow, Methyl Blue, Rhodamine B, Crystal Violet and Methyl Orange in SRNF applications, based on which outstanding separation performance (dye rejections of 99.8, 99.5, 99.2, 98.5, 96.8 and 94.4 for RR, DY, MB, RDB, CV and MO, respectively, under the pressure of 9 bar), methanol flux as high as 1.8 L/m2 h bar along with excellent methanol flux as high as 3.7 L/m2 h bar after Dimethylformamide activation, were obtained. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that an outstanding solvent resistance (dye rejections of more than 99.2, 98.8, 98.5, 97.9, 96 and 93.8% for RR, DY, MB, RDB, CV and MO, respectively, being dipped in Dimethylformamide at 70 °C for 90 days) was also shown by the prepared TFC-PE@PDA membrane.

Fabrication of oppositely charged thin-film composite polyamide membranes with tunable nanofiltration performance by using a piperazine derivative

A piperazine derivative, N-aminoethyl piperazine (AEP) was utilized as the amine monomer to react with trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and to fabricate thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes via interfacial polymerization. Interestingly, AEP-TMC membranes with the oppositely charged surface have been obtained by simply regulating the mole ratio of AEP to TMC and the oppositely charged membranes performed quite different separation capabilities toward differently charged salts and dyes. For instance, the positively charged membrane (AEP/TMC = 240) presented a salt rejection in this order: MgCl2>MgSO4>Na2SO4>NaCl while the rejection order changed to: Na2SO4>MgSO4>MgCl2> NaCl for the membrane (AEP/TMC = 15) with a negatively charged surface. Meanwhile, the membranes also showed good water permeabilities (8.18 L m−2 h−1∙bar−1 for AEP/TMC = 15 and 7.78 L m−2 h−1∙bar−1 for AEP/TMC = 240). Besides, promising stabilities of the obtained AEP-TMC membranes were also confirmed via a 30-h continuous test with salt solutions and a 27-h cycled test with dye solutions. Considering the tunable surface and nanofiltration performance, together with the quite large commercially available resource of AEP, the resultant AEP-TMC TFC membrane presents great potential in further practical applications towards different charged components.

Thin-film composite hollow-fiber nanofiltration membranes prepared from benzonitrile containing disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random copolymers coated onto polyphenylene oxide support membranes

A new method for the preparation of chemically robust thin-film composite hollow-fiber (TFC-HF) nanofiltration membranes through a dip-coating process is reported. A negatively charged disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random copolymer (SPN-20) containing highly polar benzonitrile groups was utilized as a separation layer in a TFC-HF membrane. Only four polar aprotic solvents, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl acetamide (DMAc), dimethyl formamide (DMF), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), proved to be good solvents for SPN-20 possibly due to its rigid chemical backbone and strong intermolecular interactions. In order to avoid dissolution or irreversible swelling of the polymeric supports in the dip-coating process, a polyphenylene oxide (PPO) hollow-fiber membrane was introduced as a novel substrate for TFC-HF fabrications. Solubility investigation using a framework of Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) revealed that the PPO membrane is a suitable substrate for coating the SPN-20 copolymer due to its tolerance of polar aprotic solvents. By using DMSO as a coating solvent for the SPN-20 copolymer, TFC-HF membranes were successfully prepared with neither dissolution nor any damage to PPO supports. The dip-coating and drying processes were analyzed in detail to optimize the thickness and separation performance of TFC-HF membranes. The resultant membranes showed excellent rejection of Na2SO4 (>98%) and an almost 100% rejection of negatively charged dyes along with a reasonable level of pure water flux (1.0–10.3 [L∙m−2∙h−1∙bar−1]).

Carboxymethyl cellulose/polyethersulfone thin-film composite membranes for low-pressure desalination

Herein, we report the fabrication of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/polyethersulfone (PES) thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes using a dip-coating method with glutaraldehyde (GA) as the crosslinking agent. The effects of crosslinking degree and the dip-coating parameters, including CMC concentration and dipping time, on the performance and morphology of the fabricated membranes were investigated. The properties of the prepared membranes were analyzed by ATR-FTIR, AFM, FE-SEM, and water contact angle analysis. The optimized membrane containing 0.2 wt% CMC, crosslinking degree of 20% by the dipping time of 10 min represented a rejection efficiency of 91.90%, 68.63%, and 45.90% towards the Na2SO4, MgSO4, and NaCl solutions (100 mg/L), respectively. The pure water flux of the optimal membrane was 47.90 ± 1.77 L/m2 h under a low transmembrane pressure of 0.4 MPa. The flux recovery ratio of the nanofiltration membrane was 63% higher than the PES support membrane, indicating an improvement in fouling resistance.

Engineering novel thin-film composite membranes with crater-like surface morphology using rigidly-contorted monomer for high flux nanofiltration

Developing thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes with high water permeability and salt rejection is highly desirable in water desalination. In this study, a new TFC membrane with high NF performances was developed to achieve such a goal by constructing active separation layer with a special crater-like surface morphology using a rigidly-contorted spirocyclic monomer, 5,5,6′,6′-tetrahydroxy-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethyl spirobisindane (TTSBI), as the co-monomer with piperazine (PIP) in aqueous phase during interfacial polymerization (IP) process. This design endowed the separation layer with the characteristics of low thickness, high microporosity, and high permeation surface area. The pure water permeability was therefore increased to 9.9 L m−2 h −1 bar−1, approximately two times higher than that of the typical TFC NF membrane prepared with PIP and trimesoyl chloride, without compromise in the rejection (the rejection of Na2SO4 up to 98%). The introduction of TTSBI tuned the diffusion and reaction behaviors of monomers at the aqueous-organic interface and controlled the special microporous structure and surface morphology, which are advantageous to the improvement of water permeability. This study provides new insights for synthesizing highly permeable TFC NF membranes with remarkable rejection characteristics to address the crisis of the current potable water scarcity.

Fabrication of ultra-smooth thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane with enhanced selectivity and permeability on interlayer of hybrid polyvinyl alcohol and graphene oxide

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes prepared by conventional interfacial polymerization (IP) method still have relative low water flux. This paper reports a kind of high-flux, ultra-thin and ultra-smooth thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) NF membranes by IP reaction with both low concentration of piperazine (PIP) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) on the surface of a tailor-made hydrophilic interlayer. This interlayer, which was made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-modified graphene oxide (GO) and was followed by further glutaraldehyde post-crosslinking, greatly helps to manipulate the IP reaction, remarkably decrease the skin layer thickness (down to 15 nm) and roughness (down to 5 nm), and increase apparently the separation performance of the TFN NF membrane. Under optimal conditions (PVA concentration of 1.0 wt%, GA concentration of 1.0 wt% and GO concentration of 10 mg L−1), the fabricated TFN NF membrane has a relative high water permeance (158 L m−2 h−1 MPa−1), an extremely high Na2SO4 rejection (99.7%), an extremely high separation factor (230) of Na2SO4 to NaCl among those of the membranes with Na2SO4 rejection higher than 98%, as well as greatly enhanced fouling resistance and chlorine resistance. The much superior advantages of the prepared TFN NF membrane over most of the state-of-the-art literature works demonstrate its vast potential in industrial separation and purification of aqueous electrolytes or organic solute solutions.

Influence of monomers involved in the fabrication of a novel PES based nanofiltration thin-film composite membrane and its performance in the treatment of common effluent (CETP) textile industrial wastewater

In this article, monomers (tannic acid (TA) and m- phenylenediamine (MPD)) were used in the fabrication of a novel PES based thin-film composite nanofiltration (TFC-NF) membrane for the treatment of a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) of textile industrial wastewater. PES support sheets and TFC layers were fabricated via non-solvent induced phase inversion and in-situ interfacial polymerization (IP) process. The ultra-thin active layer was synthesized via the IP process with monomers such as tannic acid (TA) and m- phenylenediamine (MPD). T and M series membranes correspond to (PES/x wt% TA, x = 2, 4, 6) as T1, T2, T3 -TA and (PES/x wt% MPD, x = 2, 4, 6) as M1, M2, M3-MPD respectively. M0 corresponds to PES which is the virgin membrane. The chemical structure, surface morphology, surface roughness and surface properties were explored using fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and contact angle, respectively. The filtration performance of the thin-film composite nanofiltration (TFC-NF) membranes was investigated by various properties like pure water flux, salt rejection, porosity, mean pore radius and antifouling analysis. T1-TA membrane showed better water permeability, high salt rejection and better industrial effluent rejection with 94.4% of TDS that are suitable for industrial reuse and agricultural irrigation. Moreover, for T1-TA membrane, the water flux, porosity, mean pore radius, salt rejection, surface roughness and contact angle of 43.5lm- 2 h - 1, 47.1%, 16.7nm, 72.7%, 11.7nm and 41.48°was achieved respectively that was found to be higher than that of all the other fabricated membranes. Further, the rejection efficiency rate of textile effluent characteristics such as pH, turbidity, TDS, alkalinity, total hardness, BOD and COD were also achieved with maximum deduction in the T1-TA TFC-NF membrane compared to the M0-Virgin PES membrane. From the results, it can be confirmed that the T1-TA membrane significantly reduced the alkalinity, total hardness, BOD and COD rejections of 78%, 77.3%, 58.5% and 67.5% respectively, present in the effluent. Water flux recovery ratio (FRR) was improved from 74.6% for M0-Virgin PES membrane to 94.8% for T1-TA membrane. The modified TFC-NF membranes especially T1-TA, had better anti-fouling property and excellent hydrophilicity than the unmodified M0-Virgin PES membrane. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40201-021-00624-x.