Desenvolvimento de Membranas por Eletrospinning e Doctor Blade para Remoção de Gosto e Cheiro de Água

• Grant number: 24/09746-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: April 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Agreement: SABESP
• Principal Investigator: Jose Mauricio Rosolen
• Grantee: Luiza Leite Knittel
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Company: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP)
• Associated research grant: 20/12204-3 - Development of micro / nanostructured carbon filtering elements and gauging by chromatographic methods and mass spectrometry for drinking water production, AP.PITE

Abstract

The current project involves modifying the surface of commercial membranes with graphene-derived nanostructures to enhance adsorption and wettability properties. Additionally, membranes will be produced via electrospinning with additives incorporated during fiber nucleation to modify their adsorption capacity. The primary target analytes are MIB and geosmin. Physicochemical techniques combined with membrane performance evaluation are utilized to understand and achieve superior effects compared to commercial membranes. In addition to nanocarbons as additives, geothermal materials will also be investigated. (AU)