Author/Authors :
gürsoy, m. konya technical university - nanotechnology and advanced materials development application and research center - department of chemical engineering, Konya, Turkey , saygı, ö. konya technical university - department of chemical engineering, Konya, Turkey , hoyladı, r. konya technical university - department of chemical engineering, Konya, Turkey , yorulmaz, m. konya technical university - department of chemical engineering, Konya, Turkey , karaman, m. konya technical university - nanotechnology and advanced materials development application and research center - department of chemical engineering, Konya, Turkey
Abstract :
Oil-spill is one of the major global issues facing society in this century. The aim of this study was to develop a steel-based membrane for selective separation of oil from oil/water mixture. For this purpose, a single-step, rapid and environmentally friendly closed-batch initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) method was employed to deposit hydrophobic thin film on a stainless-steel mesh. Perfluorodecyl acrylate (PFDA) and tert-butyl peroxide (TBPO) were used as monomer and initiator, respectively. Owing to the inherent vapor-based nature of iCVD method provided excellent conformal coverage on the mesh with high durability. iCVD coated mesh showed 96% oil/water separation efficiency. Highly reproducible results were obtained when the oil/water separation experiments were repeated.
Keywords :
Oil , water separation , iCVD , thin film , hydrophobic , mesh
