The current research aimed to develop a polymeric nanocpmposite membrane with a low cost nanoparticle for efficient oil-water separation. Cellulose acetate (CA) polymer was used to synthesis membrane by phase inversion method and membrane property was influenced by the addition of functioalized silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles. The obtained results indicated that high water flux was achieved using the modified nanocomposite membranes, which manifested improved attributes in terms of pore size, hydrophilicity, porosity, and water content. To know more about the membrane morphology and physicochemical properties field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), tensile test were utilized as characterization techniques. The functionalised SiC nanopacticle was also analysed by XRD, FTIR and FESEM techniques. The water contact angle of the pure CA membrane was 77.13 ± 2.9, whereas it was as low as 58.6° ± 4.2 after modification. The modified membranes, as such, mirrored reasonably enhanced hydrophilicity. Besides, reasonable improvement in the antifouling attributes of the membranes was also observed. The pure water flux offered by the modified membranes in a microfiltration test unit was increased by 89 %. Though there was no significant improvement in BSA rejection, the competence of the modified membranes apropos of separation of toluene from its emulsion in water was adequately substantiated.

当前的研究旨在开发一种具有低成本纳米颗粒的聚合物纳米复合膜，以实现有效的油水分离。醋酸纤维素（CA）聚合物通过相转化法用于合成膜，膜的性能受功能化碳化硅（SiC）纳米颗粒的影响。获得的结果表明，使用改性的纳米复合膜获得了高的水通量，其在孔径，亲水性，孔隙率和水含量方面表现出改善的属性。要了解有关膜形态和理化性质的更多信息，请使用场发射扫描电子显微镜（FESEM），原子力显微镜（AFM），傅立叶变换红外（FTIR）光谱，热重分析（TGA），X射线粉末衍射（XRD），拉伸试验被用作表征技术。还通过XRD，FTIR和FESEM技术分析了功能化的SiC纳米策略。纯CA膜的水接触角为77.13±2.9，而修饰后低至58.6°±4.2。这样，改性膜反映出合理增强的亲水性。此外，还观察到了膜的防污性能的合理改善。在微滤测试单元中，改性膜提供的纯净水通量增加了89％。尽管没有明显改善BSA的排斥性，但已充分证实了改性膜的性能，即从水中的甲苯从甲苯中分离甲苯。