Resource Recovery with Donnan Dialysis
- Persons involved: Harmen Zwijnenberg (PhD Candidate), Walter van der Meer (promotor), Jeffery Wood (supervisor), Joris de Grooth (supervisor)
- Duration: 2019-2023
- Funding: TKI High Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM), private partners and UT in Connecting Industries program
Introduction
Selective recovery of valuable minerals from ‘waste’ streams such as wastewater represents an opportunity to enhance the sustainability of chemical processes. Membrane technology using ion-exchange membranes allows for transport of ions against bulk concentration gradients and for concentrating ions of interest.
Keywords
Ion-exchange membranes, recovery, minerals, waste streams
Research goals
We will investigate the selective ion-recovery using different membrane geometries, operating conditions, ion-mixture composition under various process configurations. The research carried out in this project will allow for more sustainable chemical processes through recycling of valuable ions currently lost in waste streams.
Publications
2024
Controlled Localized Metal–Organic Framework Synthesis on Anion Exchange Membranes (2024)ACS applied materials & interfaces, 16(24), 31703-31708. Wiegerinck, H. T. M., Demirel, Ö. H., Zwijnenberg, H. J., van der Meer, T., Rijnaarts, T., Wood, J. A. & Benes, N. E.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c02882
2023
Transport characterization and modelling of Donnan dialysis for ammonium recovery from aqueous solutions (2023)Journal of membrane science, 674. Article 121496. Zwijnenberg, H. J., Elozeiri, A. A. E., Grooth, J. d., Meer, W. G. J. v. d. & Wood, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121496
2022
Sustainable K+/Na+ monovalent-selective membranes with hot-pressed PSS-PVA saloplastics (2022)Journal of membrane science, 652. Article 120463. Krishna B, A., Zwijnenberg, H. J., Lindhoud, S. & de Vos, W. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120463