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CH I CK E N E G G SH E L L S ( CH E S )
MEMBRAN E F O R P R O T E I NS
S E PARA T I ON
Main Researcher
Dr. Abdul Rahman Hassan
Area Of Expertise
• Membrane Separation
Technology
• Fiber Technology
• Water Treatment Technology
• Wastewater Technology
Professional Affliations
• Malaysian Society Of Engineering
Technologist (Mset) - Member
• European Desalination Society
(Eds) – Member
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Abstract
The synthesis of novel ultrafiltration
membranes from chicken eggs shell
waste was addressed. The novel
CHES-UF membranes is designed
and developed by
IMTL@USIM.
From highly abundant chicken eggs
shell bio-waste, a special bio-active
compounds was synthesized via
a wet/dry chemical method. With
an excellent properties, a special
polymeric formulation was prepared.
In bridging a new concept of active
materials science involving of polymer
and CHES, a unique characteristic
of active skin response was created
on the skin of CHES membranes.
The designing of smooth, even and
ultrathin active skin produced via
phase inversion process made the
CHES membranes to be versatile in
the form of wide separation spectrum
and operations. In addition, the novel
CHES membranes having a uniform
and narrow ‘on & in’ pores and able to
promote high flux and selectivity. As
the fabrication of CHES membranes is
highly complicated and challenging, a
fully controlled fabrication process (to
be patented) enable the production of
finer pores, pore statistics and pores
types as well as defect-free structures
towards a greener and economic
process. Moreover, with excellent
combinations of fine performance-
properties-pores specifications, this
project is crucial and in line with the
government policies and industrial
demands especially due to cost
effective and towards minimizing the
utilization of bio-waste as a valuable
product and advance technology
applications. Significantly, the CHES
membranes was found to be highly
potential for high impact industries
such as biotechnology, wastewater
treatment, biomedical, nutraceutical
and food industry.
Co-Researcher:
Dr. Mohd Hafez Mohd Isa, Nur Izzah
Md Fadilah, Sarah Husnaini Zainal
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