Materials in renewable energy technologies: Use of Chitosan based-materials for water treatment

Author

Allouche, Fella-Naouel ; Guibal, Eric ; Mameri, Nabil

Author_Institution

Centre de Dev. des Energies Renouvelables, Algiers, Algeria

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Chitosan is naturally bio-polymer obtained through chitin deacetylation. Chitosan can be molded in several shapes, such as membranes, microspheres, gel beads and films, and is able to use for wide application including food and nutrition, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biomedicai, water treatment and other purposes. The aim of this work was to characterize the properties of biopolymer prepared by freeze-drying technique. Cylindrical foams were formed and then characterized and tested for their ability to water treatment. The surface morphology and topographic analysis of the polymer samples was examined by Scanning Electron Microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was investigated.

Keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; drying; environmental factors; enzymes; foams; freezing; gels; polymers; renewable energy sources; scanning electron microscopy; surface morphology; water treatment; FTIR spectroscopy; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; biopolymer; chitin deacetylation; chitosan based-materials; cylindrical foams; freeze-drying technique; gel beads; microspheres; renewable energy technologies; scanning electron microscope; surface morphology; topographic analysis; water treatment; Coagulation; Metals; Morphology; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; Suspensions; Foams; Keys words-Chitosan; water treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA), 2014 3rd International Symposium on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059981

Filename

7059981