DEVELOPMENT AND

CHARACTERIZATION OF
ALUMINA BASED MEMBRANES
FOR WATER PURIFICATION
SUPERVISOR: Sir Bilal Anjum
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Shahid
Group members: Jamal Bin Shabbir
Kashan Ali
Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas
 Brief Overview
 Heavy Metals are serious cause of contamination in water that create great hindrance in smooth
water recovery. Excessive amount of heavy metals are toxic for aquatic organisms as well as human
beings.

 For removal of such ions, adsorption and membrane separation are considered the most effective
methods.

 For the last few decades, inorganic membranes have gained more attention in water treatment and
other industrial applications. The selection of suitable raw materials, processing methods and
sintering technique has great influence on the efficiency of the final porous structured membrane.

 Porous Ceramic membranes have ben manufactured using a variety of materials such as clay,
zirconia, titania, silica, fly ash etc. However, alumina is one of the most commonly used materials
to fabricate porous membranes because of its excellent adsorption qualities for removing metal ions
from water.
 Aims and Objectives
 To develop porous alumina-CNTs composite membranes using

powder metallurgy techniques

 To characterize the microstructure, properties and porosity of the

developed membranes.

 To evaluate the performance of the developed membranes for heavy

metal removal (Cd^+2 ions) from aqueous solution

 Gant Chart
Tasks PROGRESS 2018 2019
A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D
Literature Review 40%
Experimental Work 15%
• Powder 100%
Preparation
• Samples 0%
Preparation
• Characterization 0%
• Water 0%
Permeability

Result Analysis 0%
Report Writing 0%
Overall Progress
20%
Strategy

Powder • Already Completed

Preparation

• Will be achieved using KRL’s facilities. Some calculations

Sample are made for correct amount of alumina powder needed
Preparation and number of samples required which are shown in next
slide.

• Physical parameters of membrane (density,

Characterization porosity) will be calculated through XRD and
and Water SEM. These will be done at H-12 campus or IST
university. Water Permeability will be tested
Permeability using our own equipment.
Samples Mass and Number of Samples
Calculation
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