Ceramic membrane preparation from waste : effect of binders

Porcelain based ceramic supports from sanitary waste were prepared by using two different types of binders, Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) and Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 1500) with three different concentration. Using the sanitary waste as a construction material to prepare ceramic support can reduce the utilization cost of the waste because it is abundant and free. It is also an alternative method that use low cost to produce ceramic support membrane. In order to make a good ceramic, the most important things is to look the membrane itself about the materials used, methods to fabricated the ceramic membrane and the equipment used to characterize the membrane. The purpose of the research were to identify the ceramic support that has been prepared from the waste and to identify the effect of binder on the ceramic support itself. The binders are introduced to help the ceramic support membrane from crack as it can acts as an agent to avoid the support from crack easily. The aimed of this research is to prepare the ceramic membrane support using waste with the help of PVA and PEG as a binders by using compression method. The ceramic properties were then analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Result shows that 10wt% PEG is optimum in terms of organic materials as it identify the molecular components and has a good structures existed in the membrane. The characteristics that needed to be done in this research has been successfully conducted