High-flux fine hollow fiber nanofiltration
(HFNF) membranes were
prepared by interfacial polymerization (IP) using polysulfone (PSF)
ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with an outer diameter of 425 μm
as the substrate for the treatment of drinking water. Trimesoyl chloride
(TMC) was selected as the organic phase monomer, while poly(vinyl
alcohol) (PVA) was added into piperazine (PIP) aqueous phase solution
to reduce the surface defects and to enhance the separation performance
of the NF membrane. The as-prepared fine HFNF membranes had a large
packing density and effective area. The optimal preparation conditions
of the fine HFNF membrane were determined by orthogonal experiments
in which the flux of the membrane reached 34.2 ± 1.5 L·m–2·h–1·bar–1, while its salt rejection sequence was as follows: Na2SO4 (97.6 ± 1.5%) > MgSO4 (96.1 ±
1.8%) > MgCl2 (83.5 ± 2.1%) > NaCl (27.9 ±
2.6%).
During the long-term stability test for 132 h, the membrane retained
a high flux (>23.7 ± 1.5 L·m–2·h–1·bar–1) and high Na2SO4 rejection (>97.2 ± 1.1%). Additionally, it
exhibited
huge potential for application in drinking water purification in which
the as-prepared NF membrane exhibited excellent antifouling performance
for bovine serum albumin (BSA).