The evaluation of thin film composite membrane composed of an electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mid-layer for separating oil–water mixture

Conventional ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, which are fabricated by phase inversion method, have relatively low amount of flux rate. To overcome this limitation, a new type of thin film composite (TFC) membrane was manufactured and tested in the current study. This membrane has composed of a nonwoven Polyester (PET) support, an electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous mid-layer, and a Polysulfone (PSF) composite coating top layer. In...