Arcadius DEGAN

Mr. Arcadius DEGAN


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 February 2021 in Coatings
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CWCHABI NOEL WOROU
CHABI NOEL WOROU
JKJing Kang
Jing Kang
Jimin ShenJimin Shen
Jimin Shen
ADArcadius DEGAN
Arcadius DEGAN
PYPengwei Yan
Pengwei Yan
Zhonglin ChenZhonglin Chen
Zhonglin Chen
Titanium (Ti) nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully seeded on the platform of a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane previously coated with bio-glue (a co-deposition of dopamine hydrochloric bicarbonate buffer having undergone pyrocatechol deprotonation). The tools in vogue, especially field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM), have made it possible to fully characterize the structure of the new organic-inorganic nanofiltration (NF) membrane, namely NF_PAN_Ti. A soft computing model has been applied to make commonplace the complex and implicit extended Nernst–Planck equations that govern the transport of ions through NF membranes. Euler’s numerical method was applied with a small step-size and the results obtained were very interesting. The filtration velocity approach of GUEROUT-ELFORD-FERRY helped to estimate the average pore size of NF_PAN_Ti to rp = 0.538 nm. A six-day test carried out on NF_PAN_Ti demonstrated its long-term stability and showed a steady-rejection rate of 89.3% of MgCl2 salt and permeate flux of 56 L·m−2·h−1. The Euler’ numerical method corroborated perfectly the experimental findings since the relative error was found to be very low at 0.33% for Cl− and 0.09% for Mg2+ (RE << 0.1). These practical prediction tools may henceforth help in the choice and calibration of next-generation NF membranes’ synthesis.

1 June 2021 in Desalination and Water Treatment
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CWCHABI NOEL WOROU
CHABI NOEL WOROU
JKJing Kang
Jing Kang
TBTaofic Bacharou
Taofic Bacharou
Jimin ShenJimin Shen
Jimin Shen
PYPengwei Yan
Pengwei Yan
Zhonglin ChenZhonglin Chen
Zhonglin Chen