SEBS electrospun membranes for oil absorption: process optimization

用于吸油的 SEBS 电纺膜：工艺优化

• 批准号: 544428-2019
• 负责人: Demarquette, Nicole
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: École de technologie supérieure
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Plus Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=675230
• 关键词: SEBS; electrospun; membranes; oil; absorption

This project aims at optimizing and scaling up the electrospinning process to obtain membranes of nanofibersof copolymers to improve the reaction rate of Albarrie super absorbent smart fabrics for high powertransformer secondary oil containment application.In a first phase project, financed by an Engage grant, Prof. Demarquette and her team in collaboration withAlbarrie Ltd. research team obtained several electrospun membranes and tested them for oil retention. Theobtained results indicated three block copolymers as best candidates for oil retention. They also indicated thatthe quantity of copolymers used in the smart fabrics produced by Albarrie Ltd. , could be reduced by 5 folds ifin the form of nanofibers, which would imply a cost reduction for the membranes of 50%. During the firstphase project, the membranes were obtained using a homemade electrospinning machine and the processpresented several limitations: only small membranes with an area of around 10 cm2 could be obtained; arecurrent problem of needle clogging was observed. Furthermore, the process was not optimized in terms ofmembranes geometry and nanofiber size.The present project aims therefore at optimizing and scaling up the spinning process to obtain copolymermembranes of nanofibers to be used in oil retention. The steps of the project are1) Solve the problem of syringe clogging during spinning2) Scale up of the process3) Optimisation of the scaled up processThis project shall ultimately lead to the creation of high-quality manufacturing jobs at Albarrie Ltd. Thisproject will strengthen Canada's position as a leader in oil containment and oil spill response technology andhelp mitigating public concerns over potential environmental risk related to oil production, transportation and

该项目旨在优化和扩大静电纺丝工艺，以获得共聚物纳米纤维膜，以提高 Albarrie 高吸水性智能织物的反应速率，用于高功率变压器二次防油应用。在第一阶段项目中，由 Engage 资助资助，Demarquette 教授和她的团队与 Albarrie Ltd. 研究团队合作，获得了几种静电纺丝膜，并对它们进行了油测试 保留。获得的结果表明三种嵌段共聚物是保油性的最佳候选者。他们还表示，Albarrie Ltd.生产的智能织物中使用的共聚物数量如果以纳米纤维的形式可以减少5倍，这意味着膜的成本降低50%。在一期项目中，膜是使用自制的静电纺丝机获得的，该过程存在一些局限性：只能获得面积约为10 cm2的小膜；观察到当前存在的针堵塞问题。此外，该工艺在膜几何形状和纳米纤维尺寸方面并未优化。因此，本项目旨在优化和扩大纺丝工艺，以获得用于保油的纳米纤维共聚物膜。该项目的步骤是1)解决纺丝过程中注射器堵塞的问题2)扩大工艺规模3)优化扩大规模的工艺该项目最终将为阿尔巴里有限公司创造高质量的制造业就业机会。该项目将加强加拿大在石油围堵和溢油应对技术方面的领先地位，并有助于减轻公众对与石油生产、运输和运输相关的潜在环境风险的担忧。