TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent Advances in Polymer-based 3D Printing for Wastewater Treatment Application: An Overview
AU - Mohd Yusoff , Nurul Husna
AU - Teo, Lui-Ruen Irene
AU - Phang, Sue Jiun
AU - Wong, Voon Loong
AU - Cheah, Kean How
AU - Lim, Siew-Shee
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project was financially supported by Prototype Research Grant Scheme (PRGS) (Ref. No.: PRGS/1/2018/TK09/HWUM/02/1) and Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Empower Research Fund (Ref No.: EMP-20-21-1).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - The introduction of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 has signalled a transformation of traditional manufacturing landscape to intelligent production systems and advanced technologies. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a vital element in this latest revolution due to its remarkable potential in providing a green fabrication alternative with advanced design flexibility that surpasses the traditional manufacturing methods. At present, polymer-based additive manufacturing has drawn considerable interest in wastewater research due to its notable design freedom in manufacturing of novel, geometrically complex, and porous structures used in membrane modules and spacers, adsorption, advanced oxidation process, bioreactor, and microfluidic technology. In this work, recent advances of additively manufactured polymeric materials and 3D printing techniques used for various wastewater research are reviewed. Furthermore, the challenges in the fabrication techniques are assessed, alongside with the discussion on future perspectives of polymer-based AM technologies to develop a versatile and sustainable wastewater treatment system at commercial scale.
AB - The introduction of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 has signalled a transformation of traditional manufacturing landscape to intelligent production systems and advanced technologies. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a vital element in this latest revolution due to its remarkable potential in providing a green fabrication alternative with advanced design flexibility that surpasses the traditional manufacturing methods. At present, polymer-based additive manufacturing has drawn considerable interest in wastewater research due to its notable design freedom in manufacturing of novel, geometrically complex, and porous structures used in membrane modules and spacers, adsorption, advanced oxidation process, bioreactor, and microfluidic technology. In this work, recent advances of additively manufactured polymeric materials and 3D printing techniques used for various wastewater research are reviewed. Furthermore, the challenges in the fabrication techniques are assessed, alongside with the discussion on future perspectives of polymer-based AM technologies to develop a versatile and sustainable wastewater treatment system at commercial scale.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Green fabrication
KW - Polymer
KW - Wastewater treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132311
DO - 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132311
M3 - Article
SN - 1385-8947
VL - 429
JO - Chemical Engineering Journal
JF - Chemical Engineering Journal
M1 - 132311
ER -