다양한 수질 오염원 중 페놀과 같은 유기화합물은 배출조건이 비정상적인 경우 기존의 처리방법으로 제거하거나 파괴하기 어렵다. 수용액으로부터 페놀을 분리하기 위한 최근의 연구들은 활성탄에 의한 흡착, 용매 추출 등에 의해 수행되어져 왔으며, 물-기름 유화에 기초를 둔 액막법이 기존의 기술들을 대체하기 위한 방법으로 시험되어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 tri-n-butyl phosphate(TBP)와 액상 고분자를 지지액막의 액막용액으로 선정하여 수용액상의 페놀을 분리하였다. 공급측 페놀 농도를 변화시키고 다양한 액막용액을 사용하여 이들이 페놀분리에 미치는 효과를 연구하였다. TBP를 운반체로 사용한 경우의 실험결과들은 용매추출에서 주로 사용되고 있는 methyl isobutyl ketone(MIBK)보다 높은 물질전달속도를 보여주었으며, 선택한 액상고분자 중 polypropylene glycol 4000(PPG-4000), polybutylene glycol 500(PBG 500)의 경우 MIBK와 유사하거나 조금 높은 값을 나타내었다.

The feasibility of PS-D2EHPA/TBP beads prepared by immobilizing two extractants D2EHPA and TBP in polysulfone to remove Sr(II) from aqueous solution was investigated in batch system. Batch experiments were carried out to study equilibrium isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics. Equilibrium data were fitted using Langmuir, Freundlich, Redlich– Peterson, and Dubinin-Radushkevich equation models at temperatures of 298 K, 313 K, and 328 K. The removal capacity of Sr(II) by PS-D2EHPA/TBP beads obtained from Langmuir model was 2.41 mg/g at 298 K. The experimental data were well represented by pseudo-second-order model. The removal process of Sr(II) by PS-D2EHPA/TBP beads prepared in this study was found to be feasible, endothermic, and spontaneous.

The solid-phase extractant PS-D2EHPA/TBP was prepared by immobilizing two extractants D2EHPA and TBP in polysulfone (PS). The prepared PS-D2EHPA/TBP was characterized by using fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution was investigated in batch system. The experiment data were obeyed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Equilibrium data were well fitted by Langmuir model and the removal capacity of Cu(II) by solid extractant PS-D2EHPA/TBP obtained from Langmuir model was 3.11 mg/g at 288 K. The removal capacity of Cu(II) was increased according to increasing pH from 2 to 6, but the removal capacity was decreased below pH 3 remarkably.