Research Article

Fabrication of PES/PVP Water Filtration Membranes Using Cyrene®, a Safer Bio-Based Polar Aprotic Solvent

Table 1

Hansen Solubility Parameters [MPa0.5] of different solvents and RED calculated for PES polymer.

SolventδD δPδHScoreRED

Cyrene®18.912.47.110.468
N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone1812.37.210.64
N,N-Dimethyl Acetamide16.811.59.410.934
Dimethyl Sulfoxide18.416.410.210.998
Dimethyl Formamide17.413.711.311.008
1,1-Dichloroethane16.57.8311.041