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Disclosed herein are methods and systems for producing a liquefied methane product from a methane- and carbon dioxide-containing feed stream, in which a plurality of membrane stages comprising gas separation membranes that are more permeable to carbon dioxide than methane are used to remove carbon dioxide from the feed and form a retentate stream that is enriched in methane, said retentate stream being then cooled and liquefied to provide the liquefied methane product. In particular, the disclosed methods and systems may be used for producing liquefied biomethane from a biogas feed.

An ML-assisted framework is disclosed that can guide the design of fit-for-purpose separation membranes for resource recovery and clean water production from wastewaters. Approaches and methodologies for executing the work include the integrated components: 1) ML-assisted new polymer screening; 2) development of an interpretable ML model for membrane properties prediction; 3) mechanistic constitutive model; 4) development of a statistical ML model with a combination of proper regularization for membrane performance prediction; 5) separation membrane fabrication and evaluation.

The present disclosure relates to a dehumidifier.The dehumidifier according to an embodiment may include a first part in which a fan, a heat exchanger, and a dehumidification module are installed. The first part may define an upper space of the dehumidifier.The dehumidifier may include a second part in which a vacuum pump and at least one tank are installed. The second part may define a lower space of the dehumidifier.The dehumidifier may further include a first partition wall that divides the upper space of the first part and the lower space of the second part into each other.

The invention provides a virus-removing ultrafiltration membrane and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of membrane separation. According to the preparation method of the ultrafiltration membrane, a hydrophilic polymer and a bulk polymer are blended to prepare a membrane casting solution, the ultrafiltration membrane is prepared on the basis of a double-layer homogeneous compounding method and a phase inversion method, and the obtained integrated ultrafiltration membrane comprises a separation layer with a compact skin layer and a pre-filtration supporting layer with a complete sponge structure, and provides high mechanical strength and toughness at the same time; the separation layer and the supporting layer form a hourglass-shaped structure with effective aperture continuously changing in a gradient mode, and no obvious interface or layering phenomenon exists. The ultra-filtration membrane is clear in gradient structure, the upper surface is loose, the lower surface is compact, the structures are fused more tightly, no obvious interface exists, the filtration resistance is reduced, and the protein permeability is improved. And the flux and the maximum treatment volume are improved and the treatment time is shortened while the relatively high virus rejection rate and the relatively low protein adsorption capacity are maintained.

The invention relates to catalytically coated anion exchange membranes and their production. The catalytically active coated anion exchange membranes are used in electrochemical cells, in particular for water electrolysis. The object of the invention was to provide a process for producing an electrocatalytically active coated anion exchange membrane whose coating is porous and thus the electrocatalytically active centers located in the coating are easily accessible to the reactants. A basic idea of the process according to the invention is to incorporate particulate inorganic material into the catalyst coating as a placeholder, to solidify the coating, and then to leach the inorganic material out of the coating. The leaching converts the inorganic material into a water-soluble product that can be easily washed out of the coating.What remains are voids (pores) where the particulate inorganic material was previously located within the coating. The inorganic material therefore assumes the function of a structure-imparting agent within the coating composition, which is lost during the catalytically active coating process.

The invention discloses a nanofiltration membrane for extracting lithium from salt lake brine with a high magnesium-lithium ratio and a preparation method of the nanofiltration membrane, and belongs to the technical field of nanofiltration composite membranes. The preparation method of the nanofiltration membrane comprises the following steps: first-time interfacial polymerization treatment, second-time interfacial polymerization treatment and post-treatment. The nanofiltration membrane with a double-layer lithium ion permeation channel is constructed through coupling of secondary interfacial polymerization and a B15C5 modification process, and stable permeation performance of the membrane is guaranteed while high magnesium ion rejection rate and high magnesium-lithium separation factor are realized through synergistic modification of crown ether and secondary interfacial polymerization. The nanofiltration membrane disclosed by the invention shows excellent performance in a real salt lake brine test, and in practical application, the membrane can effectively treat a complex brine system with a high magnesium-lithium ratio; and in a 24-hour continuous test, long-term stability is also shown, and an efficient, stable and feasible solution is provided for lithium extraction of the salt lake brine with the high magnesium-lithium ratio.

A filter module for a gravity-type water-purifying device including a plurality of plate-shaped filter members, which are in a plate shape having a predetermined area, produce filtered water from raw water introduced from the outside, and are spaced apart from each other in parallel along one direction while one surface of each filter member faces each other at a predetermined; and a filtered-water integrating member for fixing one side of each of the plate-shaped filter members so that the plurality of plate-shaped filter members can be kept spaced apart from each other along one direction while facing each other, and for integrating and discharging the filtered water individually produced from each of the plurality of plate-shaped filter members.

The invention provides a PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) nanofiltration membrane constructed on the basis of microwave-enhanced bridging interfacial polymerization as well as a preparation method and application of the PVDF nanofiltration membrane. The method comprises the following steps: reacting PVDF powder with an organic alkali to prepare a modified film-forming solution, blade-coating the modified film-forming solution on a non-woven fabric supporting layer, placing the non-woven fabric supporting layer in an ethanol-water or methanol-water coagulating bath, and preparing a PVDF supporting film by virtue of assistance of an ice template; weighing the functionalized nano material and an amino silane coupling agent, performing ultrasonic dispersion, and adding a catalyst for reaction to obtain dispersion liquid; immersing a PVDF support membrane into the dispersion liquid to obtain a modified membrane; immersing the modified membrane into an aqueous solution containing an amine monomer and an organic solution containing an acyl chloride monomer, and carrying out microwave radiation. The interface reaction rate and selectivity are enhanced through the microwave excitation effect, and meanwhile, the hydrophilicity and reaction activity of the PVDF base membrane are cooperatively regulated and controlled, so that the separation efficiency and the anti-pollution capacity of the membrane are remarkably improved. The obtained PVDF nanofiltration membrane has high flux, high selectivity and excellent structural stability, and is suitable for efficient purification and resource recovery application in a complex water system.

The invention discloses a desalting membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of membrane separation. The desalting membrane comprises a porous ultrafiltration base membrane and a functional layer formed on the surface of the porous ultrafiltration base membrane; the functional layer is formed by copolymerizing and cross-linking a polyamine monomer, a zwitterionic multi-element hydroxyl monomer and an acyl chloride monomer through an interfacial polymerization reaction. The preparation method comprises the following steps: providing the porous ultrafiltration base membrane; coating the surface of the porous ultrafiltration base membrane with an alkaline water-phase solution containing a polyamine monomer and a zwitterionic multi-hydroxyl monomer to form a water-phase solution layer; coating an oil-phase solution containing an acyl chloride monomer on the surface of the water-phase solution layer to form a functional layer; and performing heat treatment. The invention also provides application of the desalination membrane in any one of seawater desalination, brackish water desalination, wastewater treatment and material separation and concentration. According to the invention, zwitter-ion-based multi-hydroxyl monomers are introduced into water-phase monomers to participate in interfacial polymerization, and a super-hydrophilic nano-channel is constructed in a separation layer, so that the water flux and the desalination rate of the membrane are remarkably improved.

A process and apparatus for lithium ion extraction. The process includes passing a lithium-containing brine through a lithium-adsorbent, then passing a desorption media through the lithium-adsorbent at a temperature above 40℃ to produce a lithium-enriched eluent. The lithium concentration of the eluent is further increased by passing it through a nanofiltration membrane and a reverse osmosis membrane. Preferably, the eluent is passed through these membranes more than once at a temperature above 40℃. The process is energy-efficient, because it is conducted entirely at temperatures above 40℃. Accordingly, there is no need to decrease the temperature of the lithium-enriched eluent before passing it through the nanofiltration membrane and the reverse osmosis membrane. Moreover, there is no need to increase the temperature of the nanofiltration reverse osmosis permeate before passing it through the lithium-adsorbent as a desorption media, nor is there a need to increase the temperature of the enriched lithium stream before lithium precipitation.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a polymer anti-pollution membrane, which is characterized in that a'fluorine-containing polymer / styrene-maleic anhydride 'porous membrane is prepared by taking a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer and a fluorine-containing polymer as base materials and adopting a thermally induced phase separation technology. And loading chitosan on the surface of the porous membrane by utilizing a chemical reaction between anhydride on the surface of the membrane and a small part of amino groups in a chitosan chain. The chitosan molecular chain with pH responsiveness not only improves the hydrophilicity of the membrane and slows down the deposition of inorganic scales on the surface of the membrane, but also has the conformation subjected to'curl-stretch 'reversible transformation (similar to'curl-stretch' motion of earthworms in soil so as to soften the soil) in the'acid washing-alkali washing 'cleaning process of the membrane; hardened inorganic scale deposited on the surface of the membrane becomes loose, the binding force between the inorganic scale and the surface of the membrane becomes weak, and the inorganic scale can be effectively removed through surface water cleaning in the follow-up process. The prepared cleaning agent has the advantages of being high in pollution resistance, good in inorganic dirt removal effect after cleaning and the like.

Disclosed herein are membrane-based gas separation methods and systems. The methods and systems may, in particular, be used for separating a feed stream comprising methane and carbon dioxide (such as for example a biogas feed stream) in order to provide a methane product stream (such as for example a biomethane stream).

The invention discloses a preparation method of a photocatalytic nanofiltration membrane based on IL-GQDs. The method comprises the following steps: pretreating bagasse, and applying the pretreated bagasse and imidazole ionic liquid (IL) to preparation of ionic liquid functionalized graphene quantum dots (IL-GQDs); the IL-GQDs are uniformly distributed on the surface of the base membrane by utilizing a vacuum-assisted low-temperature interfacial polymerization technology to form an ultrathin photocatalytic active layer; and finally, curing and cleaning to obtain the photocatalytic nanofiltration membrane based on the IL-GQDs. According to the prepared IL-GQDs, the membrane surface is endowed with high specific surface area and excellent photocatalytic activity, and meanwhile, an additional water transmission channel can be established under the condition that the pore diameter of the membrane is not changed, so that the problem of trade-off of a traditional membrane is solved. In addition, through combination of low-temperature and vacuum-assisted interfacial polymerization technologies, the membrane structure is more uniform and compact, defects on the surface of the membrane are reduced, and the stability and the anti-pollution capacity of the membrane are improved. The membrane disclosed by the invention shows relatively high water flux, salt recovery rate and long-term stability in water treatment application.

An underdrain filtered water collection system includes: a pair of opposing drainpipes, each drainpipe having a plurality of collection drains; and a diffuser screen. The diffuser screen can slide within an outlet in each of the collection drains. A diffuser screen for a pressure vessel containing filter media includes: a screen pipe; a solid plate coupled to a base of the screen pipe; and a winged diffuser arranged around an outer circumference of the solid plate. The winged diffuser includes a plurality of foldable wings. The screen pipe includes a mesh screen having preconfigured interstices therethrough. Feed water flows through the screen pipe where it is directed by an inner surface of the solid plate to flow in a diffused flow through the interstices of the mesh screen and the wings.

Example gas recovery systems include a source gas conditioning assembly configured to condition and compress the inlet source gas to provide a conditioned source gas, a first membrane assembly configured to separate the conditioned source gas into a hydrocarbon enriched stream and a recovery stream, a second membrane assembly fluidly coupled to the hydrocarbon enriched stream, and configured to separate the hydrocarbon enriched stream into a hydrocarbon product stream and a recycle stream, a carbon dioxide (CO2) plant assembly fluidly coupled to the recovery stream configured to provide a carbon dioxide product stream and an enriched recycle stream, a standalone membrane assembly configured to separate the enriched recycle stream into a hydrocarbon enriched recycle stream and an effluent stream, and wherein the source gas conditioning assembly is fluidly coupled to the recycle stream and the hydrocarbon enriched recycle stream.

The invention provides a high-flux chlorine-resistant anti-pollution composite nanofiltration membrane and a preparation method and application thereof, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: immersing a porous base membrane into a water-phase monomer solution, taking out the porous base membrane, removing a surface solution, and immersing the porous base membrane into an organic-phase monomer solution to complete interfacial polymerization to obtain an initial polyamide active layer; immersing the prepared initial polyamide active layer in a mixed solution containing sodium lignin sulfonate, a surfactant and a catalyst to complete surface modification; and carrying out thermocuring on the prepared surface-modified polyamide active layer to obtain the high-flux chlorine-resistant anti-pollution composite nanofiltration membrane. The anti-pollution performance and water flux of the prepared composite nanofiltration membrane are obviously improved, the composite nanofiltration membrane is suitable for being used as drinking water terminal treatment, and softening and purification of drinking water are achieved.

The invention discloses a silicon dioxide reinforced high-hydrophobicity polyvinylidene fluoride membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof, SiO2 nanoparticles are taken as a mechanical reinforcing agent and a structure regulator and are directly added into a membrane casting solution system, and solid-liquid phase separation is preliminarily induced on the surface of a primary membrane in combination with non-solvent spraying ethanol, so that the high-hydrophobicity PVDF membrane is successfully prepared. A unique multi-stage micro-nano structure consisting of mutually connected spherocrystals is constructed on the surface of the membrane, the hydrophobicity, aperture, porosity and mechanical property of the membrane are effectively improved, and the membrane shows excellent and stable separation performance in performance tests of seawater desalination and erythritol concentration, and has good application prospects in seawater desalination and erythritol concentration. The method shows huge application potential in the fields of wastewater treatment, food production and the like.

Described herein are methods of recovering lithium from dilute lithium sources. The methods include extracting lithium from an extraction feed using direct lithium extraction in an extraction stage to yield a lithium intermediate, performing one or more concentration operations, each concentration operation concentrating an input stream to yield an output feed, wherein the input stream is obtained from the lithium intermediate and / or the extraction feed is obtained from the output feed. At least one of the concentration operations includes a membrane separation operation having a plurality of reactors in series each having a semi-permeable membrane, such as a counter-flow reverse osmosis operation. Methods may also include generating a low TDS stream as a permeate from any of the one or more concentration operations, wherein the low TDS stream is recycled or used as fresh water.

The invention discloses an intelligent self-adaptive silt filtering system and method for a pumped storage power station, and belongs to the technical field of pumped storage power stations. The system comprises a multi-parameter water quality monitoring module, an intelligent self-adaptive filtering module, a hydraulic cyclone enhanced separation module, a self-cleaning and backwashing module and a central control and data processing module. According to the method, river sediment characteristics are monitored in real time, filtering parameters are dynamically adjusted through an artificial intelligence algorithm, efficient sediment interception is achieved by combining hydraulic cyclone separation and multi-stage filtering, the problem of filtering medium blockage is solved through a self-cleaning mechanism, and meanwhile the self-adaptive learning capacity is achieved so as to optimize system performance. The system can significantly improve the filtering efficiency, reduce energy consumption and operation and maintenance cost, adapt to complex water quality working conditions, and guarantee safe and stable operation of key equipment of the pumped storage power station.

An apparatus and a method are provided for a mobile reservoir system to provide potable water to desired destinations. The mobile reservoir system includes a waterborne vessel that includes a cargo hold. A collection unit comprised of a material for safe and sterile storage of potable water is disposed in the cargo hold. One or more collectors channel rainwater into the collection unit. Each collector is a sheet of a non-porous material supported on a retractable frame and a plurality of support arms. The sheet provides a surface area for collecting rainwater. A porous material covers the collection unit and operates as a filter for collected rainwater. A retractable cover may be extended over the cargo hold to provide protection to the collected rainwater in the collection unit. A filtration system is configured to offload the rainwater as potable water.

A ceramic membrane, and a process for producing a ceramic membrane. In the process for the production of a ceramic membrane the ceramic membrane is produced by additive manufacturing. The ceramic membrane comprises a membrane portion comprising pores. A nano-and / or micro-particle is formed in-situ from a nano- and / or micro-particle precursor during the additive manufacturing process and / or post-processing step. The ceramic membrane comprises the in-situ formed nano- and / or micro-particle, or residue thereof, arranged within the pores of the membrane portion. Also described is a water treatment module including the ceramic membrane.

The present disclosure relates to embodiments of a method for manufacturing a ceramic material comprising the steps of (a) homogenizing aluminum oxide, niobium pentoxide and solvent; (b) ultrasonicating the blend obtained in step (a); (c) adding an aliquot of the prepared suspension to the empty cavity of a mold, particularly between the polymeric mold and the metal mold; (d) immersing the mold into a coolant liquid-containing bath for sufficient time to ensure that all parts are completely frozen; (e) removing the ceramic body from the mold; (f) removing the solidified phase by means of sublimation hence obtaining a green tube; and (g) sintering the green tube, so as to obtain a solid structure. The present disclosure further relates to embodiments of a ceramic material and its use to manufacture a microfiltration membrane and / or a membrane support for fluid separation.

The invention provides a method for rapidly preparing an SSZ-13 molecular sieve membrane based on a double-template system, and belongs to the field of preparation and application of molecular sieve membrane materials. The polymer ammonium is introduced into the sol and seed crystal suspension, so that the nucleation and crystallization process in the synthesis system is obviously accelerated, the traditional synthesis time can be shortened by 50% or above, and the rapid growth of the SSZ-13 seed crystal on the surface of the porous carrier is realized. Based on the synergistic effect of the double template agents, the preparation repeatability of the SSZ-13 molecular sieve membrane is effectively improved, and large-scale application of high-quality membrane products is facilitated. The SSZ-13 molecular sieve membrane shows excellent separation performance in CO2 / CH4 mixed gas, and has remarkable industrial application value in the field of natural gas decarburization.

A polymer composition for carbon dioxide gas separation, the polymer composition comprising a polymer and a plurality of supramolecular structures, wherein the supramolecular structures are configured to selectively and reversibly adsorb carbon dioxide.

The invention discloses a KFI molecular sieve membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof, relates to the field of molecular sieve membranes, and particularly relates to the preparation of the KFI molecular sieve membrane at a certain temperature by coating seed crystals on a porous support body by adopting a secondary hydrothermal growth method and putting the porous support body into synthetic sol. The molar ratio of the synthesized sol is as follows: 1 Al2O3: 2.3 K2O: 0.1 SrO: 10 SiO2: 100-500 H2O. The KFI molecular sieve membrane prepared by the method grows compactly and continuously, and the thickness of a crystal layer is 10 microns. At the temperature of 75 DEG C, the KFI molecular sieve membrane has the separation performance on a 10wt% water / ethanol system as follows: the flux of the membrane is 0.93 kg.m <-2 >. H <-1 >, and the separation factor reaches 219. The KFI molecular sieve membrane is prepared for the first time, is successfully applied to separation of water and alcohols, and has the advantages of being environmentally friendly, simple in membrane separation device, easy and convenient to operate, capable of achieving continuous production and the like.

The present invention relates of a biodegradable and hydrophobic polylactic acid (PLA) non-woven material and a process for manufacturing thereof, said PLA non-woven material comprising a non-woven fabric for personal protective equipment, and a non-woven fabric for the three layer surgical mask; said PLA non-woven material comprising a layer of nanofiber membrane and a layer of biodegradable spunbond fabric which could fulfil the international biodegradation standard EN13432. Said non-woven fabric for the PPE has at least 45N breaking force, at least 15% elongation, and having passed level 3 fluid resistance test according to AATCC 42 and AATCC 127.

The invention discloses a surface-enhanced tryptophan modified nanofiltration membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof. Belongs to the field of water treatment membrane preparation. The invention aims to solve the technical problems of non-uniform pore size distribution and surface hydrophobicity of the conventional nanofiltration membrane. The method comprises the following steps: adding tryptophan into a piperazine water-phase solution, and carrying out interfacial polymerization with oil-phase trimesoyl chloride to prepare the tryptophan modified nanofiltration membrane. According to the preparation method, the diffusion rate of the piperazine monomer can be adjusted in the interfacial polymerization process by utilizing a similar surfactant structure of tryptophan, meanwhile, the tryptophan has hydrophilicity and can improve the hydrophilicity of the surface of an active layer, and the prepared modified nanofiltration membrane is reduced in molecular weight cut-off, improved in surface hydrophilicity and good in water resistance. The retention rate of organic micro-pollutants is improved, and meanwhile, good anti-pollution performance is achieved.

The present disclosure relates to an electrochemical device for extracting copper from copper-containing wastewater and an extraction method using the same. Cu-based chalcogenide, as an electrode material, forms an electrochemical device with other electrodes. The device is an electrocatalytic coupling deionization system with electrochemical oxidative decomplexing performance, and has a good selective removal effect of Cu2+ from organic complex copper-containing wastewater, strongly acidic wastewater, and wastewater interfered by high concentration salt ions and heavy metal ions. With this device, the organic complex pollutant Cu-EDTAn can be effectively decomplexed to complete the extraction of Cu2+.

The present invention relates to a monolithic bipolar membrane with a low transmembrane voltage and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: preparing a membrane liquid with styrene and divinylbenzene; heating the membrane liquid, and then impregnating a polyolefin thin membrane; polymerizing an impregnated thin membrane and preparing a basement membrane; producing the basement membrane into a semi-anion membrane; additionally partially sulfonating and additionally quaternizing one side of the semi-anion membrane; then, soaking the bipolar membrane in a FeCl2 solution, transforming the bipolar membrane in an alkaline solution, and preparing the bipolar membrane. The present invention effectively reduces the transmembrane voltage, thereby being beneficial to reducing energy consumption.

The present invention relates to the technical field of seawater desalination membranes, and discloses a durable seawater desalination membrane and a preparation method thereof. The present invention uses pentaerythritol as an initiator, uses propylene oxide and ethylene oxide as raw materials to synthesize a hyperbranched polyether, and then undergoes an ester exchange reaction with 2-aminoethyl acetate to synthesize a modified hyperbranched polyether. The ZIF-8 material is then synthesized by a hydrothermal method, and MoS2 nanosheets are coated on its surface to obtain a MoS2 / ZIF-8 composite material, which is then surface-modified by a silane coupling agent to obtain a modified MoS2 / ZIF-8 composite material. Finally, a casting solution is formed using polysulfone and a modified MoS2 / ZIF-8 composite material to obtain a base membrane, and the base membrane is then sequentially immersed in an aqueous phase solution and an oil phase solution to form a polyamide film layer, thereby obtaining a durable seawater desalination membrane. The seawater desalination membrane prepared by the present invention has excellent water flux, desalination rate and durability.