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Composite Membrane for Industrial Water Filtration

A technology of nanofiltration membrane and filtration membrane, which is applied in the direction of chemical instruments and methods, membranes, membrane technology, etc., and can solve the problems of high manufacturing and operating costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-10-20
ESQUEL ENTERPRISES LTD
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Nanoscale engineered membranes can enhance water flux, but the membranes also have high manufacturing and operating costs

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Embodiment approach 1A

[0027] Exemplary Embodiment 1A: PES Nanofiber Membrane

[0028] PES nanofibrous membranes can be prepared on PET support fabrics. PES was dissolved in a DMF solution, wherein PES comprised 20% to 30% by weight of the solution. More specifically, in the resulting PES membrane figure 1 In the imaging shown, a 25% by weight solution of PES was used. Load the DMF / PES polymer solution into the electrospinning machine. During the electrospinning process, the applied voltage was in the working range of 40 kV to 50 kV. The receiving distance is in the range of about 150mm to 200mm. The solution flow rate into the nozzles ranged from 0.5 ml to 1 ml per hour per nozzle. An electrospinning machine can have multiple jets (eg, 4 to 8 jets on a multi-jet machine can be used). figure 1The resulting PES polymer film applied to a PET support material is depicted in , which shows a SEM micrograph of PES nanofibers at 1000X magnification using a 25% solution of PES in DMF.

Embodiment approach 1B

[0029] Exemplary Embodiment 1B: PES Nanofiber Membrane

[0030] PES nanofibrous membranes can be prepared on PET support fabrics. PES was dissolved in the DMAc solution, wherein PES comprised 20% to 30% by weight of the solution. More specifically, in the obtained PES membrane figure 2 In the imaging shown in , a 23% by weight solution of PES was used. Load the DMAc / PES polymer solution into the electrospinning machine. During the electrospinning process, the applied voltage was in the working range of 40 kV to 50 kV. The receiving distance is in the range of about 150mm to 200mm. The solution flow rate into the nozzles ranged from 0.5 ml to 1 ml per hour per nozzle. An electrospinning machine can have multiple jets (eg, 4 to 8 jets on a multi-jet machine can be used). figure 2 The resulting PES polymer film applied to a PET support material is depicted in , which shows a SEM micrograph of PES nanofibers at 5000X magnification using a 23% solution of PES in DMAc.

Embodiment approach 2A

[0031] Exemplary Embodiment 2A: Nanoporous Polyamide Membrane

[0032] Nanoporous polyamide membranes for active separations can be prepared for application on PES filter membranes. TEGDA was dissolved in deionized water to obtain a 1.5% by weight TEGDA solution. TMC was dissolved in hexane to obtain a 0.15% by weight TMC solution. The aqueous and hexane solutions were loaded into different syringes in the electrospinning machine for spraying through different spray heads. Under the following operating parameters set, these solutions were simultaneously electrostatically sprayed onto the PES nanofiber filter membrane. During electrostatic spraying, the applied voltage has a working range of 40kV to 50kV. The receiving distance is in the range of about 200mm to 300mm. The solution flow rate into the nozzles ranged from 30ml to 40ml per hour per nozzle. In this process, two spray heads were used, one for aqueous solution and the other for hexane solution. The resulting pol...

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Abstract

An industrial wastewater filtration membrane and method for manufacture is disclosed herein. The membrane has three layers: a support layer of nonwoven fabric such as PET, a polysulfone nanofiber filtering membrane layer, and a nanoporous polyamide active separating layer. The polysulfone layer is electrospun onto the support layer. The polyamide layer is electrosprayed onto the polysulfone layer.The resulting membrane has a pure water flux rate of at 0.48 MPa that is between 40-200 liters per square meter per hour, a rejection rate of sodium chloride of 10-85% with inlet sodium chloride concentration of 2,000 ppm, and a rejection rate of magnesium sulphate of 80-97% with inlet magnesium sulphate concentration of 2,000 ppm.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 830,970, filed April 8, 2019. technical field [0003] The products and methods disclosed herein are used in water filtration. More specifically, the device is a nanofiltration membrane for water treatment or water filtration in textile manufacturing. Background technique [0004] As water resources become increasingly scarce, purification of industrial wastewater for reuse in industrial, agricultural or environmental purposes or human consumption is a global priority. Membrane water filters are known and commercialized. However, conventional phase inversion or thin film composite membranes have low water flux, making them inefficient for a large number of industrial applications. Water flux is a measure of the permeability and volumetric flow rate (ie, the volume of water that can be filtered in a given period of time) of water throu...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B01D61/02B01D67/00B01D69/12B01D71/48B01D71/56B01D71/68C02F1/44
CPCB01D61/027B01D71/68C02F1/442B01D71/48B01D71/56B01D67/0002B01D2323/39B01D69/1216B01D69/1071B01D2323/26B01D69/02D01D5/0084D01F6/76D06N7/0097B05B5/0255B05B5/1608D01D5/0007D01F6/96D01F6/60
Inventor 张玉高杜希柯岩朱小倩李思越李英顺
Owner ESQUEL ENTERPRISES LTD