1482 results about "Ion-exchange membranes" patented technology

A vanadium redox cell having a positive half cell containing a positive half cell solution comprising a supporting electrolyte selected from H₂SO₄, HBr/HCl mixtures and one or more ions selected from the group vanadium (EI), Vanadium (IV), Vanadium (V), Br₃ and Br₂Cl; a negative half cell containing a negative half cell solution comprising a supporting electrolyte selected from H₂SO₄, HBr and HBr/HCl mixtures and one or more vanadium ions selected from the group Vanadium (II), Vanadium (III) and Vanadium (FV) and a perfluorinated cast cation exchange membrane or separator disposed between the positive and negative half cells and in contact with the positive and negative half cell solutions.

Provided are a CDI electrode and a method for manufacturing a module using the same. A hybridized electrode manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention can manufacture a CDI electrode capable of increasing adsorption efficiency and rate of ions and selectively adsorbing cation and anion, thereby simply and inexpensively manufacturing the CDI electrode module without using a cation-exchange membrane and an anion-exchange membrane.

A multicell assembly is constituted by alternately stacking two types of pre-assembled elements: a bipolar electrode holding subassembly and a membrane holding subassembly. The alternate stack of elements is piled over a bottom end element and the stack is terminated by placing over the last membrane holding element a top end electrode element. Each bipolar plate electrode holding element and each ion exchange membrane separator holding element includes a substantially similar rectangular frame piece, made of an electrically nonconductive and chemically resistant material, typically of molded plastic material, having on its upper (assembly) face grooves for receiving O-ring type gasket means, and having through holes and recesses in coordinated locations disposed along two opposite sides of the rectangular frame forming, upon completion of the assembling, ducts for the separate circulation of the negative electrolyte and of the positive electrolyte through all the negative electrolyte flow chambers and all positive electrolyte flow chambers, respectively, in cascade.

A water transport assembly, is provided including a housing having a first chamber therein, which is accessible through an opening in the housing. The housing additionally includes a sample inlet port and a sample outlet port, both of which are in fluid communication with the first chamber. A flat ion exchange membrane is attached to the housing in a plane over the opening in the housing, to seal the opening in a vapor tight seal. Water will pass through the membrane based upon the vapor pressure on each side of the membrane, to either dry or humidify sample passing through the first chamber. When the flat ion exchange membrane is a flat, thin ion exchange membrane it is preferable that the thin ion exchange membrane have a thickness of between about 0.1 and about 3.0 mils.

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for controllably adjusting a fluid delivery device. The device includes an electrochemical pump capable of transporting a fluid. A displaceable member is positioned between a pump product chamber and a reservoir, wherein the pump product chamber is capable of retaining water generated from the pump. The displaceable member is controllably displaced upon generation of water from the electrochemical pump and the reservoir contains the fluid that is delivered upon displacement of the displaceable member.

A method and apparatus is provided for inhibiting scaling in an electrodeionization system and, more particularly, for increasing tolerance to hardness in the feed water to an electrodeionization unit by inhibiting precipitation of scale-forming metallic cations contained in the feed water and thereby increasing efficiencies of the electrodeionization system. Water to be purified is passed through an electrodeionization unit in which the flow in the diluting compartment is countercurrent to the flow in the concentrating compartment. This is to impede the migration of scale-forming metallic cations from the diluting compartment, through the cation exchange membrane, into the concentrating compartment and towards the concentrating compartment side of the anion exchange membrane, thereby preventing scale formation on the anion exchange membrane. The electrodeionization unit may be further modified by dividing the concentrating compartments into first and second compartments by a porous diaphragm or ion-conducting membrane. The porous diaphragm or ion-conducting membrane effectively eliminates convective transport of scale-forming metallic cations from the cation exchange membrane side of the concentrating compartment to the anion exchange membrane side of the concentrating compartment, thereby inhibiting scale formation on the anion exchange membrane.

This invention discloses a fluorine-containing polymer and its application as ion exchange fiber material. The fluorine-containing polymer is a perfluoro resin containing sulfonylfluoride groups, and is shown in formula 1. The fluorine-containing polymer has ion exchange function, and is prepared by free radical copolymerization of perfluorosulfonyl vinyl ether, tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene in the presence of dispersant, solvent and initiator. The dispersant/solvent is mixed solution of melamine derivative containing linear perfluoro hydrocarbon and water. The fluorine-containing polymer can be melt-spun into polymer fibers, which can be woven into fiber network that can be used as the reinforcing network material for ion exchange membranes and chlor-alkali ion membrane to reinforce and improve the ion exchange ability.

The present invention provides a composite ion exchange membrane which has high mechanical strength and is suitable for use as a solid polymer electrolyte membrane excellent in ionic conductivity and a method for its production. The invention is achieved by a composite ion exchange membrane including a composite layer comprising a support membrane with continuous voids formed of polybenzazole polymer, the support membrane being impregnated with ion exchange resin, and surface layers formed of ion exchange resin free of support membranes, the surface layers being formed on both surfaces of the composite layer so as to sandwich the composite layer therebetween.

Apparatus and methods are provided for producing electrolytic water using three chambers, rigid plates and ion exchange membranes. Benefits include reduced scale production and increased long-term bactericidal effects of the water produced.

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for controllably adjusting a fluid delivery device. The device includes an electrochemical pump capable of transporting a fluid. A displaceable member is positioned between a pump product chamber and a reservoir, wherein the pump product chamber is capable of retaining water generated from the pump. The displaceable member is controllably displaced upon generation of water from the electrochemical pump and the reservoir contains the fluid that is delivered upon displacement of the displaceable member.

An apparatus for producing deionized water consisting essentially of an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between a cathode and an anode to form demineralizing compartments and concentrating compartments, and ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments, wherein a pressure of from 0.1 to 20 kg/cm2 is exerted between the ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments and the cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes defining the demineralizing compartments.

The invention discloses a method for extracting high-value alkali metal from salt lake brine or seawater through membrane extraction-back extraction. The method is implemented through continuous operation and comprises the following steps of: fixing an ion exchange blend membrane in a membrane component, allowing an organic solution containing an extracting agent to contact salt lake brine or seawater which contains alkali metal ions by a first ion exchange membrane, and allowing alkali metal ions to pass through the ion exchange membrane and be combined with the organic solution containing the extracting agent to obtain metal complex; then transmitting an organic solution of the metal complex to a second ion exchange membrane and allowing the organic solution of the metal complex to contact a back extraction solution by the second ion exchange membrane, and allowing the metal ions to pass through the ion exchange membrane to enter the back extraction solution; during membrane extraction-back extraction, and circulating feed liquid, the back extraction solution and the organic solution containing the extracting agent on one side of the first ion exchange membrane, on one side of the second ion exchange membrane and between the first and second ion exchange membranes; and performing back extraction until a certain concentration of the back extraction solution is reached, and separating lithium, rubidium or caesium precipitates to obtain the final product. The invention provides a high-efficiency, low-cost and feasible route for industrial production of alkali metal salts.

An electrodynamic method for repairing the soil polluted by heavy metal includes using ion exchange film to isolate cathode from said soil, inserting porous ceramic between said film and soil, controlling the pH value of soil by the H and OH ions generated by electrodes themsolves for speeding up the extraction of pollutants, depositing heavy metals in cathode solution, centrifugal purifying to obtain heavy metal compound, and using clean cathode solution to neutralizing soil.

An apparatus is provided, which includes a sparging device and a functional generator. The functional generator is in fluid communication with the sparging device and includes an anode chamber and a cathode chamber separated by an ion exchange membrane.

A method and apparatus for coating an ion-exchange membrane or fluid diffusion layer with a catalyst layer for use in an electrochemical fuel cell is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of electrostatically charging a catalyst slurry to yield an electrostatically-charged catalyst slurry, and applying the electrostatically-charged catalyst slurry onto a first surface of the ion-exchange membrane or fluid diffusion layer to form a first catalyst layer on the first surface.

A vacuum operated electrolytic generator can be used to produce a chlorine dioxide solution or a mist of chlorine dioxide from a buffered aqueous alkali metal chlorite solution in one pass through an electrolytic cell. The cell contains a high surface area anode, a corrosion-resistant highly conductive cathode, and a cation ion exchange membrane between the anode and cathode. An eductor is used on the anolyte effluent line to create a vacuum and draw the anolyte through the cell. Either motive water or a motive inert gas (such as air) is used in the eductor. Preferably, an eductor is used in the catholyte effluent line. An ascending anolyte effluent line with a non-corrosive check valve leads from the cell to the anode eductor. Sensors are used to monitor the composition of the anolyte effluent and/or the anolyte feed. The final product is a chlorine dioxide solution when water is used for the eduction. The final product is a mist consisting essentially of gaseous chlorine dioxide, an inert gas, and water vapor when an inert gas is used for the eduction. The mist is useful for application crop, soils, produce such as vegetables, fruit, and tobacco, fields, storage cellars, and the like.

Disclosed is an anion-exchange membrane which does not easily deteriorate even when used at high temperatures in a strong alkaline atmosphere. Also disclosed is a method for producing the anion-exchange membrane. The anion-exchange membrane is a microporous membrane which is composed of a water-insoluble resin and an anion-exchange resin filling the pores of the microporous membrane. The anion-exchange resin is composed of an anion-exchange resin wherein a quaternary ammonium salt group serving as an anion-exchange group is directly bonded to an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, said anion-exchange resin being obtained by polymerizing and crosslinking a monomer composition which contains a crosslinking agent and a monomer component including a diallyl ammonium salt.

The invention discloses an electrodynamic method for removing fluorine contaminant in soil, which is as follows: an anion-exchange membrane is arranged between the anode and the contaminated soil to prevent the H+ generated by the anode from entering the electrolyzer so as to avoid the increase of the acidity of the contaminated soil; sodium acetate solution is put in an anode chamber to be used as electrolyte, deionized water is put in a cathode chamber to be used as electrolyte, and the liquid levels of the anode chamber and the cathode chamber are maintained to be parallel; in the rehabilitating process, the electrolytes circulate constantly to be stirred evenly so as to bring away the H2 and O2 which are generated by the anode and the cathode; the sodium acetate solution added in the anode chamber supplies OH- which neutralizes the H+ generated by the anode, and the surplus OH- and the OH- generated by the cathode promote the adsorbed fluorine in the soil to be desorbed to be free fluorinions; and the fluoride in the soil is removed through the electrodynamic approaches of electromigration, electroosmosis and the like. The method can effectively promote the adsorbed fluoride to be desorbed from the surface of the contaminated soil particles, remarkably improves the fluorine contaminant removal efficiency, reduces overpotential and saves energy consumption, and after the soil is rehabilitated, the pH value of the soil is basically maintained at the original state.

The invention relates to a reactor of a microbial nitrogen and phosphorus recovery battery for water treatment and belongs to the technical field of water treatment. The reactor comprises a shell, an anode, a cation exchange membrane, a cathode, an anion exchange membrane and the like, wherein the cation exchange membrane and the anion exchange membrane sequentially divide the inner cavity of the reactor into an anode chamber, a nitrogen and phosphorus extraction chamber and a cathode chamber; an anode is suspended in the anode chamber, a cathode is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the cathode chamber, and the bottom of the anode chamber is communicated with the bottom of the cathode chamber through a pipeline; and the anode is connected with the cathode through a wire. The reactor provided by the invention can be simultaneously used for realizing purification of domestic wastewater, electricity production, nitrogen and phosphorus removal and struvite generation and is simple in structure, easy to operate and maintain, low in energy consumption, high in efficiency and convenient for industrialized production and practicality.

Disclosed is a mediator-less microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode compartment, an anode compartment, with or without glass wool and glass bead for separating the two compartments, an element for feeding air to the cathode compartment, and an element for feeding wastewater to the anode compartment. The cell further comprises an element for controlling the distance between the cathode compartment and the anode compartment. Graphite felt or graphite felt coated with a metal such as platinum is used as an electrode of the cathode compartment, and a buffer solution is used in the anode compartment. A mediator-less microbial fuel cell according to the present invention can be operated without using an expensive cation-exchange membrane, of which efficiency is by no means inferior to prior wastewater treatment methods.

The invention relates to a flow battery. The flow frame boards of the flow battery are provided with liquid inlet holes and liquid outlet holes; the front surfaces of the flow frame boards are provided with liquid inlet branch flow channels and liquid outlet branch flow channels; one end of each liquid inlet branch flow channel is communicated with the liquid inlet holes, and the other end thereof is communicated with the inner frames of the flow frame boards; one end of each liquid outlet branch flow channel is communicated with the liquid outlet holes, and the other end thereof is communicated with the inner frames of the flow frame boards; the flow frame boards are alternately arranged according to a mode of front surface to front surface and back surface to back surface in sequence; an ion exchange film is clamped between the opposite front surfaces of the adjacent flow frame boards; a current-conducting plate is clamped between the opposite back surfaces of the adjacent flow frame boards; the edge of the inner frame of each flow frame board is provided with an annular chamfer; the current-conducting plate is arranged on the annular chamfer; and electrodes are arranged in the inner frames of the flow frame boards. The flow battery has fewer components, simple and compact structure, easy processing, convenient assembly, small thickness, small volume, small internal resistance, good transfer and diffusion effect of electrolyte, small self discharge current, big power density, high energy efficiency and low cost and can realize big-power and large-scale application.

A redox flow battery including a cathode cell having a cathode and a catholyte solution; an anode cell having an anode and an anolyte solution; and an ion exchange membrane disposed between the cathode cell and the anode cell, wherein the catholyte solution and the anolyte solution each include an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes a plurality of metal-ligand coordination compounds, wherein at least one of the metal-ligand coordination compounds includes two or more different ligands, and wherein a dipole moment of the metal-ligand coordination compound is greater than 0.

The invention relates to a fluorine-containing ion exchange membrane with reinforced sacrificial fiber mesh cloth, which comprises a fluorine-containing ion exchange resin base membrane, mesh cloth with sacrificial fiber and a hydrophilic coating, wherein the fluorine-containing ion exchange resin base membrane comprises a perfluorocarboxylic acid resin membrane layer of 5-10 micrometers, a perfluorosulfonic acid resin membrane layer of 90-120 micrometers, and a perfluorosulfonic acid/perfluorocarboxylic acid copolymerization or blending resin membrane layer of 0-40 micrometers, which is positioned between the perfluorocarboxylic acid membrane layer and the perfluorosulfonic acid membrane layer; and the mesh cloth with the sacrificial fiber comprises reinforced fiber and sacrificial fiber. In the invention, the fluorine-containing ion exchange membrane with the reinforced sacrificial fiber mesh cloth can improve the electrochemical properties of the membrane and can effectively reduce the resistance of the membrane.

The invention relates to a fluorine/hydrocarbon composite ion exchange membrane and a preparation method thereof. The membrane is formed by compounding a layer of hydrocarbon sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane and a layer of perfluorinated sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane; compared with the perfluorinated sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane, the composite ion exchange membrane has low price, and compared with the hydrocarbon sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane, the chemical stability of the composite ion exchange membrane is remarkably improved. The preparation method of the membrane is as follow: the sulfonic acid radical of the hydrocarbon sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane is cross-linked with the sulfonic acid group of the perfluorinated sulfonic acid type ion exchange membrane through chemical cross-linking reaction, and thereby the composite ion exchange membrane is obtained. The membrane is used as the battery diaphragm of the all-vanadium redox flow battery (VRB), and can effectively reduce the cost of the battery on the basis of keeping good oxidation resistance.

The invention relates to preparation of fuel cell key materials, in particular to a composite anion exchange membrane for a fuel cell and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: pretreating a porous polymer base membrane; reasonably matching chloromethylated radical polymerizing monomer, a cross linking agent and an initiator to prepare monomer solution; saturatingthe pretreated base membrane in the monomer solution; thermally polymerizing the monomer inside the base membrane in-situ, and promoting compounding of a polymer and the base membrane under the action of external pressure; and performing quaternization and alkali treatment to prepare the anion exchange membrane. The composite anion exchange membrane for the fuel cell and the preparation method thereof are concise and efficient, and save raw materials; and the prepared anion exchange membrane has high conductivity and strong stability, and is suitable for application in the field of alkaline fuel cells.

A recirculating reagent fuel-cell includes an ion-exchange membrane interposed between an anode and cathode anode to form a membrane/electrode assembly (MEA), the MEA interposed between a fuel gas diffusion layer and an oxidant gas diffusion layer. An oxidant and fuel flow network are provided having an input portion for supplying reagent and an output portion for removing reagent after electrochemical reaction. At least one of the oxidant flow network and fuel flow network includes a recirculation loop, the recirculation loop feeding back a portion of the fuel or oxidant after electrochemical reaction to their respective input portion. The fuel flow network can include a water vapor condenser to extract water from the cathodes in proportion to the external load on the fuel cell stack and the fuel flow network can include an evaporator, where water is fed to the evaporator in the fuel loop from the condenser in the oxidant feed loop.

The invention provides a preparation method of anion-exchange membranes based on ionic liquid, which relates to an ion exchange membrane. The invention provides an anion-exchange membrane based on ionic liquid with the advantages of environment-friendly effect, high electric conductivity, good chemical stability, good thermostability and good mechanical performance and a preparation method thereof. The free radical copolymerization reaction is carried out for preparing imidazolium type polymers according to the following steps: adding imidazole type ionic liquid monomers, acrylic ester monomers, solvents and triggering agents into a reaction vessel for carrying out back flowing reaction under the protection of inert gas; carrying out precipitation, washing and drying on obtained products to obtain the imidazolium type polymers. The membrane forming is carried out according to the following steps: dissolving the imidazolium type polymers obtained in the first step into organic solvents to be prepared into polymer solution, forming the membranes through a phase conversation method, and obtaining the anion-exchange membranes based on the ionic liquid.

A polymer film substrate is irradiated with ions to make a large number of nano-sized through-holes and the substrate is further irradiated with an ionizing radiation so that a functional monomer is grafted or co-grafted onto a surface of the film and within the holes; in addition, the sulfonic acid group is introduced into the graft chains, thereby producing a polymer ion-exchange membrane that has high oxidation resistance, dimensional stability, electrical conductivity and methanol resistance, as well as an ion-exchange capacity controlled over a wide range.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an amphoteric ion exchange membrane and relates to a preparation method of an amphoteric ion exchange membrane for an all-vanadium redox flow battery. According to the scheme, the preparation method comprises the following steps of: performing irradiation grafting on polymer powder poly(vinylidene fluoride); transforming the irradiation-grafted polymer powder into a membrane material; and sulfonating the membrane material, hydrolyzing, introducing a sulfonate radical group with a cationic exchange function, putting the membrane material into a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution for undergoing a protonation reaction and introducing basic nitril with an anion exchange function to obtain the amphoteric ion exchange membrane. In the method, commercial poly(vinylidene fluoride) resin with low price is taken as a raw material, so that the membrane making cost can be lowered; a C-F bond has large bond energy, so that the membrane can keep high chemical stability in a strong acid and high oxidizing electrochemical environment; and meanwhile, the problem of non-uniform distribution of grafted chains of the conventional heterogeneous irradiation-grafted membrane in the vertical direction of the membrane is solved.

A method for producing a membrane electrode assembly 1 for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly 1 including a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 2 comprising an ion exchange membrane, a first electrode 3 having a first catalyst layer 31, and a second electrode 4 having a second catalyst layer 41,the first electrode 3 and the second electrode 4 being disposed so as to be opposed to each other via the ion exchange membrane, the method including: applying a coating solution containing a catalyst onto a base film 101 to form a first catalyst layer 31; applying a coating solution containing an ion exchange resin dissolved or dispersed in a liquid onto the first catalyst layer 31 to form an ion exchange membrane; then applying a coating solution containing a catalyst onto the ion exchange membrane to form a second catalyst layer 41; and finally, peeling off the base film 101 from a resulting laminate. According to this method, it is possible to produce membrane electrode assembly 1 for high-performance solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell having catalyst layers each having a uniform thickness efficiently and continuously.