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217 results about "Separation factor" patented technology

Separation factor. The separation factor is the quotient of the ratio of the isotope frequency of a certain isotope to the sum of isotope frequencies of other isotopes after a separation process and this ratio prior to the separation process.

Method and apparatus for gas purification

InactiveUS20060162556A1Superior N2O removal efficiencyNitrous oxide captureGas treatmentSeparation factorSorbent
This invention comprises an adsorption process for the removal of at least N2O from a feed gas stream that also contains nitrogen and possibly CO2 and water. In the process the feed stream is passed over adsorbents to remove impurities such as CO2 and water, then over an additional adsorbent having a high N2O / N2 separation factor. In a preferred mode the invention is an air prepurification process for the removal of impurities from air prior to cryogenic separation of air. An apparatus for operating the process is also disclosed.
Owner:PRAXAIR TECH INC

Priority dealcoholization PDMS/PVDF multi-layer compound film and preparation method thereof

The invention relates to an ethanol-permselective PDMS/PVDF multilayered composite membrane and the preparation method, which belongs to a pervaporation membrane separation field. The multilayered composite membrane is made based on the following processes: firstly, the PVDF porous basal membrane is prepared by a two-faced wiped film of kynoar polyvinylindene fluoride (PVDF) solution on the polyester non-woven fabric support layer using submersion and sedimentation transformation method; secondly, the membrane liquid, which contains dimethyl silicone polymer (PDMS), cross linking agent and catalyst, is prepared, and the PVDF porous basal membrane is immersed in the membrane liquid for 10s-1min. Each of two sides of the PVDF basal membrane are coated with a layer of silicone base by using immersion and painting method, and then the PVDF basal membrane is dried and cross linked, and so the multilayered composite membrane is made. The existing pure PDMS membrane has bad separability to ethanol aqueous solution, and the highest separation factor is 10.8 ([EtOH] equals to 8wt percent, 30 DGE C). The multilayered symmetrical composite membrane made of the invention has an excellent ethanol-permselective property to low concentration ethanol aqueous solution (5wt percent-30wt percent), and for the ethanol aqueous solution which has a concentration of 5wt percent, the separation factor ¿” value equals to 15, and the permeation flux J equals to 450g/m2h, under the temperature of 60 DGE C.
Owner:TSINGHUA UNIV

Method for efficiently extracting lithium from salt lake brine

The invention relates to a method for efficiently extracting lithium from salt lake brine. The method comprises the following steps: (1) forming an extraction organic phase by an extraction agent, a co-extraction agent and a diluent, and then mixing the extraction organic phase with salt lake brine according to the volume ratio of (3-4):2 for three-stage extraction with single extraction time being 2-10 minutes to obtain an organic phase; and (2) mixing the organic phase obtained in step (1) with a reverse extraction acid solution (0-1 mol/L) for three-stage reverse extraction with single reverse extraction time being 2-10 minutes, and collecting an aqueous phase which is an aqueous solution containing lithium ions. The co-extraction agent of an extraction system of the method is hydrophobic ionic liquid, compared with conventional synergist ferric trichloride, the interference caused by iron ions is avoided, the reverse extraction acidity is greatly reduced, more importantly the lithium-magnesium separation factor is significantly improved, and the elution step of magnesium ions is reduced; in addition, the method provided by the invention is easy in process, easy to control, high in operation reliability, and good in recyclability of the organic phase, and greatly reduces the production cost for extracting the lithium from the salt lake brine.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Carbon pyrolyzate adsorbent having utility for co2 capture and methods of making and using the same

A particulate form carbon pyrolyzate adsorbent, having the following characteristics: (a) CO2 capacity greater than 105 cc / gram at one bar pressure and temperature of 273° Kelvin; (b) CO2 Working Capacity greater than 7.0 weight percent; (c) CO2 heats of adsorption and desorption each of which is in a range of from 10 to 50 kJ / mole; and (d) a CO2 / N2 Henry's Law Separation Factor greater than 5. The carbon pyrolyzate material can be formed from a polyvinylidene chloride-based polymer or copolymer, or other suitable resin material, to provide an adsorbent that is useful for carbon dioxide capture applications, e.g., in treatment of flue gases from coal-fired power generation plants.
Owner:ENTEGRIS INC

Low-temperature displacement chromatography hydrogen isotope separation device and method

ActiveCN101850215AAchieving Self-Displacement ChromatographyOvercome the disadvantage of low separation coefficientCation exchanger materialsOrganic anion exchangersSeparation factorGas release
The invention provides a low-temperature displacement chromatography hydrogen isotope separation device and a method. The invention makes the mixed gas of hydrogen isotope gas and helium after being cooled sequentially pass through a cooled main separation column and a cooled product gas collecting column which are filled with granulate palladium-loaded aluminum trioxide (Al2O3/Pd) to obtain the product gas rich in heavy isotope components of deuterium and tritium; a hot helium flow passes through and heats the main separation column so as to make the released gas sequentially pass through the cooled secondary separation column and the product gas collecting column which are filled with granulate palladium-loaded aluminum trioxide (Al2O3/Pd) to obtain the product gas rich in heavy isotopecomponents of deuterium and tritium; after the product gas is collected, middle rich gas flowing out from the secondary separation column is directly fed back into a raw material gas tank; and after the middle rich gas feedback process is accomplished, the main separation column and the secondary separation column are heated, and the gas released by heating is collected via a tail gas collecting column. The separation device has simple structure, reasonable separation process, and low cost for the construction and operation of the device. The invention has higher separation factor for hydrogen isotope separation.
Owner:SICHUAN INST OF MATERIALS & TECH

Composite fiber membrane with chiral molecular imprint and its prepn and application

The present invention discloses composite fiber membrane with chiral molecular imprint and its preparation process and application. The composite fiber membrane with chiral molecular imprint has excellent identifying selectivity. For example, the composite fiber membrane with L-DBTA as template molecule has high identifying selectivity on L-DBTA only, low identifying selectivity on other compounds and separation factor on racemic L, D-DBTA solution up to 2.7. Altering the temperature molecules can obtain different composite fiber membrane for separating several kinds of racemic compounds.
Owner:EAST CHINA UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Method for preparing high-performance Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane by using TPABr as template agent

The invention discloses a method for preparing a high-performance Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane, which comprises the following steps: using cheap TPABr and silica sol as raw materials for preparing a high-activity Silicalite-1 molecular sieve crystal; using the crystal as a seed crystal to be loaded on the outer surface of a supporting body, and carrying out the high-temperature hydrothermal crystallization in the diluted synthetic liquid using TPABr as the template agent to obtain the high-performance Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane. The invention is characterized by adopting asecondary growth hydrothermal method and carrying out the high-temperature (180-210 DEG C) hydrothermal one-step synthesis of the diluted synthetic liquid using TPABr as the template agent (300-750 ofH2O/SiO2, 0.1-0.5 of TPABr/SiO2, and 0.1-0.5 of NaOH/SiO2) on the surface of a porous tubular mullite carrier to form the high-performance Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane. The method not only effectively uses the cheap TPABr to replace TPAOH to prepare the molecular sieve membrane, but also greatly reduces the demand quantity of the silicon source and the template agent in the membrane synthetic liquid, thereby greatly reducing the membrane preparing cost. By applying the prepared Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane to a pervaporation test in a 60 DEG C ethanol/water (5/95 wt %) mixedsystem, the permeation flux and the separation factor can reach 1.71kg/m<2>.h and 66 respectively. The invention obviously improves the permeation flux and the selectivity of the Silicalite-1 molecular sieve membrane, reduces the production cost and is suitable for industrial production.
Owner:JIANGXI NORMAL UNIV

Method and device for separating electric field-separation membrane coupling

The invention discloses a method and a device for separating electric field-separation membrane coupling, which are characterized in that: separation membranes with different natures are parallelly arranged, and the outmost sides are provided with electrodes so as to form a plurality of layers of runners formed between the separation membranes and between the separation membranes and the electrodes; and fluid to be separated flows through the runners in a staggered way, and a DC electric field is applied in the direction vertical to the runners, so that electriferous molecules or microparticles generate deviation or dialytic electrophoretic behavior under the condition of the electric field, and an aperture screening effect of the separation membranes is combined so as to realize the process of quick and high-efficiency separation. The process can be performed only under the driving of the electric field, and also can be performed under the driving of the electric field and pressure. Compared with the conventional membrane process and electrophoresis process, the method and the device can greatly improve concentration and separation efficiency, improve separation factors, realize the separation which cannot be realized by the conventional membrane process, obviously reduce membrane fouling and improve the service life of the membranes.
Owner:INST OF PROCESS ENG CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Three-layer composite membrane of sodium alginate, polydopamine-polyethyleneimine and polyacrylonitrile, and preparation and application of three-layer composite membrane

The invention discloses a three-layer composite membrane of sodium alginate, polydopamine-polyethyleneimine and polyacrylonitrile. A polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration membrane is used as a supporting layer, the polydopamine-polyethyleneimine is used as a middle layer, and the sodium alginate is used as a separation layer. The three-layer composite membrane is prepared from the following steps: prewetting the polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration membrane by ethyl alcohol, fixing the prewetted polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration membrane to a container, and then preparing a tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl aminomethane solution containing dopamine and polyethyleneimine; pouring the solution into the container, enabling the dopamine and the polyethyleneimine to react on the surface of a basement membrane so as to obtain a double-layer membrane of polydopamine-polyethyleneimine and polyacrylonitrile; coating a sodium alginate solution on the double-layer membrane of polydopamine-polyethyleneimine and polyacrylonitrile so as to obtain the three-layer composite membrane. The preparation process is simple, raw materials are easy to access, and conditions are moderate, the prepared three-layer composite membrane of sodium alginate, polydopamine-polyethyleneimine and polyacrylonitrile is used for separating ethyl alcohol from water, and has higher permeation flux and more separation factors.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Nanostructured polymer membranes for selective alcohol transport

The present invention relates to copolymer compositions for alcohol-selective membranes and methods of selectively separating an alcohol such as ethanol from an aqueous solution using such membranes. The copolymer compositions may be block copolymers of polystyrene-polybutadiene-polystyrene (hereafter “SBS”) having cylindrical morphologies; graft diblock copolymers synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of two cycloalkene monomers, wherein at least one of the cycloalkene monomers is substituted with one or more polydialkylsiloxane groups; or triblock copolymers comprising a middle block comprising a polymerized cycloalkene monomer and two end groups. The synthesized graft and triblock copolymer compositions may have a spherical, lamellar, cylindrical, double diamond, or gyroid morphologies. The copolymer compositions may contain a structural block that imparts essential mechanical properties to the membrane (e.g., polystyrene) and may also contain an alcohol transporting block (e.g., polydimethylsiloxane or polybutadiene). The copolymer compositions may have a domain spacing and a flux, where the flux increases as the domain spacing increases. The copolymer compositions may also have an alcohol separation factor that increases as the domain spacing increases. The separation method may be carried out using pervaporation or vapor permeation techniques.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA

Polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane, and preparation and application thereof

The invention discloses a polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane. The thickness of the polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane is smaller than 300 nm. The polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane comprises polyethylenimine layers and tannic acid layers. Reactive layer-by-layer self-assembly is carried out by the aid of polyethylenimine and tannic acid to form the polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane. Alternate assembly frequencies of polyethylenimine solution and tannic acid solution are 1.5-5.5. A procedure for preparing the polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane includes preparing polyacrylonitrile ultra-filtration membranes and hydrolyzing the polyacrylonitrile ultra-filtration membranes; preparing the polyethylenimine solution and the tannic acid solution and regulating the pH (potential of hydrogen) of the polyethylenimine solution and the pH of the tannic acid solution by the aid of HCl and NaOH; carrying out alternate assembly by the aid of the polyethylenimine solution and the tannic acid solution in a shaking table. The polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane, the preparation and the application have the advantages that a method for preparing the polyethylenimine-tannic acid/hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile ultrathin composite membrane is simple and convenient, excellent intramembrane covalence effects can be realized, and prepared membrane materials can be used for pervaporation ethanol dehydration, are excellent in permeation flux and have excellent separation factors.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Method for dehydrating furfural by pervaporation of NaA zeolite molecular sieve membrane

The invention discloses a method for dehydrating furfural by the pervaporation of a NaA zeolite molecular sieve membrane, which belongs to the technical field of chemical engineering and relates to the preparation of a high-performance NaA molecular sieve membrane on the outside surface of a porous carrier and the use of the NaA molecular sieve membrane in furfural dehydration. The method is characterized in that: the NaA molecular sieve membrane is prepared from Na2O, SiO2, Al2O3 and H2O in a molar ratio of 1.2-2.0:2:1:100-200; the carrier coated with seed crystals is placed in a high-pressure reaction kettle, synthesizing liquid is filled into the reaction kettle, the reaction kettle is sealed and then placed in an environment where the temperature is 50 to 100 DEG C to perform synthesis for 2 to 24 hours, the NaA molecular sieve membrane prepared is soaked in deionized water till the NaA molecular sieve membrane is neutral, and the NaA molecular sieve membrane is placed in an oven at 50 to 100 DEG C to be dried; and with the adopted process for dehydrating the furfural by the pervaporation of the NaA zeolite molecular sieve membrane, the water/ furfural separation factor of the NaA zeolite molecular sieve membrane is more than10,000, the furfural content reaches over 99.5 weight percent, and the separation effect reaches an international advanced level. The invention has the advantage of providing a separation technique for dehydrating furfural, which is effective, environmentally-friendly and economic and has a high industrial application value and a practical significance.
Owner:DALIAN UNIV OF TECH

Method for preparing fluorine-containing mordenite zeolite membrane

The invention provides a method for preparing high-performance fluorine-containing mordenite zeolite membrane. The method is characterized in that crystallization is performed for 5 to 30 hours at a synthesis temperature between 130 and 190 DEG C by a secondary growth method so as to form a layer of dense defect-free fluorine-containing mordenite zeolite membrane on the outer surface of a porous tubular supporting body; the molar ratios of synthesis materials are as follow: the molar ratio of SiO2 to Al2O3 is 10 to 60; the molar ratio of H2O to SiO2 is 15 to 60; the molar ratio of Na2O to SiO2 is 0.15 to 0.5; and the molar ratio of F- to SiO2 is 0.01 to 2. NaF, KF, AlF3, (NH4) SiF6 and NH4F and the like can be used as a fluoride source. The preparation method avoids adding expensive organic template agents, and the fluoride source added greatly improves the permeability and acid resistance of the membrane. For example, when the method is applied to permeation experiment on water/ethanol (10/90 percent by weight) system at 75 DEG C, the average water permeation flux J is 1.2 to 2.5 kg/m2 h; the separation factor (alpha) is more than 1,000; and the synthesized membrane still maintains good stability in acid solution with a pH of less than 1. The method has the advantages of simple novel process, good repeatability and suitability for industrial production.
Owner:JIANGXI NORMAL UNIV

Technological method of full load fractional extracting and separating rare earths

The invention relates to a technological method of full load fractional extracting and separating rare earths. According to the technological method disclosed by the invention, P507 or P204 serves as a rare earth extractant; in a fractional extraction separation technology, N235 serves as an acid extraction agent, and a mixed alcohol serves as an acid extraction segment of an N235 organic phase regulator; an easily-extracted rare earth component solution with a pH value to be 1-4 serves as a washing solution; by virtue of the acid extraction action of the N235 in the acid extraction segment, the side effects of hydrogen ion washing are eliminated, so that the separation factor of the rare earths is ensured not to be lowered, and the extraction quantity of the extractant in a fractional extraction system is also ensured. Compared with the traditional fractional extraction separation technology, the acid and alkali consumption in the process of the rare earth separation technology can be greatly lowered, wherein the consumption of a basic reagent is lowered by 34-62 percent, and the consumption of hydrochloride is lowered by 16-29 percent; the waste water discharge in the process of the rare earth extraction separation technology is greatly reduced, the greening degree of rare earth separation is greatly increased; the grade amount of extraction tank is reduced by 22-46 percent, the total investment of the rare earth extraction separation technology is lowered; the separation cost is greatly lowered.
Owner:NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY
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