Filter device, manufacturing device for chemical, and operation method for filter device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10052590-B2
Application number	US-201414900051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2014
Priority date	Jun 21, 2013
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

In order to efficiently transport a filtration target liquid to a separation membrane module and to facilitate additional simplification of equipment in a filtration device including the separation membrane modules in which a plurality of lines thereof are disposed in series, a filtration device according to the present invention is a filtration device including a plurality of separation membrane modules each of which separates a liquid to be filtrated into a permeated liquid and a non-permeated liquid, in which the filtration device includes: a series non-permeated liquid flow channel that forms a series unit by connecting non-permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules in series; and a parallel permeated liquid flow channel that forms a parallel unit by connecting permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules in parallel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A filtration device comprising a plurality of separation membrane modules each of which separates a liquid to be filtrated into a permeated liquid and a non-permeated liquid,
wherein the filtration device comprises:
a series non-permeated liquid flow channel that forms a plurality of series units by connecting non-permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules in series; and
a parallel permeated liquid flow channel that forms a parallel unit by connecting permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules in parallel;
wherein the parallel permeated liquid flow channel comprises a unit-crossing parallel flow channel that forms the parallel unit by connecting permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules belonging to the series units different from one another in parallel,
a filtrating operation control device disposed on the unit-crossing parallel flow channel and controls at least one of a filtration flow rate and a transmembrane pressure difference of the separation membrane modules by collectively controlling the pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the plurality of separation membrane modules belonging to the parallel unit.

2. The filtration device according to claim 1 , wherein the filtrating operation control device collectively controls the pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the plurality of separation membrane modules which are included in the series units different from one another and are disposed in a same stage.

3. A filtration device comprising a plurality of separation membrane modules each of which separates a liquid to be filtrated into a permeated liquid and a non-permeated liquid,
wherein the filtration device comprises:
a series non-permeated liquid flow channel that forms a plurality of series units by connecting non-permeation sides of separation membrane modules in series; and
a parallel permeated liquid flow channel that forms a parallel unit by connecting permeation sides of the plurality of separation membrane modules in parallel, and
wherein the filtration device comprises, as the parallel permeated liquid flow channel, at least a unit-crossing parallel flow channel that connects the plurality of separation membrane modules belonging to the series units different from one another, and
the filtration device further comprises a filtrating operation control device that controls at least one of a filtration flow rate and a transmembrane pressure difference of the separation membrane modules by collectively controlling pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the plurality of separation membrane modules belonging to the parallel unit and that is disposed on the unit-crossing parallel flow channel.

4. The filtration device according to claim 1 , which comprises first and second parallel units, wherein the second parallel unit is disposed in a later stage than the separation membrane modules included in the first parallel unit.

5. The filtration device according to claim 3 , which comprises first and second parallel units, wherein the second parallel unit is disposed in a later stage than the separation membrane modules included in the first parallel unit.

6. The filtration device according to claim 5 , wherein the filtrating operation control device controls the pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the separation membrane modules so as to reduce a difference in the filtration flow rate between the separation membrane modules belonging to the first and second parallel units.

7. The filtration device according to claim 5 , wherein the filtrating operation control device controls the pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the separation membrane modules so as to reduce a difference in the transmembrane pressure difference between the separation membrane modules belonging to the first and second parallel units.

8. The filtration device according to claim 3 , further comprising a cleaning liquid supply unit that is connected to the parallel permeated liquid flow channel and supplies a cleaning liquid for backwashing.

9. The filtration device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the filtrating operation control devices.

10. The filtration device according to claim 3 , comprising a plurality of the filtrating operation control devices.

11. The filtration device according to claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal direction of the separation membrane module is perpendicular to or inclined with respect to a horizontal direction.

12. The filtration device according to claim 3 , wherein a longitudinal direction of the separation membrane module is perpendicular to or inclined with respect to a horizontal direction.

13. The filtration device according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
a filtrating operation control device that controls at least one of a filtration flow rate and a transmembrane pressure difference of the separation membrane modules by collectively controlling pressures of the permeated liquids flowing out from the plurality of separation membrane modules,
wherein the filtrating operation control device has, on the parallel permeated liquid flow channel, at least one of a permeated liquid flow rate sensor and a permeated liquid pressure sensor, and at least one of a filtration pump and a filtration control valve, and
the filtrating operation control device further has a control unit which controls at least one of driving power of the filtration pump and a degree to which the filtration control valve is open based on an output result of the permeated liquid flow rate sensor or the permeated liquid pressure sensor.

Assignees

• Toray Industries

Inventors

• NISHIO Aya
• Takeuchi Norihiro
• Kobayashi Atsushi

Classifications

• B01D2311/14

  Pressure control · CPC title

• C12M29/04

  Filters; Permeable or porous membranes or plates, e.g. dialysis · CPC title

• B01D63/02

  Hollow fibre modules · CPC title

• B01D65/02

  Membrane cleaning or sterilisation {; Membrane regeneration} · CPC title

• B01D2321/04

  Backflushing · CPC title