High-functional polyamide-based dry water treatment separator and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10155204-B2
Application number	US-201415104917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 26, 2013
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dry water treatment membrane having moisture content of 1% to 10%, and a method for manufacturing the same.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dry water treatment membrane comprising:
a porous support;
a polyamide active layer provided on the porous support; and
a coating layer provided only on the polyamide active layer, the coating layer comprising:
a glycerin compound that is a glycerin, a polyglycerin, a polyglycerin fatty acid ester or a mixture thereof;
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA); and
a C 1 -C 3 alcohol;

wherein the dry water treatment membrane has a moisture content that is from 1% to 10%; and
wherein the glycerin compound and the PVA of the coating layer have a concentration gradient in a thickness direction, the concentration being highest at a top surface of the coating layer and decreasing inside the polyamide active layer, with no glycerin compound present at an interface of the polyamide active layer and the porous support, and no glycerin compound in the porous support;
wherein the coating layer is a dried coating composition including the glycerin compound, the PVA and the C 1 -C 3 alcohol; and
wherein the C 1 -C 3 alcohol is present in the coating composition in an amount from 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the coating composition.

2. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the glycerin compound is a compound of Chemical Formula 1:

wherein n is an integer of 0 to 12.

3. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein 90% by weight or greater of the glycerin compound of the total amount of the glycerin compound in the coating layer remains in the coating layer on the polyamide layer.

4. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , which has salt rejection of 97% or greater and permeate flow of 30 to 45 gallon/ft 2 ·day in a dry state.

5. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , which has a peeled area between the polyamide active layer and the porous support of 5% or less with respect to the total area of the separation membrane after being re-dried for 10 minutes at 50° C.

6. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the glycerin compound is present in the coating composition in an amount from 1% by weight to 60% by weight with respect to the weight of the coating composition.

7. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the alcohol is any one or more selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propanol and isopropanol.

8. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein the coating composition further includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a ketone, a surfactant and an antioxidant.

9. A water treatment module comprising the dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 .

10. A method for manufacturing a dry water treatment membrane, the method comprising:
forming an aqueous solution layer including an amine compound on a porous support;
forming a polyamide active layer by bringing an organic solution including acyl halide into contact on the aqueous solution layer;
surface coating only the polyamide active layer with a coating composition comprising:
a glycerin compound that is a glycerin, a polyglycerin, a polyglycerin fatty acid ester or a mixture thereof;
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA); and
a C 1 -C 3 alcohol; and

drying the result;
wherein the glycerin compound and the PVA of the coating layer have a concentration gradient in a thickness direction, the concentration being highest at a top surface of the coating layer and decreasing inside the polyamide active layer, with no glycerin compound present at an interface of the polyamide active layer and the porous support, and no glycerin compound in the porous support, and
wherein the C 1 -C 3 alcohol is present in the coating composition in an amount from 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the coating composition.

11. The method for manufacturing a dry water treatment membrane of claim 10 , wherein the surface coating is carried out using an application method, a spray method or a coating method.

12. The method for manufacturing a dry water treatment membrane of claim 10 , wherein the drying is carried out for 5 minutes to 60 minutes at a temperature in a range of from 25° C. to 65° C.

13. The dry water treatment membrane of claim 1 , wherein 90% by weight or greater of the PVA in the coating layer remains in the coating layer, the remaining PVA penetrating inside the polyamide active layer.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Youngju
• Jeon Byungho
• Shin Chong Kyu

Classifications

• B01D67/0088

  Physical treatment with compounds, e.g. swelling, coating or impregnation · CPC title

• B01D67/0097

  Storing or preservation · CPC title

• B01D69/125

  In situ manufacturing by polymerisation, polycondensation, cross-linking or chemical reaction · CPC title

• B01D71/56 Primary

  Polyamides, e.g. polyester-amides · CPC title

• B01D69/1251

  by interfacial polymerisation · CPC title