Device for purifying fluid using ion concentration polarization phenomenon and purification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11767241-B2
Application number	US-201816603275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2018
Priority date	Apr 7, 2017
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

A purification device is provided. The purification device includes: an injection channel having an inlet provided on one end thereof; a purification channel and a discharge channel which branch off from the other end of the injection channel via a mesh part, and the remaining substance to be purified is discharged through the discharge channel; an ion-selective membrane contacting at least one side of the mesh part; and a buffer part arranged on the other side of the ion-selective membrane which is in contact with the mesh part, wherein the mesh part has an ion-selective coating layer formed on the surface thereof, and when an electric field is applied, an ion concentration polarization phenomenon occurs to the other end of the injection channel and to the adjacent portion of the mesh part, whereby an ion depletion zone is formed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A purification device, which is configured to purify a fluid using an ion concentration polarization phenomenon, the purification device comprising:
an injection channel provided with, at one end thereof, an inlet for injecting a substance to be purified thereinto;
a purification channel which branch from the other end of the injection channel with a mesh part interposed therebetween such that a purified substance is discharged from the purification channel;
a discharge channel which branches from the other end of the injection channel with the mesh part interposed between the injection channel and the discharge channel such that a remaining substance to be purified is discharged from the discharge channel;
an ion-selective membrane in contact with at least one side of the mesh part; and
a buffer part disposed on the other side of the ion-selective membrane in contact with the mesh part, wherein
the mesh part has an ion-selective coating layer formed on a surface thereof,
an application electrode is connected to the mesh part to apply a voltage, and
a ground electrode is connected to the buffer part.

2. The purification device of claim 1 , wherein
the mesh part has a shape having a plurality of lattices formed to be perpendicular to a first direction, a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a surface formed by the first direction and the second direction.

3. The purification device of claim 2 , wherein
the purified substance of the mesh part passes through through-holes of lattices formed in the first direction and the second direction and flows to the purification channel, and
the substance to be purified not having passed the through-holes of the lattices flows to the discharge channel.

4. The purification device of claim 2 , wherein a lattice size in the third direction is smaller than lattice sizes in the first direction and the second direction.

5. The purification device of claim 4 , wherein a thickness of the ion-selective coating layer formed on a surface of the mesh part is equal to or larger than the lattice size in the third direction.

6. The purification device of claim 4 , wherein ions of the substance to be purified move along the ion-selective coating layer of the mesh part, whereby an ion concentration polarization phenomenon occurs.

7. The purification device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesh parts is disposed so as to face each other.

8. The purification device of claim 1 , wherein the ion-selective membrane and the ion-selective coating layer are made of a Nafion material.

Assignees

• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation
• Univ Hallym Iacf

Inventors

• Kim Sung Jae
• Kim Won Seok
• Kim Ki Hong
• Sung Gun Yong

Classifications

• B01D61/461

  comprising only a single cell, only one anion or cation exchange membrane or one pair of anion and cation membranes · CPC title

• B01D69/10

  Supported membranes; Membrane supports · CPC title

• B01D63/08

  Flat membrane modules · CPC title

• B01D61/52 Primary

  Accessories; Auxiliary operation · CPC title

• C02F1/4693 Primary

  electrodialysis · CPC title