Method for preparing water quality profile, method for inspecting separation membrane module, and water treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12138593-B2
Application number	US-201917281634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2019
Priority date	Oct 3, 2018
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for preparing a water quality profile that has (1) a step 1 for supplying water to be treated to a separation membrane module with a supply port for the water being treated and multiple permeate outlets and obtaining permeate, (2) a step 2 for varying the ratio of the flow rates of the respective permeates flowing out of the multiple permeate outlets, (3) a step 3 after step 2 for measuring the respective water qualities of the permeates, and (4) a step 4 for plotting the relationship between the ratio of the respective permeate flow rates varied in step 2 and the respective water qualities of the permeates measured in step 3 as a scatter diagram, steps 2-4 being repeated multiple times.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of inspecting a separation membrane module, the method comprising:
(1) step 1 of obtaining permeates by feeding a water-to-be-treated to a separation membrane module comprising a water-to-be-treated feed port and a plurality of permeate outlets, the plurality of permeate outlets comprising a first permeate outlet and a second permeate outlet, the first permeate outlet connected to the second permeate outlet to form an open channel;
(2) step 2 of changing a ratio between flow rates of the respective permeates flowing out through the plurality of permeate outlets, step 2 further comprising changing a first flow rate of permeates flowing out of the first permeate outlet and a second flow rate of permeates flowing out of the second permeate outlet, the first flow rate being controlled by a first flow rate control valve and the second flow rate being controlled by a second flow rate control valve;
(3) step 3 of measuring water qualities of the respective permeates after the step 2; and
(4) step 4 of plotting a relation between the ratio between the flow rates of the respective permeates, which was changed in the step 2, and the water qualities of the respective permeates, which were measured in the step 3, as a scatter diagram, and
repeatedly performing the steps 2 to 4 several times and from a width over which a water quality fluctuates at an inflection point of the scatter diagram, a number of the inflection points which appear in the scatter diagram, or a position of each of the inflection points of the scatter diagram, detecting a presence or absence of an abnormality in the separation membrane module, a degree of the abnormality, or a location where the abnormality occurred.

2. The method of inspecting a separation membrane module according to claim 1 , wherein
(1) in the step 1, the water-to-be-treated is fed at a flow rate Q 1 to the separation membrane module, and
(2) in the step 2, the ratio between the flow rates of the respective permeates is changed while maintaining the flow rate Q 1 of the water-to-be-treated and maintaining a total flow rate Q 2 of the respective permeates flowing out through the plurality of permeate outlets.

3. The method of inspecting a separation membrane module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of permeate outlets are disposed at different positions along a longitudinal direction of the separation membrane module.

4. The method of inspecting a separation membrane module according to claim 1 , wherein the water quality measured in the step 3 is an index selected from the group consisting of electrical conductivity, resistivity, evaporation-residue concentration, salt concentration, boron concentration, ultraviolet absorbance, radioactive-substance concentration, and turbidity.

Assignees

• Toray Industries

Inventors

• Hamada Hiroshi
• Taniguchi Masahide
• Tomioka Kazunori

Classifications

• C02F2209/40

  Liquid flow rate · CPC title

• C02F1/44

  by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis {(general membrane separation processes B01D61/00, membrane modules B01D63/00, electrodialysis C02F1/4693, combination of membrane modules and bioreactors C02F3/1268)} · CPC title

• C02F1/008

  Control or steering systems not provided for elsewhere in subclass C02F · CPC title

• C02F2209/11

  Turbidity · CPC title

• C02F2209/05

  Conductivity or salinity · CPC title