Water-treatment separating membrane of high flux having good chlorine resistance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9370751-B2
Application number	US-201414260506-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2014
Priority date	Nov 21, 2012
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A water-treatment separating membrane includes a polyamide active layer formed on999 a porous support. The ratio of a maximum value with respect to a minimum value of a ratio of a peak height of a C═O double bond of a carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to a peak height of a C═O double bond combined with an amide group (—CONH—) is from 1.2 to 4, when measured after acid treating the polyamide active layer and by using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water-treatment separating membrane comprising:
a polyamide active layer formed on a porous support; wherein a ratio of a maximum value with respect to a minimum value of a ratio of a peak height of a C═O double bond of a carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to a peak height of a C═O double bond combined with an amide group (—CONH—) is from 1.2 to 4,
wherein the peak height values of —COOH groups are determined using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measuring and by using an FTIR spectrometer after acid treating the polyamide active layer,
wherein the polyamide active layer is formed by dropping droplets of an organic solution comprising an acyl halide compound on an aqueous amine solution layer,
wherein the volume of the organic solution per droplet is from 0.001 ml to 5 ml,
wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of a surface of the polyamide active layer is from 60 nm to 100 nm,
wherein the polyamide active layer includes a center portion in which a degree of n interfaceial polymerization of the organic solution is high and a critical area in which the degree of the interfaceial polymerization of the organic solution is low, and
wherein at least a curve pattern formed by connecting two or more arcs is formed in at least a partial area of the polyamide active layer, and the curve pattern can be made visible when the polyamide active layer is dyed using a 5% aqueous solution of Rhodamine B.

2. The water-treatment separating membrane of claim 1 , wherein the center portion in which the degree of interfacial polymerization with an amine compound is high and the critical area in which the degree of interfacial polymerization with the amine compound is low are formed during planarizing the droplet.

3. The water-treatment separating membrane of claim 2 , wherein the minimum value is the ratio of the peak height of the C═O double bond of the carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to the peak height of the C═O double bond combined with the amide group (—CONH—) in the center portion, and
the maximum value is the ratio of the peak height of the C═O double bond of the carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to the peak height of the C═O double bond combined with the amide group (—CONH—) in the critical area.

4. The water-treatment separating membrane of claim 1 , wherein the minimum value of the ratio of the peak height of the C═O double bond of the carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to the peak height of the C═O double bond combined with the amide group (—CONH—) is from 0.05 to 0.07.

5. The water-treatment separating membrane of claim 1 , wherein the maximum value of the ratio of the peak height of the C═O double bond of the carboxyl group (—COOH) with respect to the peak height of the C═O double bond combined with the amide group (—CONH—) is from 0.17 to 0.19.

6. The water-treatment separating membrane of claim 1 , wherein the acid treating is performed by immersing the polyamide active layer in an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution.

7. A water-treatment module comprising at least one water-treatment separating membrane of claim 1 .

8. A water-treatment apparatus comprising at least one water-treatment module of claim 7 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Young-Hoon
• Kim Jae-Hong
• Shin Chong-Kyu
• Lee Phill

Classifications

• C02F1/76

  with halogens or compounds of halogens {(C02F1/4674 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B01D67/006

  by elimination of segments of the precursor, e.g. nucleation-track membranes, lithography or laser methods · CPC title

• B01D2323/42

  Details of membrane preparation apparatus · CPC title

• B01D69/02 Primary

  characterised by their properties · CPC title

• B01D67/0006

  by chemical reactions (in-situ polymerisation, polycondensation, cross-linking or reaction for manufacturing composite membranes B01D69/125) · CPC title