Porous polymer flat-sheet membrane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550153-B2
Application number	US-201314758414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2013
Priority date	Jan 24, 2013
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a porous polymer flat-sheet membrane for MBR wherein surface of the porous polymer membrane is kept hydrophilic for a long period and high water permeability and anti-fouling properties are kept. A porous polymer flat-sheet membrane for MBR comprising a hydrophobic porous polymer membrane forming a network structure and a sheet substrate supporting it, characterized in that at least surface of the porous polymer membrane is coated and fixed with an insolubilized hydroxypropyl cellulose, that a ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose to the porous polymer membrane is 0.4 to 1.0% by weight and that, when NMR spectrum of the hydroxypropyl cellulose coated on and fixed to the membrane is measured using a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (proton NMR), an intensity ratio (B/A) of a spectral peak (B) appearing at 4.12 ppm to a spectral peak (A) appearing at 3.75 ppm is 12 to 30%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A porous polymer flat-sheet membrane for MBR comprising;
a hydrophobic porous polymer membrane forming a network structure, and
a sheet substrate supporting it,
wherein at least a surface of the hydrophobic porous polymer membrane are coated and fixed with an insolubilized hydroxypropyl cellulose, such that a content ratio of the hydroxypropyl cellulose in the porous polymer flat-sheet membrane is 0.4 to 1.0% by weight and that, when NMR spectrum of the hydroxypropyl cellulose coated on and fixed to the hydrophobic porous polymer membrane is measured using a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (proton NMR), an intensity ratio (B/A) of a spectral peak (B) appearing at 4.12 ppm to a spectral peak (A) appearing at 3.75 ppm is 12 to 30%.

2. The flat-sheet membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a filter flow in a dry state is 30 to 60 L/min when a pressure is 150 kPa.

3. The flat-sheet membrane according to claim 1 , wherein average pore size of the flat-sheet membrane when measured by a perm porometer is 0.2 to 0.5 μm.

4. The flat-sheet membrane according to claim 1 , wherein pure water flux is 15 to 50 mL/cm 2 /min/bar and bubble point is 0.08 to 0.3 MPa.

5. A method for producing the flat-sheet membrane according to claim 1 ,
wherein a sheet substrate is impregnated with a membrane-preparation solution containing hydrophobic polymer, solvent and non-solvent followed by drying to form a sheet,
wherein a porous polymer membrane is formed on and in the sheet substrate,
then the resulting sheet is successively put into a tank containing hydroxypropyl cellulose in an impregnating step,
a water washing step in a water washing tank and
a fixing step in a hot water tank of 50 to 72° C.
followed by a drying step and
a time for putting into the hot water tank of 50 to 72° C. is 50 to 75 minutes.

Assignees

• Toyo Boseki

Inventors

• Morita Junsuke
• Higashi Masao
• Shimada Norifumi
• Kitagawa Tooru

Classifications

• B01D2323/22

  Specific non-solvents or non-solvent system · CPC title

• C02F2203/006

  details of construction, e.g. specially adapted seals, modules, connections · CPC title

• B01D69/02

  characterised by their properties · CPC title

• C02F3/1268

  Membrane bioreactor systems · CPC title

• B01D2325/28

  Degradation or stability over time · CPC title