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20080210624 | The Preparation Method Of Exo-Pressure Type Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Hollow Fiber Membrane Spinned Utilizing A Immersion-Coagulation Method And The Product Thereof - The invention relates to a preparation method of exo-pressure type poly(vinylidene fluoride) hollow fiber membrane spinned utilizing an immersion-coagulation method and the product thereof. The invention is performed mainly through the following steps: dissolving and stirring at a certain temperature to obtain a membrane forming solution; by means of a double-tube orifice, spinning the membrane forming solution together with a composite supporting solution which is in the inner tube of the orifice; after a rapid evaporation, performing the two-stage phase-separating coagulations; after a potch, hydrophilizating the resulted phase inversion membrane; thus, obtaining integrally and continuously the exo-pressure type hollow fiber membrane having double barrier layers and a completely spongy supporting layer. Therefore, the invention is provided with a lot of characteristics, such as the formulation of the membrane forming solution being reasonable, the evaporation and immersion spinning method, the two-stage phase-separation coagulations, and the hydrophilization treatment, as well as the technique for forming membrane integrally and continuously being simple and easy without high restricts to device, the technique process being controlled easily, etc. And the membrane is provided with high compression strength and large water permeation flux, and its property is deteriorated very slowly, and cut-off deposits are difficult to formed on the membrane surface. | 09-04-2008 |
20090026130 | SPIRAL MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a spiral membrane element that can form a uniform fiber reinforcement layer on an outer circumferential surface by a simple process without a great change in the materials, as well as a process for producing the same. The spiral membrane element of the present invention is a spiral membrane element which is provided with a cylindrical roll R in which a separation membrane, a feed-side flow passageway member, and a permeate-side flow passageway member | 01-29-2009 |
20090039014 | Porous Vinylidene Fluoride Resin Membrane for Water Treatment and Process for Producing the Same - A water treatment membrane comprising a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, wherein 0.01-5 wt. parts of photocatalytic titanium oxide is uniformly dispersed in 100 wt. parts of the vinylidene fluoride resin. The water treatment membrane can solve problems accompanying the hydrophobicity of a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin while taking advantage of excellent mechanical properties, weatherability, chemical resistance, etc., thereof. | 02-12-2009 |
20090211967 | HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLY(2,6-DIMETHYL-1,4-PHENYLENE ETHER) AND PROCESS THEREFOR - A poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) having a high molecular weight and a reduced content of low molecular weight species can be prepared by a method that includes specific conditions for the oxidative polymerization, chelation, and isolation steps. The poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) is particularly useful for the fabrication of fluid separation membranes. | 08-27-2009 |
20090230053 | MEMBRANE POST TREATMENT - Hydrophilic porous polymeric membranes with high permeabilities, and processes for the preparation thereof are disclosed. Membranes may be prepared by including a preferably hydrophilic cross-linkable component such as PVP (either by inclusion into the polymer dope prior to casting, or coating or quenching cast membranes); and treating the polymeric microfiltration or ultrafiltration membrane with a crosslinking agent to cross-link said cross-linkable component. Preferred cross-linking agents include Fenton's reagent. | 09-17-2009 |
20090250392 | SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE FOR USE IN OSMOSIS - The present invention concerns a semi-permeable membrane for use in osmosis consisting of one thin layer of a non-porous material (the diffusion skin), and one or more layers of a porous material (the porous layer), where the porous layer has a structure where porosity φ, thickness of the porous layer (m), and tortuosity τ, are related to one another as given by the expression: | 10-08-2009 |
20090261034 | Vinylidene Fluoride Resin Hollow Fiber Porous Membrane and Method for Production Thereof - A hollow-fiber porous membrane comprising a hollow-fiber form of vinylidene fluoride resin and satisfying the following properties (A) and (B), is provided as a hollow-fiber porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin having an average pore size and a further uniform pore size distribution (A) and a large water permeation rate regardless of good efficiency of blocking minute particles (bacteria) (B), as represented by: (A) a ratio Pmax (1 m)/Pm of at most 4.0 between a maximum pore size Pmax (1 m) measured at a test length of 1 m according to the bubble point method and an average pore size Pm of 0.05-0.20 μm measured according to the half dry method; and (B) a ratio F (L=200 mm, v=70%)/PM | 10-22-2009 |
20090272686 | BLOOD PURIFIER - [Purpose] To provide a blood purifier which has high levels of blood compatibility, performance-retaining property when in contact with blood, and safety, and which shows an excellent water permeability-exhibiting rate after a priming treatment and has high reliability in long-term storage. | 11-05-2009 |
20090283469 | POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE HOLLOW YARN TYPE MICROPOROUS FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - Problems: To provide a polyvinylidene fluoride microporous membrane which has high water permeability and separation performance and is excellent in mechanical and chemical strength; and a process for producing the film. | 11-19-2009 |
20090283470 | Plasma Separation Membrane - A process for manufacturing of an asymmetric hollow fibre membrane, comprising the steps of extruding a polymer solution through the outer ring slit of a hollow fibre spinning nozzle, simultaneously extruding a centre fluid through the inner bore of the hollow fibre spinning nozzle, into a precipitation bath, whereby the polymer solution contains 10 to 26 wt-% of polysulfone (PSU), polyethersulfone (PES) or polyarylethersulfone (PAES), 8 to 15 wt-% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and 60 to 80 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP), the centre fluid contains 60 to 70 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP) and 30 to 40 wt-% water, and the precipitation bath contains 70 to 82 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP) and 18 to 30 wt-% water. | 11-19-2009 |
20090308805 | PREPARATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ULTRA FILTRATION HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - A multipolymeric mixture is provided that includes a hydrophobic polymer, two different grades of a water-soluble polymer, water as non-solvent and a solvent suitable for all polymers involved. The dissolved hydrophobic polymer has the affinity to enmesh the water-soluble polymers to form a clear and viscous dope. Water-soluble polymers contribute to the pore formation process and hydrophilicity of the finally coagulated membrane according to the makeup of their molecular weight distribution. | 12-17-2009 |
20090314708 | Hollow fiber membrane for feeding mixture into hollow space thereof - Disclosed herein is a hollow fiber membrane for feeding a mixture into the hollow space thereof, in which the mixture to be separated is fed into the hollow space of the hollow fiber membrane and allowed to permeate through a porous membrane comprising an active layer. The hollow fiber membrane is manufactured by forming a tubular active layer having a hollow space and making a polymer fiber braid, a metal wire braid or a braid consisting of a mixture of polymer fiber with metal wire, directly on the outer surface of the tubular layer, such that the active layer can be prevented from being expanded if a high-temperature, high-pressure mixture is fed into the hollow space. | 12-24-2009 |
20100000939 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE BUNDLES - The present invention relates to a method of producing a hollow fiber membrane bundle having an end fixed with a casting material wherein the ends of hollow fiber membranes are fixed with the casting material in a condition that an insert is placed inside a hollow fiber membrane bundle at a position inner than a region where a fixing portion is formed, and then the insert is removed from the inside of the hollow fiber membrane bundle; and relates to a method of producing a hollow fiber membrane filter element through this method. The hollow fiber membrane bundle produced by the method of the present invention can be used in various types of filtration treatment such as external pressure filtration. | 01-07-2010 |
20100012577 | Plasma Separation Membrane - A process for manufacturing of an asymmetric hollow fibre membrane, comprising the steps of extruding a polymer solution through the outer ring slit of a hollow fibre spinning nozzle, simultaneously extruding a centre fluid through the inner bore of the hollow fibre spinning nozzle, into a precipitation bath, whereby the polymer solution contains 10 to 26 wt-% of polysulfone (PSU), polyethersulfone (PES) or polyarylethersulfone (PAES), 8 to 15 wt-% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), 55 to 75 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP) and 3 to 9 wt-% w ater the centre fluid contains 70 to 90 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP) and 10 to 30 wt-% water, and the precipitation bath contains 0 to 20 wt-% N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone (NAP) and 80 to 100 wt-% water. | 01-21-2010 |
20100096319 | SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY - A separator assembly is provided comprising a membrane stack assembly comprising a feed carrier layer, a permeate carrier layer, and a membrane layer, and a central core element comprising a concentrate exhaust conduit and a permeate exhaust conduit; wherein the concentrate exhaust conduit and the permeate exhaust conduit are separated by a first portion of the membrane stack assembly; and wherein a second portion of the membrane stack assembly forms a multilayer membrane assembly disposed around the central core element; and wherein the feed carrier layer is in contact with the concentrate exhaust conduit and not in contact with the permeate exhaust conduit; and wherein the permeate carrier layer is in contact with the permeate exhaust conduit and not in contact with the concentrate exhaust conduit; and wherein the permeate carrier layer does not form an outer surface of the separator assembly. | 04-22-2010 |
20100108599 | FILTRATION MEMBRANE WITH TUBULAR SUPPORT - A membrane generally comprises a tubular support, and a polymeric membrane film on the support. The polymeric membrane film comprises three zones cast simultaneously from a single dope. The three zones include an inner zone on the support comprising macro-void pores, an intermediate zone on the inner zone comprising macro-void pores smaller than the macro-void pores of the inner zone, and a skin on the intermediate zone comprising pores of less than 1 micron. | 05-06-2010 |
20100116733 | NANOPOROUS OXIDE CERAMIC MEMBRANES OF TUBULAR AND HOLLOW FIBER SHAPE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The present invention is aimed to fabricate nanoporous anodic oxide ceramic membrane tubes with excellent pore characteristics by anodizing metal tubes located in a cylindrical symmetry with respect to a cathode which itself has a cylindrical symmetry. The membrane tubes may have protruded portions acting as supports and joints. The present invention also deals with stacks and bundles consisted of numbers of the anodic oxide ceramic tubes for filter and dialysis applications. | 05-13-2010 |
20100133169 | VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN HOLLOW-FIBER POROUS MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - A hollow-fiber porous membrane, comprising a hollow fiber-form porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin providing: a ratio F (L=200 mm, v=70%)/Pm | 06-03-2010 |
20100206805 | HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY HAVING THE FUNCTION OF PREVENTING THE MEMBRANE FILAMENTS FROM CRACKING - A hollow-fiber membrane assembly having the function of preventing the membrane filaments from cracking, which comprises: hollow-fiber membrane filaments ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100219122 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR TREATING LIQUIDS - The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane for treating liquids. When used for a hollow fiber membrane module for refining a fermented liquid such as beer or wine, the hollow fiber membrane exhibits a high filtration performance per unit area thereof, with reduced clogging of the membrane. The membrane performance is sufficiently recovered by washing. | 09-02-2010 |
20100294714 | Membrane with improved permeability and selectivity - A semipermeable asymmetric hollow fiber membrane is provided, based on a hydrophobic polymer, such as polyethersulfone or polysulfone, and on a hydrophilic polymer, such as PVP. The PVP polymer comprises a high molecular weight component and a low molecular weight component. The membrane has a significantly improved permeability and selectivity, based on its structure, composition, and the method of manufacture of the membrane A process for manufacturing such a membrane by a solvent phase inversion spinning process is also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20110011794 | FABRICATION OF ENCLOSED NANOCHANNELS USING SILICA NANOPARTICLES - In accordance with the invention, there is a method of forming a nanochannel including depositing a photosensitive film stack over a substrate and forming a pattern on the film stack using interferometric lithography. The method can further include depositing a plurality of silica nanoparticles to form a structure over the pattern and removing the pattern while retaining the structure formed by the plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the structure comprises an enclosed nanochannel. | 01-20-2011 |
20110017660 | HOLLOW-FIBER ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE WITH EXCELLENT FOULING RESISTANCE - An object of the present invention is to provide a hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane that can be used in treatment in various aqueous fluids such as water purification, beverage treatment, seawater clarification, and that has excellent fractionation characteristics and permeability, while deterioration of its performance due to passage of time is minimized, and that has excellent recovery of the membrane-separation characteristics by cleaning. The main feature of the hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane of the present invention is that the specific surface area of the membrane surface to which raw water is supplied falls within the range from not less than 1.10 to not greater than 1.55. The present invention also provides a process for producing a hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane, wherein a heat treatment is conducted under the condition that the membrane having a residual organic solvent content of not greater than 300 mg/g. | 01-27-2011 |
20110031184 | Hollow Fiber Membrane and Method for Manufacturing Thereof - The present invention concerns a semipermeable hollow fiber membrane having an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface and an interior lumen extending along the length thereof and having the selective layer on the outer wall surface with a surface roughness below 10 nm. According to the invention the membrane has the smallest pore size on the outer wall surface, and has an outer wall surface which is smooth, continuous and homogeneous in a nanoscopic scale and four to five distinct layers of different pore size and density. Further the present invention concerns a process for manufacturing thereof and the use thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
20110147300 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARATION OF HOLLOW FIBER POROUS MEMBRANE AND PREPARATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A composition for preparation of a hollow fiber porous membrane including 40-60 wt. % a polymer matrix, 20-30 wt. % an organic mixed solution, and 20-40 wt. % a water-soluble substance. The polymer matrix is a polymer capable of dissolving in an organic solvent and melt processing. The organic mixed solution is a mixture comprising 60-90 wt. % a first liquid soluble to the polymer matrix and 10-40 wt. % a second liquid insoluble to the polymer matrix. The water-soluble substance is a water-soluble polymer, a low molecular weight water-soluble particle, or a mixture thereof. A method for producing the hollow fiber porous membrane using the composition including a) preparing the organic mixed solution, b) mixing the components of the composition, c) applying melt spinning, d) drawing, and e) washing. The hollow fiber membrane has high strength, large flux, and low cost. | 06-23-2011 |
20110155659 | POROUS MEMBRANE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a porous membrane with high tensile strength, good elongation at break, and good water permeability, and a method for manufacturing the same. The porous membrane comprises a bead structure including plural spherical crystallites, wherein macro voids isolated from one another with the plural spherical crystallites are formed in an outer surface side of the porous membrane. | 06-30-2011 |
20110168628 | POLYAMIDE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A hollow fiber membrane is produced through a thermally induced phase separation process by dissolving a highly hydrophilic polyamide resin in a high-boiling-point solvent such as an aprotic polar solvent at a temperature of not lower than 100° C. The hollow fiber membrane has a membrane surface having a water contact angle of not greater than 80 degrees, and has a water permeability of not less than 100 L/m | 07-14-2011 |
20110192787 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a through-one-end water collection type hollow fiber membrane and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an internal sealing part is formed in the hollow part of the membrane at its free end. The internal sealing part supports an external sealing part surrounding the external surface of the free end such that the durability of the whole sealing part might be improved. | 08-11-2011 |
20110259815 | Biomimetic Membrane Formed from a Vesicle-Thread Conjugate - The present invention relates to a method for producing man-made devices which have the properties and functions of biological membranes and membrane proteins, and to the structure of such devices. | 10-27-2011 |
20110259816 | POROUS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND A POROUS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR THE TREATMENT OF A PROTEIN-CONTAINING LIQUID - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a porous hollow fiber membrane that can efficiently separate and remove the substances to be removed such as small-particle virus contained in a solution and, at the same time, useful recovering substances such as protein can be efficiently permeated and the decrease of its transmission rate with elapse of time is small. The porous hollow fiber membrane of the present invention is characterized in that the filtration downstream surface thereof has dot-shaped or slit-shaped pores, the filtration upstream surface thereof is a network structure or a fine particle aggregate structure, the central region of the membrane is composed of a substantially homogeneous structure, the membrane wall is composed of a structure having substantially no macrovoids, the permeability for pure water is 10 to 300 L/(h·m | 10-27-2011 |
20110290716 | VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN POROUS FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, having two major surfaces sandwiching a certain thickness, including a dense layer which governs filtration performance on the one major surface side and a sparse layer which contributes to reinforcement on the other opposite major surface side, and having an asymmetrical gradient network texture including pore sizes which increase continuously from the one major surface to the other opposite major surface, wherein the dense layer includes a 7 μm-thick portion contiguous to the one major surface showing a porosity A | 12-01-2011 |
20110315624 | METHOD OF MAKING NANOPOROUS OXIDE CERAMIC MEMBRANES OF TUBULAR AND HOLLOW FIBER SHAPE - The present invention is aimed to fabricate nanoporous anodic oxide ceramic membrane tubes with excellent pore characteristics by anodizing metal tubes located in a cylindrical symmetry with respect to a cathode which itself has a cylindrical symmetry. The membrane tubes may have protruded portions acting as supports and joints. The present invention also deals with stacks and bundles consisted of numbers of the anodic oxide ceramic tubes for filter and dialysis applications. | 12-29-2011 |
20110315625 | DETECTION OF MICRO-ORGANISMS - Improved methods and devices for detecting microorganisms, such as yeast and bacteria in mixtures, are disclosed. Methods include passing a sample mixture thorough a filter device, which has been pretreated with detergent resuspending the filtrand from the filter membranes and detecting the presence of microorganisms in the filtrand. | 12-29-2011 |
20120012521 | VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN HOLLOW FIBER POROUS MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A hollow-fiber porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, satisfying: a ratio Pmax/Pm of at most 2.0 between a maximum pore size Pmax and an average pore size Pm, and a Pm of 0.13 μm-0.25 μm, according to the half-dry/bubble point method (ASTM F316 and ASTM E1294); a coefficient of variation in outer surface pore size of at most 70%, and a porosity of 75-90%. The hollow-fiber porous membrane has a moderate average pore size, has a pore size distribution which is uniform as a whole and also on the outer surface, and has a high porosity, so that it shows not only a good pure water permeability but also retains a good water permeability even in continuous filtration of cloudy water. The hollow-fiber porous membrane is produced through a process which includes: melt-extruding a vinylidene fluoride resin together with a plasticizer and a good solvent therefor into a hollow-fiber film, cooling and solidifying the film, extracting the plasticizer and good solvent, omitting a heat-treatment for crystallization, and stretching the hollow-fiber after the extraction at a limited temperature range of 80-95° C. which is higher than a conventional stretching temperature. | 01-19-2012 |
20120018371 | NON-BRAIDED REINFORCED HOLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE - A hollow fiber membrane comprising a reinforcing structure embedded within a membrane wall is provided. A generally tube-shaped reinforcing structure for a hollow fibre membrane is also provided. The reinforcing structure comprises i) a plurality of warp filaments, the plurality of warp filaments being generally parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other circumferentially; and, ii) one or more wrap filaments, each of the one or more wrap filaments extending obliquely between at least two of the plurality of warp filaments. | 01-26-2012 |
20120067813 | COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A composite hollow fiber membrane and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, which is capable of maintaining a peeling strength owing to a low shrinkage rate in hot water, even though a filtering system is used for a long time, whereby the composite hollow fiber membrane can be widely used in a micro-filtration field for producing axenic water, drinking water, super pure water, and so on. | 03-22-2012 |
20120074056 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE, FILTRATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FILTRATION APPARATUS - Disclosed are a hollow fiber membrane module, a filtration apparatus based on the same, and a method for manufacturing the filtration apparatus. The hollow fiber membrane module includes two headers respectively provided with a permeate collecting unit therein, wherein each of the headers has grooves on its two sides, the grooves being extended in a length direction of the hollow fiber membrane. Since one slide rod can simultaneously be inserted into grooves of two adjacent hollow fiber membrane modules, the hollow fiber membrane modules can mutually serve as guides for insertion/ejection thereof. Also, since the grooves formed on the header can serve as insertion holes into which a clamp is inserted, the clamp can be used for coupling between the hollow fiber membrane module and another element and reinforcement of the coupling. | 03-29-2012 |
20120085698 | METHOD FOR PREPARING COMPOSITE MULTILAYER POROUS HOLLOW MEMBRANE AND DEVICE AND PRODUCT THEREOF - A method for preparing a composite multilayer porous hollow fiber membrane and the device and product thereof. The method comprises preparing uncured porous hollow fibers with larger pore diameters as the inner supporter of the membrane from thermoplastic macromolecule polymer resins by thermal induced phase separation method and then bonding a superthin coating layer with microfiltration or nanofiltration function and small pore diameter prepared on the outer surface of the hollow fibers from a solution of the thermoplastic macromolecule polymer resins by a coating process using non-solvent induced phase separation method. The composite multilayer porous hollow fiber membrane has such excellent mechanical strength and high water flux as the membranes prepared by thermal induced phase separation method, such high precision filter effect and high contamination resistance as the membranes prepared by non-solvent induced phase separation method, and high binding force of the membrane prepared by the above method. | 04-12-2012 |
20120097604 | NON-BRAIDED, TEXTILE-REINFORCED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - Various methods of making a reinforced membrane, devices for making the membranes, and the resulting membranes are described. The methods typically provide a reinforcing structure that includes filaments extending around the circumference of the membrane but without the filaments being part of a braided or woven structure. Some of the reinforcing structures also include longitudinal filaments. The methods and devices can be used to make a supporting structure in line with membrane formation steps, and also allow for a reinforced membrane to be produced that has a ratio of inside-to-outside diameters of 0.5 or more. | 04-26-2012 |
20120111790 | PREPARATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ULTRA FILTRATION HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - A multipolymeric mixture is provided that includes a hydrophobic polymer, two different grades of a water-soluble polymer, water as non-solvent and a solvent suitable for all polymers involved. The dissolved hydrophobic polymer has the affinity to enmesh the water-soluble polymers to form a clear and viscous dope. Water-soluble polymers contribute to the pore formation process and hydrophilicity of the finally coagulated membrane according to the makeup of their molecular weight distribution. | 05-10-2012 |
20120132583 | FLUORINE-BASED HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE AND A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a fluorine-based hollow-fiber membrane and to a production method therefor. The present invention provides: a fluorine-based hollow-fiber membrane which exhibits a sponge-like pore structure even though it has an asymmetrical structure; and a production method therefor. Consequently, the present invention can provide: a fluorine-based hollow-fiber membrane with an outstanding filtering performance and backwash performance despite also having excellent mechanical strength; and a production method therefor. | 05-31-2012 |
20120152823 | AROMATIC POLYSULFONE RESIN POROUS MEMBRANE - The present invention relates to a porous membrane which contains aromatic polysulfone resin that has a reduced viscosity of 0.56-0.78 dL/g, and a hydrophilic polymer. | 06-21-2012 |
20120160764 | POROUS VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, comprising a substantially single layer membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin having two major surfaces sandwiching a certain thickness, including a dense layer that has a small pore size and governs a filtration performance on one major surface side thereof, having an asymmetrical gradient network structure wherein pore sizes continuously increase from the one major surface side to the other opposite major surface side, and satisfying conditions: (a) the dense layer includes a 5 μm-thick portion contiguous to the one major surface showing a porosity A | 06-28-2012 |
20120160765 | HYDROPHILIZING AGENT FOR HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR HYDROPHILIZING HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANE AND TEST METHOD USING THIS AGENT - A hydrophilizing agent for a hydrophobic porous membrane, wherein the agent contains a surfactant, and the surfactant has a frothability such that the bubble height immediately after frothing, as measured according to the Ross-Miles method (JIS K 3362), using a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C., is 40 mm or less, and preferably has a frothability such that the bubble height five minutes after frothing is 20 mm or less; a method for hydrophilizing a hydrophobic porous membrane using this hydrophilizing agent; and a method for testing and hydrophilizing a membrane module using this hydrophilizing agent. | 06-28-2012 |
20120175299 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A method that includes producing a strand by extruding a textile pulp at an extrusion rate that correlates with a first removal speed of the strand to generate a hollow fiber membrane, transporting the hollow fiber membrane at the first removal speed, and elongating the hollow fiber membrane by transporting the hollow fiber membrane at a second removal speed that is 0.5 to 50% higher than the first removal speed. | 07-12-2012 |
20120234750 | THERMALLY, HEAT AND CHEMICALLY RESISTANT ULTRAFILTRATION POLYIMIDE MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A thermally, heat and chemically stable polyimide asymmetric ultrafiltration membrane, is a porous film or a hollow fiber, having an anisotropic structure a selective surface layer and a substrate, wherein the selective ultraporous surface layer has size of pores 70-800 Å with thickness 0.1-10 mcm and is composed of insoluble rigid-chain aromatic (co)polyimide based on dianhydride of aromatic tetracarbonic acid and aromatic diamine and located on the microporous substrate with thickness 50-250 mcm, and the membrane has water permeability Q=(2-500)·10 | 09-20-2012 |
20120261333 | FILTER ELEMENT FOR FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM - A filter element for use in a reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, membranes and spacers membrane-bioreactor, forward osmosis, or other filtration system, includes a permeate carrier substrate having a wrapped core tube. The permeate carrier includes a series of spaced ribs. The ribs are formed by application of yarns, strings or resinous or polymeric materials to a membrane substrate. The ribs define channels for passage of a liquid or gas permeate therealong. The permeate is received at the core tube which has one or more elongated flow recesses therealong to facilitate collection of the permeate. | 10-18-2012 |
20120273409 | MONOFILAMENT-REINFORCED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - A hollow fiber membrane is formed by embedding a braid having a spiral open weave of monofilaments only, to avoid a “whiskering” problem common in prior art multifilament braid-supported tubular membranes. The open weave is characterized by contiguous, circumferential, rhomboid-shaped areas of polymer film separated by monofilaments. When the braid is supported on a plasticized PVA cable it can be infiltrated with membrane polymer which, when coagulated embeds the braid positioning it around the lumen. The spiral weave, free of any circumferentially constricting monofilament, when embedded in film, allows the membrane to be biaxially distensible. In other words, the membrane has “give” not only in the axial or longitudinal direction but also in the radial direction. “Give” in the radial direction permits soiled membranes to be backwashed under higher pressure than in a comparable braid which is not radially distensible. | 11-01-2012 |
20120292248 | Hollow-Fibre Membrane Module - Provided is a hollow-fibre membrane module comprising a submodule inside which raw water is circulated and water treatment is carried out, and a piping unit which is connected to the submodule and through which the raw water and air and treated water flow, such that flow rates can be increased and energy consumption can be minimised through the circulation of a fluid, and the advantages of internal-pressure type and external-pressure type systems can be incorporated in a composite fashion. | 11-22-2012 |
20120305472 | POROUS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR TREATMENT OF PROTEIN-CONTAINING LIQUID - An object of the present invention is to provide a porous hollow fiber membrane for the treatment of a protein-containing liquid where the substances to be removed such as small-sized virus contained in a solution can be efficiently separated and removed and, at the same time, useful substances to be recovered such as protein can be efficiently permeated and the decrease in the permeation characteristics thereof with elapse of time is small. The porous hollow fiber membrane for the treatment of a protein-containing liquid of the present invention is characterized in that the membrane comprises a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer, its permeability for pure water is 10 to 300 L/(h·m | 12-06-2012 |
20120318730 | POLYMER MEMBRANE FOR WATER TREATMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME - A polymer membrane for water treatment composed of a vinyl chloride copolymer comprising a vinyl chloride monomer and a hydrophilic monomer. | 12-20-2012 |
20130075324 | COMPOSITE POROUS FILM FOR FLUID SEPARATION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND FILTER - An objective of the invention disclosure is to provide a composite porous film that has both a sufficient chemical resistance and strength allowing suppression of heat deflection under a liquid at a high temperature, and a filter using the same; the composite porous film for fluid separation to be provided according to the invention includes a fluoropolymer resin and a SiO | 03-28-2013 |
20130112614 | Monofilament-Reinforced Hollow Fiber Membrane with Scalloped Lumen - A hollow fiber membrane is formed by embedding a braid having a spiral open weave of monofilaments only, to avoid a “whiskering” problem. The open weave is characterized by contiguous, circumferential, rhomboid-shaped areas of polymer film separated by monofilaments. When the braid is supported on a plasticized PVA cable having a scalloped periphery, the braid can be infiltrated with membrane polymer which, when coagulated, embeds the braid positioning it around the lumen. | 05-09-2013 |
20130153490 | HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE WITH COMPATIBLE REINFORCEMENTS - A process of making a reinforced hollow fiber membrane comprises flowing a membrane dope through a casting head while drawing one or more yarns or tows of filaments through the casting head. The filaments are spread apart in the casting head, for example by forcing the yarns or tows around a bend or through a narrow gap in the casting head. The filaments are adapted to bond to the membrane dope or the membrane wall. A reinforced hollow fiber membrane comprises a plurality of filaments individually surrounded by, and bonded to, the membrane wall. | 06-20-2013 |
20130193065 | Fabrication of Enclosed Nanochannels Using Silica Nanoparticles - In accordance with the invention, there is a method of forming a nanochannel including depositing a photosensitive film stack over a substrate and forming a pattern on the film stack using interferometric lithography. The method can further include depositing a plurality of silica nanoparticles to form a structure over the pattern and removing the pattern while retaining the structure formed by the plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the structure comprises an enclosed nanochannel. | 08-01-2013 |
20130199994 | SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - The present invention relates to a submerged hollow fiber membrane module that includes a partition membrane having a slanted slit-shaped opening, and thus capable of not only improving operating efficiency of a hollow fiber membrane module by accelerating the water flow, but also allowing easy discharge of highly concentrated raw water around the hollow fiber membrane to the outside of the module during a reverse wash process. | 08-08-2013 |
20130213881 | FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Described herein are filtration membranes and related, compositions, methods and systems and in particular filtration membranes with embedded polymeric micro/nanoparticles and related compositions, methods, and systems. | 08-22-2013 |
20130240436 | Method for Sealing Hollow Fiber Membranes - The present invention is directed to a method of sealing the free end of a hollow fiber membrane for use in a single header filtration module by dipping the end of the membrane into a low-viscosity light-curable adhesive and curing the adhesive. The invention further encompasses the resulting sealed hollow fiber membrane with a diameter that is only slightly larger than the diameter of the unsealed membrane. | 09-19-2013 |
20130248440 | TUBULAR BRAID, HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A tubular braid, a hollow fiber membrane using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. A hollow fiber membrane can maximize or increase adhesion between a polymer coating film and a tubular braid; significantly reduce degradation of film properties caused by non-uniform coating, that is, reduce leakage; obtain a higher percent rejection; and achieve high water permeability since the hollow fiber membrane has a larger inner diameter. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248441 | PREPARATION METHOD OF HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR WATER TREATMENT USING CELLULOSE-BASED RESIN - The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment that involves preparing a spinning composition including a cellulose-based resin, a poor solvent, a plasticizer, and an organic solvent and then spinning the spinning composition on a nonsolvent to form a hollow fiber membrane. Accordingly, the present disclosure overcomes the drawbacks of the conventional preparation method for hollow fiber membranes and thus provides a nano-filter (NF), reverse osmosis (RO) hollow fiber membrane for water treatment that easily enhances the properties of the separation membrane for water treatment and secures high reproducibility and high efficiency at low costs. | 09-26-2013 |
20140061121 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE USING THE SEPARATION MEMBRANE - A separation membrane includes a membrane comprising a polymer, characterized in that a functional layer is formed on the surface in one side of the membrane, the peak area percentage of carbon derived from ester group measured by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) on the surface of the preceding functional layer is 0.1% (by atomic number) or more but not more than 10 (% by atomic number), and the peak area percentage of carbon derived from ester group measured by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) on the surface opposite to the functional layer is not more than 10 (% by atomic number). A separation membrane module suffering from little sticking of organic matters, proteins, platelets and so on is provided with the separation membrane as a built-in membrane. | 03-06-2014 |
20140116935 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE REPAIR METHOD AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - This repair method for a hollow fiber membrane module is a method for repairing a leaking section occurring in the hollow fiber membrane module, the repair method having a repair step for using a repair adhesive that hardens due to a composite curing function that comprises a moisture-curing function and a photo-curing function, to repair the leaking section. | 05-01-2014 |
20140138304 | POROUS POLYMER FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POROUS POLYMER FILM - The present invention aims to provide a porous polymer membrane that is excellent not only in water permeability and alkali resistance but also in mechanical strength. The porous polymer membrane of the present invention includes a fluoropolymer (A) that includes a vinylidene fluoride unit and a tetrafluoroethylene unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140144833 | POLYMER BLEND MEMBRANES - The Invention relates to a membrane formed from a blend of high molecular weight polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) (>580,000 Mw) with low molecular weight PVDF (<580,000 Mw). Porous membranes of average pore size from 5 nm to 100 microns made from the blend show improved water permeability compared to membranes formed from a single Mw PVDF. | 05-29-2014 |
20140158611 | HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE BLOOD PURIFICATION DEVICE - (Problem to be Solved) | 06-12-2014 |
20140166571 | Hollow Fibers Having A Winding Channel - A hollow fiber for adsorption or filtration. The hollow fiber contains a tubular matrix having a first end and a second end, and a winding channel formed through the tubular matrix and extending between the first end and the second end. The tubular matrix is porous and has a surface-area-to-volume ratio of 10 to 20000 m | 06-19-2014 |
20140175007 | Process for Fabricating PBI Hollow Fiber Asymmetric Membranes for Gas Separation and Liquid Separation - The invention provides methods for preparing an asymmetric hollow fiber, the asymmetric hollow fibers prepared by such methods, and uses of the asymmetric hollow fibers. One method involves passing a polymeric solution through an outer annular orifice of a tube-in-orifice spinneret, passing a bore fluid though an inner tube of the spinneret, dropping the polymeric solution and bore fluid through an atmosphere over a dropping distance, and quenching the polymeric solution and bore fluid in a bath to form an asymmetric hollow fiber. | 06-26-2014 |
20140263034 | INORGANIC NANOPOROUS MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PRETREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS - An inorganic membrane element and a pretreatment process are provided. The inorganic membrane element includes a tubular structure having an inner separating layer, an outer supporting layer, and at least one intermediate layer interposed between the separating and supporting layers, where the separating layer is nanoporous to selectively retain solutes while permitting the transfer of high-temperature solvents therethrough. The pretreatment process utilizes the inorganic membrane element to provide solubilized organics in concentrated form for the subsequent conversion into bio-fuels and other chemicals. | 09-18-2014 |
20140311968 | Preparation method of perfluorinated polymer hollow fiber membrane - A preparation method of a perfluorinated polymer hollow fiber membrane comprises: evenly mixing a first mixture that is mixed by a perfluorinated polymer, PS, a polymer additive, and a composite pore-forming agent; evenly mixing a second mixture that is mixed by the first mixture and an organic liquid; under 300° C.-350° C., processing the second mixture with a melt to spin by a twin-screw extruder; extruding a hollow fiber by a hollow fiber spinneret; dipping the hollow fiber membrane into deionized water for 48 hours; putting the hollow fiber membrane aired into a concentrated sulfuric acid to process with a sulfonation; washing the hollow fiber membrane by deionized water; and drying the hollow fiber membrane; in such a manner that the hydrophilic perfluorinated polymer hollow fiber membrane is obtained. | 10-23-2014 |
20140326659 | Preparation method of enhanced-type polyacrylonitrile hollow fiber membrane - A preparation method of an enhanced-type polyacrylonitrile hollow fiber membrane comprises steps of: (1) knitting a polyacrylonitrile fiber hollow braided tube by a two-dimensional weaving technology; wherein the polyacrylonitrile fiber hollow braided tube is utilized as a reinforcement of a hollow fiber membrane; (2) preparing polyacrylonitrile casting solution, wherein, polyacrylonitrile resin is 3%-25%; solvent is 50%-95%; and additive is 2%-30%; a sum of the mass percent of all composition mentioned above is 100%; (3) infiltrating the polyacrylonitrile fiber hollow braided tube by weak polar organic liquid, wherein, a time of the polyacrylonitrile fiber hollow braided tube infiltrated is is-60 | 11-06-2014 |
20140339154 | PROCESS FOR TREATING THIOCYANATE CONTAINING AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - The present invention generally relates to the field of water treatment, and in particular to industrial processes which generate aqueous solutions containing thiocyanate (SCN). The invention particularly relates to processes for treating aqueous solutions containing SCN and more specifically treatment processes to extract and remove SCN from said aqueous solutions. | 11-20-2014 |
20150008179 | ANTITHROMBOGENIC HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES AND FILTERS - The invention relates to extracorporeal blood circuits, and components thereof (e.g., hollow fiber membranes, potted bundles, and blood tubing), including 0.005% to 10% (w/w) surface modifying macromolecule. The extracorporeal blood circuits have an antithrombogenic surface and can be used in hemofiltration, hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, hemoconcentration, blood oxygenation, and related uses. | 01-08-2015 |
20150021261 | POROUS POLYMER MEMBRANE - An object of the present invention is to provide porous polymer membranes with good water permeability and good hydrophilicity. The present invention relates to a porous polymer membrane including a copolymer (A) containing vinyl alcohol units and tetrafluoroethylene units, wherein an alternating ratio of the vinyl alcohol units and the tetrafluoroethylene units is at least 30%. | 01-22-2015 |
20150053608 | POLYARYLNITRILE COPOLYMER MEMBRANES - A membrane including a polyarylnitrile copolymer is presented. The polyarylnitrile copolymer includes structural units having a formula (I) and at least one terminal group having a formula (II): | 02-26-2015 |
20150053609 | POLYSULFONE-BASED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE THAT PURIFIES BLOOD PREPARATIONS - A polysulfone-based hollow fiber membrane that purifies blood preparations, including a hydrophilic polymer on a surface thereof which contacts the blood preparation, wherein an abundance ratio of the hydrophilic polymer is from 40 to 60% by mass, and porosity at the surface is 8 to 30%. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053610 | MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES WITH EMBEDDED POLYMERIC PARTICLES AND NETWORKS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - Described herein are mixed matrix filtration membranes and related, compositions, methods and systems and in particular mixed matrix filtration membranes with an embedded polymer network and/or embedded polymeric micro/nanoparticles functionalized with a functionalization polymer covalently and/or non covalently linked to the micro/nanoparticles and related compositions, methods, and systems. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053611 | HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The invention relates to hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes, and in particular, to hydrophobic organic-inorganic composite hollow fiber membranes. Methods for forming the hydrophobic organic-inorganic composite hollow fiber membranes are also disclosed. The hydrophobic organic-inorganic composite hollow fiber membranes may be used in membrane contactor applications such as gas-liquid (G-L) contactor and liquid-liquid (L-L) contactor processes. Applications for G-L membrane contactors include gas streams purification (gas absorption), water ozonation, and water deoxygenation. Applications for L-L membrane contactors include direct contact membrane distillation and liquid-liquid extraction. | 02-26-2015 |
20150096934 | Preparation method of homogeneous-reinforced PVDF hollow fiber membrane - A preparation method of a homogeneous-reinforced PVDF hollow fiber membrane includes steps of: a) preparing a reinforced matrix membrane, wherein a PVDF hollow fiber membrane is utilized as the reinforced matrix membrane; b) preparing a PVDF casting solution, wherein mass fractions of the PVDF casting solution are: PVDF 6˜20 wt %; hydrophilic polymers or hydrophilic inorganic particles 0.6˜2 wt %; pore-forming agent 6˜10 wt %; and solvent 68˜87.4 wt %; mixing the above solutes in a water bath with a temperature of 70˜90° C., dissolving for 3˜4 h with stirring, then deaerating under vacuum for obtaining the uniform PVDF casting solution; and c) preparing the homogeneous-reinforced membrane; wherein the PVDF casting solution is uniformly coated on an outer surface of the reinforced matrix membrane through a spinning spinneret, then the reinforced matrix membrane is towed by a filament guide roller in such a manner that the hollow fiber forms a membrane, then the membrane passes through an air gap with a length of 5˜20 cm and is immersed in ultrafiltered water for coagulation, in such a manner that the homogeneous-reinforced membrane is obtained; wherein a traction speed is 5˜25 cm/(r·min). | 04-09-2015 |
20150096935 | NANOCARBON IMMOBILIZED MEMBRANES - Membranes including functionalized carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds and/or graphene oxide immobilized in or on the membranes are disclosed. The membranes including the immobilized nanocarbons increase interactions with water vapor to improve desalination efficiency in membrane distillation. The membranes may be deployed in all modes of membrane distillation such as air gap membrane distillation, direct contact membrane distillation, vacuum membrane distillation and other separations. | 04-09-2015 |
20150136691 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DOUBLE LAYERED POROUS HOLLOW MEMBRANE AND DEVICE AND PRODUCT THEREOF - A method for preparing a double layered porous hollow fiber membrane and the device and product thereof. The method comprises preparing uncured porous hollow fiber with larger pore diameters as the inner robust supporter of the membrane from thermoplastic polymeric resins by thermal induced phase separation (TIPS) method and then binding an ultra thin coating layer with hydrophilic microfiltration or ultrafiltration function and fine pore diameters prepared on the outer surface of the robust hollow fibers from a solution of the thermoplastic polymeric resins by a coating process using non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method. The double layered porous hollow fiber membranes have such excellent mechanical strength and high water permeation as the membranes prepared by thermal induced phase separation (TIPS) method, such high accurate filtration effect, high hydrophilic effect and high fouling resistance as the membranes prepared by non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method, and high binding force of the membranes between the layers by the above method. | 05-21-2015 |
20150144553 | HOLLOW FIBER MODULE HAVING TFC-AQUAPORIN MODIFIED MEMBRANES - The present invention relates to a hollow fiber (HF) module having fibers modified with a thin film composite (TFC) layer comprising aquaporin water channels. | 05-28-2015 |
20150314245 | COMPOSITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a composite separation membrane having a separation layer formed of sulfonated polyarylene ether (SPAE) copolymer on a surface of a porous support membrane wherein both high separation property and high water permeation property are achieved. A composite separation membrane wherein a surface of a porous support membrane containing polyphenylene ether is coated with a thin film of a sulfonated polyarylene ether copolymer constituted from a repeating structure of a hydrophobic segment and a hydrophilic segment, characterized in that when proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum is measured at −10° C., chemical shift of a spectral peak top derived from water contained in the membrane satisfies from 4.15 ppm to less than 5.00 ppm. | 11-05-2015 |
20150328597 | ZWITTERION-FUNCTIONALIZED BLOCK COPOLYMER MEMBRANES AND ASSOCIATED BLOCK COPOLYMER COMPOSITION - A membrane including a block copolymer is presented. The block copolymer includes at least one block A including structural units having a formula (I), and at least one block B including structural units having a formula (II). A hollow-fiber membrane for hemodialysis or hemofiltration, and associated block copolymer are also presented. | 11-19-2015 |
20150367279 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane and a hollow fiber membrane module including the same, and the hollow fiber membrane is characterized in that any one selected from the group consisting of the inner diameter and the outer diameter of the hollow fiber membrane and a combination thereof is changed. The hollow fiber membrane induces turbulence of a fluid flow at the inside and outside of the hollow fiber membrane and, thus, improves flow uniformity, thereby maximizing performance of the hollow fiber membrane module including the hollow fiber membrane. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367293 | Stepwise Interfacial Polymerization Technique with Different Reagent Solution Designs to Prepare Hollow Fiber Nanofiltration Membrane Composites - Novel low-pressure nanofiltration membrane composites for rejecting organic compounds are prepared by interfacial polymerization on a microporous hollow fiber supporting membrane. The interfacial polymerization reaction is carried out using an essentially monomeric polyamine reactant having at least two amine functional groups per molecule, and an essentially monomeric amine-reactive polyfunctional aromatic or cycloaliphatic acyl halide having at least two acyl halide groups per molecule. The composite can be fabricated by stepwise polymerization reactions with different reactant recipes at each step. | 12-24-2015 |
20150375172 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MATS WITH FLUID IMPERMEABLE SEGMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - In at least one embodiment, the invention preferably relates to a hollow fiber membrane mat having hollow fiber membranes arranged parallel to one another and adjacent to one another, the membranes having a wall and a continuous lumen, wherein the hollow fiber membranes are connected to one another by means of a plurality of linear connecting elements which are arranged spaced apart from one another and parallel to one another and the membranes are kept apart from one another by the linear connecting elements and wherein the hollow fiber membranes are composed of a thermoplastic polymer and wherein the walls of the hollow fiber membranes arranged adjacent to one another are fluid-tight in at least one stripe extending parallel to the linear connecting elements, inside of which stripe the hollow fiber membranes are fluid-tight, preferably have a superheated steam shrinkage of at most 5%. Other embodiments of the invention preferably relate to a method for producing and/or using such hollow fiber membrane mats. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001233 | Method for preparing homogeneous braid-reinforced PPTA hollow fiber membrane - A method for preparing a homogeneous braid-reinforced (HMR) PPTA hollow fiber membrane combines PPTA hollow tubular braids with PPTA surface separation layer. The method includes following steps of: (1) preparing the PPTA hollow tubular braids, wherein the PPTA hollow tubular braids which are made from PPTA filament yarns are woven by a two-dimensional braided method, the outer diameter of the PPTA tubular braids is 1-2 mm; (2) preparing the PPTA casting solution as the surface separation layer, wherein the 1-3 wt % PPTA resin, 0-2 wt % inorganic particles and 10-20 wt % pore-forming agents are mixed into 75-89% inorganic acid solvent, stirred for 1-3 hours at 70° C.-90° C. to form homogeneous and transparent casting solution; and (3) preparing reinforced PPTA hollow fiber membrane, wherein the casting solution as the surface separation layer is evenly coated on the surfaces of the PPTA hollow tubular braids through spinneret, and they are immersed in a coagulation bath for solidified formation. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001234 | Method for preparing aromatic polyamide porous hollow fiber membrane - A method for preparing an aromatic polyamide porous hollow fiber membrane firstly premixes PPTA resin, solvent, composite pore-forming agents and inorganic particles in a stirring vessel to form casting solution, secondly injects the casting solution into a double-screw extruder to be fully dissolved under the effect of shear force and enters a spinneret via a metering pump. The PPTA hollow fiber membranes are prepared by the dry-wet spinning method, which solves the problems that hard pore-forming and low porosity in the preparation process of PPTA porous membrane. Utilization of the double-screw extruder is capable of greatly shortening the dissolved time and the deaeration time. Meanwhile the increase of PPTA in casting solution also improves mechanical properties of the PPTA membrane. The addition of the inorganic particles improves mechanical toughness and enhance pure water flux, hydrophilia and rejection rate. | 01-07-2016 |
20160008770 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW FIBER CARBON MEMBRANE | 01-14-2016 |
20160008772 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED FLUOROPOLYMER MEMBRANES | 01-14-2016 |
20160023169 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention concerns a semipermeable hollow fiber membrane having an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface and an interior lumen extending along the length thereof and having the selective layer on the outer wall surface with a surface roughness below 10 nm. According to the invention the membrane has the smallest pore size on the outer wall surface, and has an outer wall surface which is smooth, continuous and homogeneous in a nanoscopic scale and four to five distinct layers of different pore size and density. Further the present invention concerns a process for manufacturing thereof and the use thereof. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023170 | POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES AND PREPARATION THEREOF - Disclosed are polyvinylidene fluoride hollow fiber separation membranes and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to polyvinylidene fluoride hollow fiber separation membranes, which may be usefully used not only for water treatment, but also in the sewage treatment field, such as domestic waste water, industrial wastewater, or the like because the polyvinylidene fluoride hollow fiber separation membranes possess excellent pure water permeability and chemical resistance such as alkali resistance, etc., when applied as a separation membrane due to excellent alkali resistance while significantly improving hydrophobicity due to an amphoteric substance, which is a disadvantage of the PVDF hollow fiber separation membranes, by preparing a (PVDF) hollow fiber separation membrane with a thermosetting resin in which the amphoteric substance, in which hydrophilic groups and hydrophobic groups are constituted in the form of a covalent bond, has been introduced into a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based resin, and a preparation method thereof. | 01-28-2016 |
20160038884 | RESIN COMPOSITION, MEMBRANE-FORMING STOCK SOLUTION, POROUS MEMBRANE, AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE, WATER TREATMENT DEVICE, ELECTROLYTE SUPPORT, AND SEPARATOR USING POROUS MEMBRANE - The present invention pertains to a resin composition which includes component: a membrane-forming polymer, component: a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition which includes a (meth)acrylic ester macromonomer represented by general formula and another monomer, and component: a polymer including a vinylpyrrolidone unit, a membrane-forming stock solution which includes the resin composition, a porous membrane obtained by forming with the membrane-forming stock solution, and a hollow fiber membrane, a water treatment device, an electrolyte support, and a separator which use the porous membrane. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a porous membrane which has pores with high uniformity wherein the formation of large pores with a diameter of 1 μm or higher is suppressed and which has excellent fractionation performance and high water permeability, and a hollow fiber membrane, water treatment device, electrolyte support, and separator which use the porous membrane. | 02-11-2016 |
20160045874 | NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES WITH ADVANCED ANTIFOULING PROPERTIES UNDER VISIBLE LIGHT IRRADIATION - Nitrogen doped TiO | 02-18-2016 |
20160051940 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a separation membrane for seawater desalination and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a separation membrane for seawater desalination with excellent water permeability and salt rejection and a method for manufacturing the same. If the separation membrane for seawater desalination and the method for manufacturing the same according to the present disclosure are applied, it is possible to provide a separation membrane for seawater desalination with excellent water permeability and salt rejection. Therefore, it is possible to provide a separation membrane for seawater desalination with improved performance in comparison to an existing separation membrane for seawater desalination. As a result, water resources may be widely utilized. | 02-25-2016 |
20160082396 | FIBER-REINFORCED POROUS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - A fiber-reinforced porous hollow fiber membrane comprising a hollow fiber membrane and a reinforcing fiber completely or partially embedded in the hollow fiber membrane; wherein the reinforcing fiber is placed in a portion that does not exceed 90%, preferably 80%, of the thickness of the hollow fiber membrane as viewed from an inner or outer peripheral surface of the hollow fiber membrane on a side that is not a side of the porous hollow fiber membrane to come in contact with an object to be treated, and preferably at least 50 volume % of the cross section of the reinforcing fiber is embedded in the hollow fiber membrane. The obtained fiber-reinforced porous hollow fiber membrane has excellent permeability, separation performance, and mechanical properties. | 03-24-2016 |
20160089638 | MICROPOROUS POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANE - Hydrophobic hollow-fiber membrane made from a vinylidene fluoride polymer with a wall and a wall thickness, an outer surface on its outer side, an inner surface on its inner side and facing its lumen and adjacent to the inner surface a supporting layer having a structure that is substantially isotropic across the wall thickness, the supporting layer extending over at least 80% of the wall thickness and comprising pores having an average diameter of less than 1 μm, and wherein the hollow-fiber membrane has pores on its outer surface and on its inner surface, characterized in that | 03-31-2016 |
20160114295 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ASYMMETRIC POLYVINLYLIDENEFLUORIDE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MANUFACTURED THEREFROM - The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an asymmetric polyvinlylidene fluoride (PVDF) hollow fiber membrane, whereby a PVDF hollow fiber membrane is manufactured by the thermally induced phase separation method, which enables effective mixing of the PVDF and a diluent without additional use of an inorganic fine powder such as silica and is advantageous in that it is relatively easy to control preparation parameters because temperature is the main factor of phase separation of the two-component system of the polymer and the diluent and thus to obtain a separation membrane of satisfactory quality, by providing temperature difference between the inner and outer surfaces of a hollow fiber, thereby achieving an asymmetric structure in which the inner surface side and the outer surface side of the hollow fiber have different pore sizes and distributions. | 04-28-2016 |
20160121273 | HYDROPHILISED VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-BASED POROUS HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a vinylidene fluoride porous hollow fiber membrane excellent in fouling resistance due to reduced organic substance absorbance, preferably having preferable pore structures to enable to have high permeability, high fractionation performance, and good process controllability. The membrane includes a vinylidene fluoride resin and 0.5 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic resin, having a ratio Pi/Po of 2.5 to 50 where Pi and Po denote an average pore size on inner surface and an average pore size on outer surface, respectively, and having a pure water permeation rate satisfying the following formula: | 05-05-2016 |
20160121533 | THIN FILM COMPOSITE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES FOR OSMOTIC POWER GENERATION - Disclosed is a thin film composite hollow fiber that includes an outer support layer having a thickness of 10 to 10000 μm and a polyamide thin film layer having a thickness of 1 to 10000 nm; and has a transmembrane pressure resistance rate of higher than 15 bar and a pure water permeability rate of higher than 0.8 Lm | 05-05-2016 |
20160136587 | ZWITTERION-FUNCTIONALIZED COPOLYMER HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A hollow-fiber membrane is presented. The hollow fiber membrane, includes a copolymer including sulfone structural units having a formula (I) and zwitterion-functionalized structural units having a formula (II). Method of making the hollow-fiber membrane is also presented. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137557 | Method for Preparing Multichannel Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membrane - The Invention relates to a method for preparing a multichannel hollow fiber membrane. According to a certain ratio, ceramic powder, a macromolecular polymer, an organic solvent, and a dispersant are mixed evenly to prepare a membrane casting solution; and after bubble removing processing is performed on the membrane casting solution, a membrane green body is formed with the cooperation of a multichannel hollow fiber die and phase inversion. After the membrane green body is roasted at a high temperature, a multichannel ceramic hollow fiber membrane is formed. The multichannel ceramic hollow fiber membrane has an asymmetric structure and a skeleton structure in an inner cavity and can meet the strength and flux requirements of a ceramic hollow fiber membrane. | 05-19-2016 |
20160145369 | COMPOSITION, POROUS POLYMER MEMBRANE AND HYDROPHILIC AGENT - The present invention aims to provide a composition having excellent hydrophilicity, water permeability, mechanical strength, chemical durability, and low-fouling property, and capable of producing a porous polymer membrane from which a hydrophilic agent is less likely to be eluted. The composition of the present invention includes a vinylidene fluoride resin and a copolymer (A) including a vinyl alcohol unit and a fluoromonomer unit. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145476 | MULTI-PART POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS, ARTICLES THEREOF, AND METHOD OF MAKING - A multi-part polyurethane composition is composed of a first part comprising a polyurethane prepolymer composition and a second part comprising a polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of 4 to 6, and a desiccant. The composition further comprises a plasticizer, wherein the plasticizer can be present in any one or more of the parts. A polyurethane is formed by mixing and curing the composition. The composition can be used as an adhesive for separatory devices, in particular for potting hollow fibers. | 05-26-2016 |
20160166991 | Membrane Selective for Alcohols | 06-16-2016 |
20160184777 | NON-BRAIDED, TEXTILE-REINFORCED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - Various methods of making a reinforced membrane, devices for making the membranes, and the resulting membranes are described. The methods typically provide a reinforcing structure that includes filaments extending around the circumference of the membrane but without the filaments being part of a braided or woven structure. Some of the reinforcing structures also include longitudinal filaments. The methods and devices can be used to make a supporting structure in line with membrane formation steps, and also allow for a reinforced membrane to be produced that has a ratio of inside-to-outside diameters of 0.5 or more. | 06-30-2016 |
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20220133967 | HEMODIALYZER - A hollow fiber membrane and methods of making the hollow fiber membrane are described. The membrane includes a hydrophobic polymer such as polysulfone, a hydrophilic polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and a fluropolymer additive, and optionally a stabilizer, for instance, to stabilize the fluoropolymer additive in the membrane, particularly during conditioning or E-beam sterilization or both. Further conditioning improvements to membrane manufacturing are disclosed. The membrane may be incorporated into a dialysis filter for use in hemodialysis and related applications. The membrane has improved hemocompatibility, charge stability, or middle molecule clearance compared to conventional membranes. Also disclosed is a method of evaluating membrane charge stability. | 05-05-2022 |