Abstract
The permeation experiments f3r the aqueous dextran solutions of which the molecular weights were distributed between several thousands and million daltons were carried out using the dead-end cell system equipped with sheet membrane to determine the molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of ultrafiltration membranes. The dextran rejections with respect to molecular weight were obtained by GPC analysis of feed and permeate solutions, then the MWCO was decided as the dextran molecular weight corresponding to the 90% rejection. The MWCO of PBTK membrane manufactured by Millipore was varied between 63,000 and 68,000 daltons as the pressure increased from 0.5 to 2.0 bar. However, the MWCO of PBQK(Millipore) and UE 1812(Saehan) under the above operating pressure increased to 3.5 and 4.3 times, respectively. Also, the MWCO of PBTK increased to 25% as the membrane permeation increased from 10 to 40% of the feed solution.
한외여과막의 분획분자량을 결정하기 위하여 dead-end형 셀내에 평막을 설치하고 분자량 분포가 수천 내지 수백만의 혼합 dextran 수용액으로 투과 실험하였다. 원료 용액과 투과액을 GPC로 분석하여 각 분자량에 대한 배제율을 구하고 90% 배제율에 해당하는 dextran분자량을 분획분자량를 결정하였다. 투과압력을 0.5에서 2.0 bar까지 증가시킬 경우, Millipore사의 PBTK막은 63,000 내지 68,000 daltons로 10% 이내에서 변화하였지만 Millipore사의 PBQK 막 또는 (주)새한의 UE1812막의 분획분자량은 각각 3.5 및 4.3 배 증가하였다. 또한 투과액을 원료용액의 10내지 40%까지 분리막을 증가시키면서 배제율을 측정한 결과, PBTK의 분획분자량은 25% 증가하였다.
