• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.22 no.5
• /
• pp.326-331
• /
• 2012

In this study, rejection behavior of 2-MIB (methylisoborneal) and geosmin which are known as taste-and-odor (T & O) causing micropollutants in drinking water source was investigated using hydrophobic polyethersulfone (PES) nanofiltration "loose" membrane (MWCO : 400 Da). It was found that the rejection of the geosmin was higher than that of the 2-MIB in all experimental conditions tested. This study also showed that the rejections of 2-MIB and geosmin were increased by increasing solution pH due to enhancing electrostatic repulsions between micropollutants and membrane surface. The presence of natural organic matter led to increase the rejection of the hydrophobic 2-MIB and geosmin and the effectiveness was more pronounced at higher solution pH. Increasing hydrophilicity of the hydrophobic membrane surface by coating with $TiO_2$ particles resulted in the significant increase in the rejection of 2-MIB and geosmin. In addition to the charge repulsion, this result suggests that hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction should be one of main rejection mechanisms of T & O compounds by NF membrane.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.4 no.1
• /
• pp.38-45
• /
• 1994

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of variables in preparing TFC membrane by interfacial polymerization. Obtained results are as follow: As the concentration of MPD increses, the rejection rate incresed, the total volume flux was decresed. As the dipping time in MPD solution increases, the rejection rate increased, the total volume flux was increased until reach optimum point. As the dipping time in TMC solution increses, the total volume flux increased, the rejection rate was increased until reach optimum point. As the curing temperature increases, the total volume flux increased was an optimum point in the rejection rate. Since the quantity of generating hydrochloric acid was small, the required quantity of NaOH for neutriliztion was small. The post-treatment with ethanol, isopropanol and water in the temprerature ranging of $5~7^{\circ}C$ brought an increment of the rejection and the total volume flux, For water temperature ranging of $5~7^{\circ}C$was the optimum temperature in the post treatment.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 1994.10a
• /
• pp.66-67
• /
• 1994

Polysulfone은 물리적, 화학적 성질이 우수하고 내열성과 내유기용매성등이 우수한 열가소성 수지로서 투과성능도 좋고 배제율도 높아 한외여과막이나 역삼투막, 기체분리막 등에 널리 이용되고 있다. 그러나 소수성 물질이기 때문에 처리과정에 있어서 fouling 발생이 큰 문제점으로 대두되고 있다. 따라서 이러한 fouling 현상을 억제하기 위해 화학적인 개질을 통하여 친수성을 높히는 방법이 필요하다. 본 실험에서는 친수성 고분자를 얻기 위하여 $-R_3N^+$기를 치환을 통하여 도입하였다. quaternary polysulfone의 치환여부를 확인하기 위하여 NMR, FT-IR를 이용하였고, 투과도와 용질배제율을 측정하여 개질의 효과를 살펴 보았다. 그리고 이온반발력을 이용하여 염료용액의 배제율을 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
• /
• v.10 no.4
• /
• pp.563-567
• /
• 1999

Reverse osmosis concentration for cephalosproin C was studied using a polyamide composite membrane, FT-30 in spiral wound type with high solute rejection. The experiments were carried out in the aqueous solution of cephalosporin C for water flux, solute rejection and mass transfer coefficient under applied pressure of $4{\sim}20kg/cm^2$, feed concentration of 100~1000 mg/L and feed velocity of 2.8 and 5.6 L/min at room temperature. The effect of operating pressure on the separation of cephalosporin C showed that permeate flux increased with increasing operation pressure. These results are consistent with those predicted by Kedem-Katchalsky model. Solute rejection was nearly 1. The increase of feed concentration caused the reduction of cephalosporin C rejection, which was higher at low concentration than at high concentration, but degree of reduction was small.

• Clean Technology
• /
• v.10 no.1
• /
• pp.37-45
• /
• 2004

This study examined the separation characteristics of some of the most commonly used disperse, reactive and acid dyes by nanofiltration membrane. The chemical characteristics of three major dye solutions such as chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen, total organic carbon, color, suspended solids, total dissolved solids, conductivity were investigated in this work. Experiments showed that the types of dye had a significant effect on both permeate flux and rejection efficiencies mainly due to the differences among their chemical structures and natures. Especially, the nanofiltration of reactive dye solutions showed higher permeate flux, lower total dissolved solid rejection efficiency and higher organics rejection efficiency than those of disperse dye solutions.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 1996.10a
• /
• pp.73-74
• /
• 1996

역삼투막은 높은 투과율과 배제율, 기계적 강도, 열적 안정성, 화학적 안정성, 성형성, 경제성 등의 여러 가지 조건을 동시에 만족시켜야 한다. 복합막을 통한 역삼투막의 제조는 위의 조건들을 만족시키는 역삼투막을 제조할 수 있는 훌륭한 제조 방법인데 지지막과 표면의 활성층을 여러 가지로 조합하여 다양한 성능의 막을 개발할 수 있기 때문이다. 지지막은 다공질의 고분자막으로 기계적 강도, 화학적.열적 안정성 등이 있어야 하는데 역삼투막이 가혹한 운전 조건에서 조작되기 때문이다. 그리고 지지막은 활성층과 안정된 결합을 할 수 있는 물리적 및 화학적 성질을 지녀야 한다. 활성층은 분리가 일어나는 곳으로 막의 배제율과 투과특성에 큰 영향을 미친다. 따라서 복합막의 제조에 있어서 고려되어야 할 사항은 지지막과 활성층의 재질의 선택, 지지막의 특성, 지지막 위에 얇고 안정된 활성층의 도포 방법, 성능향상과 활성층의 안정화를 위한 제조된 복합막의 후처리 방법 등이다. 지지막 위에 활성층을 도포시키는 방법은 계면중합법, 박층분산법, 침지코팅법, 기상증착법 등을 들 수 있는데 이 중에서 계면중합법을 이용한 복합막의 제조가 가장 실용적인 방법으로 인정되고 있고 현재 실용화되어 있다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
• /
• v.3 no.2
• /
• pp.349-359
• /
• 1992

Studies were carried out on the selective removal of inorganic salts such as NaCl and $Na_2SO_4$ from dye solution, using counter diffusion-reverse osmosis and nanofiltration, respectivey. For the dye solution used in the experiments, 1 to 30% of salts were removed by counter diffusion while the loss of dye molecules was less than 0.3%. The separation factors by one pass operation were 10-500 according to ionic species. In five successive operations, removals of anion($Cl^-$) increased but those of cation($Na^+$) decreased due to the Donnan effect. Effects of feed flow rate on removal efficiencies of various ions were also observed at constant flow rate of stripping water. Reverse osmosis of desalted dye solution by counter diffusion was conducted to prepare highly concentrated liquid dyes. The rejection efficiency of dye molecules was greater than 99%. For the rejection efficiency of chloride ion, experimental values were compared with theoretical ones based on solution-diffusion model. Two stage diafiltration was performed in nanofiltration. The rejection efficiency of chloride ion was continuously decreased due to the Donnan dialysis and even negative rejection was observed. The Donnan effect was more pronounced in the second diafiltration.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.23 no.4
• /
• pp.304-311
• /
• 2013

In fermentation-separation processes, nanofiltration membrane processes can be used to separate organic acid and other byproducts such as sugars and proteins. In this study, new nanofiltration membranes were prepared to improve organic acid permeability during the separation processes of fermentation broth. Positively charged nanofiltration membrane was introduced to reduce lactic acid rejection by electrostatic attraction between lactic acid and nanofiltration membrane. Newly fabricated nanofiltration membranes were prepared by grafting cationic polyelectrolyte, PEI, on membrane surface. Thenanofiltration membranes showed positively charged surface potential. As a result, lactic acid rejection was remarkably reduced while the rejection of glucose was not changed significantly.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.18 no.3
• /
• pp.241-249
• /
• 2008

This study is to concentrate vanadium in Jeju groundwater using reverse osmosis processes, and to utilize the concentrate for vanadium water. Groundwater samples were taken from Wahyul, Ayum, and Seogwipo groundwater wells with different in vanadium content each other. Their vanadiuln concentrations were 31.8, 44.5, and 53.0 ppb, respectively. The rejection coefficients of every component in groundwater were increased with the increase of TMP At the TMP of $8 kg_f/cm^2$, the rejection coefficients of vanadium, sodium, potassium, aluminium, iron, and barium were $97.4%{\sim}99.0%,\;97.7%{\sim}97.8%,\;98.0%{\sim}98.3%,\;94.8%{\sim}97.5%,\;88.0%{\sim}96.4.0%$, and $97.9{\sim}98.0%$, respectively. And those of magnesium, calcium, chromium, mauganese, and strontium in three groundwater were more than 99.0% at the same TMP. It was possible that vanadium contents of Wahyul, Ayum and Seogwipo groundwater were concentrated into 58.6, 118.9, and 165.1 ppb, respectively, by 6 stages treatment at the recovery ratio of 15%. And these concentrated water (vanadium water) did not exceed the permissible drinking water standards.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.19 no.4
• /
• pp.277-284
• /
• 2009

In order to select the most suitable membrane to the concentration of vanadium and silica in groundwater, two different commercial NF membrane modules (NE2540-90 and NF90-2540) and three different commercial RO membrane modules (BW30-2540, RE2540-TE, and XLE-2540) were tested. The membrane characteristics test results showed that NE2540-90 module was the most efficient because of higher permeate flux and similar rejection coefficient. Using NE2540-90 module at the transmembrane pressure of $8\;kgf/cm^2$, it was found that the rejection coefficients of vanadium, silica, aluminium, chromium, iron, boron, strontium, and barium were 98.2%, 99.0%, 92.0%, 83.6%, 96.0%, 45.1%, 98.6%, and 69.5%, respectively. It was possible that vanadium and silica contents of groundwater were concentrated into $148.9\;{\mu}g/L$ and 85.8 mg/L respectively by six-stages NF process at the recovery ratio of 15%. The waters produced by NF, which are enriched in vanadium and silica content, are expected to be commercialized the various functional mineral waters.