• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.86-92
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• 1999

The nanofiltration (NF) membranes based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and sodium alginate (SA) were prespared. Homogeneous PVA/SA blend membranes were prepared by casting a PVA/SA (95/5 in wi%) mixture solution on an acryl plate followed by drying at a room temperature and by cros-slinking with glutaraldehyde (GA) for 20 minutes PVA/SA blend composite membranes were also prepared by coating a PVA/SA (95/5 in wi%) mixture solution on microporous polysulfone(PSF) supports. The PVA/SA active layer of the composite membrane was crosslinked at room temperature by using an membranes were characterized with a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) a fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and permeation tests. The permeation properties of the composite membrane were as follows: 1.3{{{{ {m }^{2 } }}}}/{{{{ {m }^{2 } }}}}day of flux and >95% of rejection at 200 psi for a 1000 ppm PEG600 solution.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2015

Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging membrane technology with potential applications in desalination and wastewater reclamation. The osmotic pressure gradient across the FO membrane is used to generate water flux. In this study, flux performance and foulant deposition on the FO membrane were systematically investigated with a co-current cross-flow membrane system. Sodium alginate (SA), bovine serum albumin (BSA) and tannic acid (TA) were used as model foulants. Organics adsorbed on the membrane were peeled off via oscillation and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). When an initial flux of $8.42L/m^2h$ was applied, both flux reduction and foulant deposition were slight for the feed solution containing BSA and TA. In comparison, flux reduction and foulant deposition were much more severe for the feed solution containing SA, as a distinct SA cake-layer was formed on the membrane surface and played a crucial role in membrane fouling. In addition, as the initial SA concentration increased in FS, the thickness of the cake-layer increased remarkably, and the membrane fouling became more severe.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1998년도 춘계 총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.124-126
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• 1998

1. INTRODUCTION : With good physical and chemical properties as a membrane material, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) has been widely used for the preparation of several kinds of membranes for different applications. Considering such good physical chemical properties, some people have tried to use it for the formation of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes with a good chemical stability as well as high flux and high rejection rate. However, unfortunately, the performance of the RO membranes based on PVA has not been satisfactory yet. The PVA RO membranes thermally crosslinked have shown very low flux and relatively low salt rejection. In this experiment, ionic polymers such as sodium alginate and chitosan were used together with PVA to increase the nanofiltration performance of the PVA membranes.

• 멤브레인
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2001

이온성 고분자에 비이온성 고분자를 섞어 이온 함량을 조절함으로써 다양한 전하량을 갖는 이온성 막을 제조하였다. 비이온성 고분자로는 폴리비닐알콜, 음이온성 고분자로는 알긴산 나트륨, 양이온성 고분자로는 키토산을 사용하였으며, 이들 이온성 고분자막을 사용하여 여러 전해질 수용액에 대한 투과 및 분리특성을 관찰하였다. 막 내부에 이온성 고분자 함량이 많을수록 친수성 특성을 보였으며, 순수투과 및 용액투과 속도가 증가함을 관찰할 수 있었고, 또한 투과속도는 막의 팽윤 거동에 의해 결정됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 용질 배제율의 경우는 막과 투과용질간의 정전기적 인력, 즉 Donnan exclusion에 의해 결정이 되며, 정전기적 인력이 비슷한 경우는 분자체 효과에 의해 분리됨이 관찰되었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2015

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process is one of membrane processes for harvesting renewable energy by using salinity difference between feed and draw solutions. Power is generated by permeation flux multiplied by hydraulic pressure in draw side. Membrane fouling phenomena in PRO process is presumed to be less sever, but it is inevitable. Membrane fouling in PRO process decreases water permeation through membrane, resulting in significant power production decline. This study intended to investigate the effect of hydraulic pressure in PRO process on alginate induced organic fouling as high and low hydraulic pressures (6.5 bar and 12 bar) were applied for 24 h under the same initial water flux. In addition, organic fouling in draw side from the presence of foulant (sodium alginate) in draw solution was examined. As major results, hydraulic pressure was found to be not a significant factor affecting in PRO organic fouling as long as the same initial water flux is maintained, inidicating that operating PRO process with high hydraulic pressure for efficient energy harvesting will not cause severe organic fouling. In addition, flux decline was negligible from the presence of organic foulant in draw side.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1999년도 The 7th Summer Workshop of the Membrane Society of Korea
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• pp.27-30
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• 1999

Poly(phenylene oxide)s were used to prepare flat, integrally skinned self-supporthed asymmetric membranes by dry-wet phase separption. The intrinsic ideal gas selectivity of poly- (2,6-dimethy-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PMPO) was retained in the membranes, and improved by a coating with silicone rubber. Polymers of the same class were coated of UF supports with a silicon rubber gutter layer, yielding composite membranes with high flux but lower selectivity. The effect of th glutaraldehyde cross-linking of sodium alginate (SA) membranes on the mobility of water and ethanol has been studied with pfg nmr. Crosslinking reduces water self-diffusion, and does not seem to be stable on the timescale of weeks.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.399-405
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• 2011

In a desalination technology using RO membranes, chemical cleaning makes damage for membrane surface and membrane life be shortened. In this research cleaning technology using direct osmosis (DO) was introduced to apply it under the condition of high pH and high concentration of feed. When the high concentration of feed is injected to the concentrate side after release of operating pressure, then backward flow occurred from treated water toward concentrated for osmotic pressure. This flow reduces fouling on the membrane surface. Namely, flux of DO was monitored under pH 3, 5, 10 and 12 conditions at feed concentrations of NaCl 40,000 mg/L, 120,000 mg/L and 160,000 mg/L. As a result, DO flux in pH 12 increased about 21% than pH 3. DO cleaning was performed under the concentrate NaCl 160,000 mg/L of pH 12 during 20 minutes. Three kinds of synthetic feed water were used as concentrates. They consisted of organic, inorganic and seawater; chemicals of SiO2 (200 mg/L), humic acid (50 mg/L) sodium alginate (50 mg/L) and seawater. As a result, fluxes were recovered to 17% in organic fouling, 15% in inorganic fouling and 14% of seawater fouling after cleaning using DO under the condition of concentrate NaCl 160,000 mg/L of pH 12.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1998년도 추계 총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.153-155
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• 1998

PTFE 합성공정에서 대량으로 사용하는 고가의 음이온계 유화제를 분리/회수하는 것은 경제적인 문제 뿐만 아니라 환경적으로도 매우 중요하다. 음이온계 유화제의 회수에는 Water-evaporation, ion-exchange, freezing, electrodialysis등의 방법을 사용할 수 있다. 그러나 회수에 드는 경비가 높고 장치가 복잡하다는 단점이 잇다. 반\ulcorner에 막분리 공정은 장치가 간단하고 상대적으로 경비가 적게 든다는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 음이온계 유화제를 분리/회수하기 위해서 역삼투 공정을 사용하였다. 그러나 역삼투 공정과 같이 압력을 분리의 구동력으로 하는 막분리 공정에서는 농도분극 및 막오염 현상에 의한 투과량의 감소가 심각하게 일어나며 전체적으로 막분리 공정의 경제성을 떨어뜨리는 주된 요인이 된다. 특히 이온성 막을 사용할 경우 막과 이온성 용질간의 정전기적 포텐셜이 화학적 포텐셜과 함께 투과분리의 구동력을 이루게 되므로 투과거동이 매우 달라지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 막 재료의 이온특성과 음이온성 용질의 농도에 따른 막오염 현상의 관찰 및 이것이 투과거동에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 이를 위해 Sodium alginate, Chitosan, Poly(vinyl alcohol)을 이용하여 각각 음이온성, 양이온성, 중성 막을 제조하여 투과거동을 관찰하였다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 1999

Proteolytic bacteria isolated from fermented anchovy jeotkal were immobilized in capsule type with $0.8\%$ sodium alginate and $CaCl_2/carboxymethyl$ cellulose (CMC). For making the immobilized capsule, the optimal concentration of both $CaCl_2$ and CMC, with respect to the membrane hardness and the growth of proteolytic bacteria in capsule, were $2.0\%$ at following conditions: flow rate of $CaCl_2/CMC$ solution and cell suspension were respectively 3.54 ml/min and 0.15 ml/min when inside diameter of inner and outer capillary tube in immobilizing apparatus were 0.32mm, 0.74mm, respectively. The density of proteolytic bacteria in capsule reached maximum, i.e. $10^8-10^9cells$/capsule during culture under optimal conditions in TPY broth, and these were $10^2-10^4$ times higher than these of before culture. During culture of proteolytic bacteria immobilized in capsule type (PBImC) for 72hrs, few growing cells were lost in the outer medium.