WO2002076593A1 - Hydrophilic hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes that include a hydrophobic polymer and a method of making these membranes - Google Patents
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- Membranes are thin-film barriers that allow certain components of a fluid mixture to selectively pass through the barriers while discriminating against the other components to achieve separation. These membranes are typically formed from polymers and are semipermeable. The specific physical shape or form of the membranes can vary, and can include flat sheets, tubular membranes, and hollow fibers. The specific use to which the membrane is to be put dictates the form selected for its construction. Membranes in the form of hollow fibers are currently used in a variety of applications, including dialysis, gas separation, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, and nanofiltration.
- Polyvinylidene fluoride (PNDF) based membranes have good mechanical strength and excellent chemical stability, particularly to free chlorine attack.
- membranes made of PVDF homopolymer are hydrophobic, and water cannot wet the surface of a hydrophobic PNDF membrane in the absence of a surfactant.
- the hydrophobic nature of PNDF membranes imposes an enormous resistance to water permeation to give a low water flux.
- hydrophobic PNDF membranes often suffer from a severe fouling problem due to non-selective absorption of solutes at the hydrophobic membrane surface to further lower permeate flux.
- PNDF based membranes One method of modifying a PNDF membrane is by first reducing the PNDF membrane with ⁇ aOH and ⁇ aS 2 O 4 , followed by oxidizing it with
- An alternative method of chemical surface modification involves using calcined alumina in particle form to replace NaOH to catalyze an elimination reaction of hydrofluoric acid (HF) from the PVDF backbone to give a double bond.
- a subsequent modification reaction is then completed by reaction either with water or with a partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate so as to form a hydrophilic membrane.
- the polymer blend approach has a lower cost and higher efficiency than chemical modification.
- the polymer blend approach has some drawbacks.
- a hydrophobic PVDF membrane may be coated with a water-insoluble vinyl alcohol- vinyl acetate copolymer.
- the coating layer however is more vulnerable to free chlorine attack than PVDF. Therefore, after frequent exposure to a cleaning reagent containing free chlorine, such as bleach, the hydrophilic coated membrane becomes hydrophobic.
- a water-soluble polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)
- PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone
- the exposure time is 2 minutes, as suggested in the '107 patent, and the membrane casting speed is 10 ft/min, it requires 20 feet of exposure space.
- the process of the ' 107 patent requires a huge capital investment to make a membrane casting machine to meet the requirement of a two minute exposure time.
- gravity will cause the extruded fiber to break before it reaches the coagulation bath if the distance between the spinneret and the coagulation bath is too long.
- a membrane with strength and hydrophilicity and a process for making the same are needed. More specifically, a membrane whose hydrophilic qualities are not washed away with water or bleach is needed. Still further, a process for making such a membrane that is efficient, has a good yield, and is easily reproducible is needed. In addition, a better way to control the humidity of the environment where the membrane is created is needed in order to improve the productivity of membrane manufacturing.
- a hydrophilic membrane that includes a hydrophobic polymer and a water- soluble polymer-metal complex.
- This membrane is made by heating a mixture of a hydrophobic polymer, an additive, and a solvent, adding a metal compound and a water- soluble polymer to the mixture, and heating and mixing the solution.
- the water-soluble polymer forms complexes with the metal compound and homogeneously entangles with the dissolved hydrophobic polymer to form a viscous dope.
- the dope is extruded through an annular orifice to form a hollow fiber.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a hollow fiber spinning system used in the making the membrane of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an infra-red spectra of typical hollow fiber membranes obtained by the method of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a plot showing permeate flux of hollow fiber membranes of the present invention as a function of time
- FIG. 6 is a scanning electron microphotograph of the outer surface of a hollow fiber membrane obtained from the method of the present invention as outlined in Example 1;
- FIG. 9 is a scanning electron microphotograph of a hollow fiber membrane obtained from the method of the present invention as outlined Example 8.
- FIG. 10 is a scanning electron microphotograph of a hollow fiber membrane obtained from the method of the present invention as outlined Example 8.
- the membrane of the present invention is a hydrophilic hollow fiber membrane. It includes a hydrophobic polymer as a maj or component and a water-soluble polymer-metal complex as a minor component.
- the water-soluble polymer-metal complex forms a network and uniformly entangles with the hydrophobic polymer network in the membrane matrix.
- the membrane of the present invention is insoluble in water, and the water-soluble polymer in the membrane cannot be removed from the membrane by water either during or after the membrane's formation.
- the membrane of the present invention is made by preparing a homogenous casting solution from a hydrophobic polymer, a compatible water-soluble polymer, and at least one metal containing compound.
- an additive and a hydrophobic polymer are dissolved in a solvent and mixed at an elevated temperature using a Myer mixer from Myer Engineering, Inc., 8376 Salt Lake Avenue, Bell, California 90201.
- the additive may be lithium chloride, a metal containing compound, or polyethylene glycol.
- the viscous solution obtained is then mixed with an additional metal containing compound, which may but need not be a different metal containing compound, and a water-soluble polymer at an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to produce a brown, homogeneous and viscous solution.
- This system includes a spinneret 10 that feeds spin fiber 11 made from the membrane casting solution to a cylindrical column 12.
- An inlet 14 for water is located at the top of cylindrical column 12 and causes a waterfall 16 to be formed in the interior surface of cylindrical column 12.
- Waterfall 16 surrounds the extruded hollow fiber 11 to provide an environment with a controlled humidity.
- Water from waterfall 16 enters a coagulation bath 18, and the membrane casting solution 11 is spun through coagulation bath 18 using two power driven wheels 20 that are immersed in the coagulation bath.
- the fiber 11 then exits the coagulation bath and is taken to a godet station 22. From there, it passes through a laser scan micrometer 24. Wheels- 26 and other wheels not shown move fiber 11 along the path of the spinning system.
- a take- up wheel 28, which is partially immersed in a leaching bath 30, directs the extruded hollow fiber 11 into leaching bath 30.
- the fiber 11 wraps around take-up wheel 28 so as to be collected.
- the water-soluble polymer, PVP has a resonance structure with a negative charge localized at the oxygen atom and a positive charge localized at the nitrogen atom, as shown below.
- the water-soluble polymer reacts with the metal containing compound in the solution to form a water-soluble polymer-metal Complex, as shown in the following reaction.
- the reaction shown below uses ferric chloride as the metal containing compound and PVP as the water-soluble polymer:
- n is an integer.
- the water- soluble polymer is allowed to react with the metal of the metal containing compound to form a three dimensional network and uniformly interpenetrate the network of the . hydrophobic polymer in the membrane casting solution.
- the water-soluble polymer is permanently retained in the membrane matrix to give a hydrophilic membrane.
- the rate of phase inversion is controlled, at least in part, by utilizing a bore fluid and/or a coagulation bath.
- An internal bore fluid is co-extruded in the lumen of the fiber, helping to solidify and form the inner core of the hollow fiber membrane.
- the extruded hollow fiber is then passed through a bath where the solvent is replaced with a nonsolvent, such as water, and the fiber is allowed to further solidify.
- the membrane pore size can be regulated, at least in part by controlling the solvent content in the coagulation bath and/or in the bore fluid.
- a casing may be used between the spinneret and the coagulation bath, allowing nitrogen to pass through a water trap to control water vapor pressure in the casing.
- Higher water vapor pressure is achieved using a waterfall surrounding a newly cast membrane at various temperatures .
- Water vapor pressure in column 12 is controlled by water temperature. The water vapor reaches equilibrium with water falling along the interior surface of the column 12. This column 12 with waterfall 16 may or may not be used when preparing fiber 11 depending upon the desired membrane structure and performance.
- the column When humidity is provided in column 12 through waterfall 16 at the interior surface of column 12, the column is about to obtain 100% relative humidity at various temperatures.
- the humidity is about 50 to 100%. Preferably, it is about 70 to 100%. Most preferably, is it about 80 to 100%.
- the water column temperature is about 0.2 to 100°C. Preferably, the water column temperature is about 20 to 100°C. Most preferably, the water column temperature is about 50 to lOO°C.
- the coagulation or gelation bath is comprised of 0-60% solvent and is at atemperature of about 0.2 to 100°C. Preferably, its temperature is about 20 to 80°C, and most preferably, its temperature is about 50 to 70°C.
- the fibers After leaving the coagulation bath, the fibers are leached for a period of approximately 24 hours in a leaching bath comprised of a nonsolvent, such as water, in order to remove the remaining solvent from the fibers. After leaching, the fibers are placed in a glycerin and nonsolvent bath for a period of approximately 24 hours.
- the glycerin acts as a membrane pore radius-maintaining agent by filling the pores of the fmished membrane to prevent them from collapsing during storage prior to use in a filtering device.
- the leaching bath is a nonsolvent bath having a temperature of about 0.1 to 100°C. Preferably, this temperature range is between about 20 to 80 °C, and most preferably, the leaching bath has a temperature of between about 50 to 70°C.
- the hollow fiber is formed at a fiber spinning speed of about 5 to 300 feet per minute (ft/min).
- the fiber spinning speed is about 50 to 250 ft/min.
- the fiber spinning speed is about 100 to 200 ft/min.
- the hydrophobic polymer is a synthetic polymer capable of forming a film or fiber.
- the hydrophobic polymer may be, but is not limited to, polyvinyhdene fluoride (PVDF), polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyetherketone, polypropylene, polyethylene, or combinations thereof.
- the metal compound is an electron acceptor that is capable of forming complexes with a variety of ligands.
- the complexing metal may be any transitional metal such as iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, manganese, or chromium.
- the metal complexing agent is ferric chloride.
- the membrane of the present invention includes PVDF and an iron-PVP complex.
- the solvent in which the components of the membrane are mixed preferably is a polar solvent and may be, but is not limited to, dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl formamide, dimethylsulfone, trialkylphosphate, or combinations thereof.
- the bore fluid generally comprises water, and preferably comprises a mixture of water and a portion of the same solvent initially used as the solvent in the polymer mixture.
- the function of the bore fluid is to assist in the formation of the fibers from the inside out, whereby the inner wall of the fiber begins to coagulate as it comes into contact with the bore fluid.
- the fluid in the coagulation bath generally comprises water, and preferably comprises a mixture of water and a portion of the same solvent used in making the polymer mixture.
- the membrane of the present invention is for use in filtration. This membrane is resistant to fouling and has an excellent chemical stability, particularly to chlorine attack.
- the hollow fibers having a separation barrier layer at the inner surface of the fiber can be operated in an inside-out flow mode, while the hollow fibers having a separation barrier layer at the outer surface of the fiber can be operated in an outside-in flow mode.
- the membrane of the present invention has a tensile strength of about 200 to 700 psi.
- This membrane has a water flux of about 100 to 1500 gallons per square foot per day (gfd) at about 40 psi. It has a rejection towards a 150 k Dextran molecular weight marker ranging from about 5% to 99.9%. It is suitable for a variety of applications, including removal of oil from oily industrial wastewater.
- the hollow fiber 11 was allowed to pass through a godet station 22 and a laser scan micrometer 24 to measure vertically and horizontally the outside diameter of the fiber.
- the fiber 11 was then collected by a take- up wheel 28, partially immersed in leaching bath 30.
- the fiber diameter was controlled from 2 to 200 mil depending on the needs of the membrane being created.
- the hollow fiber membrane formed had a yellow color due to the presence of iron in the membrane.
- Morphology of a typical hollow fiber obtained in the present invention was examined using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
- Figs. 5-7 show microphotographs of a hollow fiber membrane obtained from Example 1 , discussed infra, of the present invention.
- the polysulfone membrane After being immersed in the bleach (chlorine) for one week, the polysulfone membrane turned into a white powdery material due to the chemical degradation of polysulfone. It is well known that polysulfone is much more stable than PVP due to the presence of an electron withdrawing sulfone group in the backbone of polysulfone. If the condition used can cause polysulfone to decompose, it will definitely cause PVP to decompose. This result indicates that the condition used is adequate to show chlorine impact on the structure and performance of a membrane containing PVP as a hydrophilic component.
- Example 1 In order to confirm the presence of iron in the membrane, the hollow fiber obtained in Example 1 was analyzed by ESCA. A typical ESCA spectrum of a hollow fiber obtained from Example 1 is shown in Fig. 3. A signal detected at a binding energy of 711 ev was attributed to 2p electron of iron, clearly indicating the presence of iron at the membrane surface.
- the chlorine treated samples having . Spectrum B in Fig. 2 were also analyzed by ESCA along with the hollow fiber prepared from PVDF alone as a control. Surface compositions of the hollow fiber membranes obtained from ESCA are given in Table 1. .
- the atomic percentage of iron is zero at the surface of the hollow fiber membrane prepared from the PVDF alone without ferric chloride and PVP as additives. But, it is unexpected to detect oxygen and nitrogen at the surface of the hollow fiber membrane. The reason for this is not fully understood at this point in time. In contrast, the atomic percentage of iron is 5.29% at the surface of a hollow fiber membrane prepared from PVDF with ferric chloride and PVP as additives.
- a post treatment of the membrane with an aqueous solution containing 200 ppm sodium hypochlorite has a negligible effect on the iron concentration at the membrane surface but a significant effect on the surface concentrations of carbon, fluoride, oxygen and nitrogen.
- the fiber color, the ESCA spectra and the quantitative analysis on concentration of iron, nitrogen and oxygen are consistent with the infrared spectra of the hollow fiber membranes discussed above, indicating the presence of iron and PVP in the PVDF based hollow fiber membrane.
- the iron has three positive charges (Fe 3+ ), PVP itself is soluble in water, thus the presence of PVP and Fe 3+ in the membrane matrix provides the membrane with a hydrophilic surface.
- Carbonyl and nitrogen in an amide are good ligands which can form complexes with a variety of metals.
- reaction (2) Based on the infrared spectra in Fig. 2, the ESCA spectrum in Fig. 3, and the data in Table 1, a complex formed from iron and PVP is shown in reaction (2), supra.
- Polyvinylpyrrolidone in which only one pyrrolidone moiety is drawn, has a resonance structure, with a negative charge located at the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group. It can behave as a good ligand to fo ⁇ n a complex with iron as shown in reaction (1).
- the hydroxyl ligand of the iron complex proposed in reaction (2) is consistent with the broad peak at about 3400 cm "1 in Spectrum A and B in Fig. 2.
- the coordination of a carbonyl group with iron is consistent with the peak at 1650 cm “1 in Spectrum A, in Fig. 2.
- the intensity change of the peak at 1650 cm “1 and a shift of carbonyl stretching vibration observed in Spectrum B to a slightly higher wave number after a chlorine treatment is consistent with the complex shown in reaction (2).
- the chlorine treatment may alter the nature of PVP-iron complex, thus resulting in changes in IR spectrum at 1650 cm “1 , 1550 cm “1 , 1720 cm “1 , 2950 cm “1 , 3050 cm “1 and 3400 cm “1 , respectively.
- Chlorine resulting as a ligand is consistent with the ESCA data presented in Table 1.
- the Cl concentration at the membrane surface is between 0.27% and 0.66%.
- the signals at 529.7 eV and 711,0 eV detected by high resolution ESCA are consistent with the presence of Fe-O bonding, as shown in reaction (2). Only one of the possible complexes is shown by reaction (2).
- the number of oxygen ligands may vary between 1 and 6. These oxygen ligands can be from different PVP macromolecules or from a single PVP macromolecule because one PVP molecule has many pyrrolidone moieties.
- Any metal which can form complexes with a water-soluble polymer can be used to anchor the water-soluble polymer into a hydrophobic polymer matrix.
- iron was used as an example to illustrate the present invention. It is not meant to limit the scope of the present invention. Transition metals and other metals having vacant valent orbitals, neutral or charged, can be used to replace iron.
- any water-soluble polymer or even a small molecule which is capable of forming a stable complex with any metal can be used to replace PVP.
- PVDF can be replaced with any other hydrophobic polymer, such as polysufone, polyethersulfone, polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyetherketone.
- the key of the present invention is the formation of stable complexes of water-soluble polymers with metals and the compatibility between the complexes and hydrophobic polymers.
- the extruded viscous solution became partially solidified due to exposure to water vapor during the course of passing through the center of the column 12 having a waterfall 16 at the inside surface. Then the fiber was allowed to travel back and forth several times between two power driven rollers 20, in the coagulation bath, before winding on a take-up wheel 28, partially immersed in a leaching bath 30.
- the diameter of hollow fiber was monitored using a laser scan micrometer 24. The temperatures of the coagulation bath 18 and leaching bath 30 were varied between 0 to 100 ° C. The fiber diameters were varied between 5 and 200 mil.
- the hollow fiber membranes were prepared at 5 to 300 ft/min.
- the length of the cylindrical column 12 was varied from 1 to 200 inches.
- the diameter of the column 12 was varied from 1 to 12 inches.
- the water vapor pressure used in the present invention was higher than that used in U.S. Pat. 5,834, 107. Because the extruded fiber is very close to the waterfall 16, the mass transfer in the present invention is much more efficient than that in the prior art. As a result, the exposure time of the extruded membrane to humid air is significantly reduced so as to give a higher productivity. Finger-like voids near the outer surface induced by diffusion of water vapor are much smaller than those induced by diffusion of water near the inner surface, resulting in a dense support layer near the outer surface of the hollow fiber as shown in FIGS. 9-11. Such a support layer provides a better mechanical strength than a layer in the center of the cross section and has less resistance to water permeation from an inside- out permeate flow.
- PVDF polyvinyhdene fluoride
- DMAc dimethyl acetamide
- LiC lithium chloride
- 0.17 lb. of ferric chloride and 0.97 lb. of PVP K15 (15,000 wt. ave. molecular weight polyvinylprrolidone) were added to the dope. This mixture was stirred at 60 °C for 4 hours, then degassed under vacuum to give a brown viscous dope.
- This dope was allowed to stand still at 47 °C for at least 24 hours before use.
- the dope prepared above was extruded into a hollow fiber using the equipment shown in Fig. 1 without column 12.
- the fiber spinning conditions used and the characteristics of the hollow fiber obtained are shown in Table 2.
- the dope described above was pressurized into a gear pump, and it was in turn extruded through an annular orifice of a spinneret into a fiber. Water, as a bore fluid, was applied in the lumen to keep the fiber hollow.
- the extruded fiber was allowed to fall freely for 15 in. in the airgap before reaching a coagulation bath containing water as a coagulating agent.
- the major characteristics of the hollow fiber membrane obtained in Example 1 of the present invention are displayed in Table 2.
- the outside diameter (OD) of the hollow fiber is 89.3 mil, inside diameter (ID) is 46.5 mil and thickness is 21.4 mil.
- This fiber has a tensile strength of 385 psi, a bubble point of 98 psi measured with water as a wetting agent.
- the pure water flux is 567 gfd at 40 psi.
- the membrane also shows a rejection of 95% towards a Dextran marker having an average molecular weight of 150,000 Dalton.
- the fouling behavior of the hollow fiber obtained in Example 1 of the present invention was studied by measuring oily water flux as a function of time.
- the .cartridges of l"x25" were used for this study.
- the feed solution consisting of 5% 10W30 motor oil, 10% mineral oil, and 85%> used cutting oil (2% oil, 10% surfactant and 88% water) obtained from Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS), was circulated at 40 °C.
- the oily water flux was measured at an inlet pressure of 30 psi and an outlet pressure of 20 psi.
- the result obtained is presented in Fig. 4.
- Curve A in Fig. 4 is the hollow fiber membrane obtained in Example 1 , which has an oil removal rate of 98.8 % .
- Curve B is a commercial hollow fiber membrane, namely CM50 of Koch Membrane Systems, Inc., prepared from polyacrylonitrile, which shows an oil removal rate of 98.4%.
- Curve C is a hollow fiber membrane prepared from PVDF without the complex shown in reaction (2).
- the membrane shown in Curve C has a similar oil removal rate to other two membranes, shown in Curves A and B in Fig. 4, but much lower flux. It can be seen clearly from Fig. 4 that the hollow fiber membrane obtained in Example 1, Curve A, has a permeate flux three times as high as that of the membrane obtained from PVDF without the complex shown in reaction (2).
- the membrane of the present invention also shows a higher flux than a commercial membrane of KMS, Curve B, developed earlier for oily water treatment. This result clearly shows that the membrane of the present invention has a remarkable improvement in permeate flux in oily water treatment. This superior performance is attributed to the presence of the PVP-iron shown in reaction (2) or a similar complex in the membrane, which significantly increases the hydrophilicity of the membrane and gives a higher water flux in oily wastewater treatment.
- Example 3 The same dope and spinning conditions as in Example 1 were used to prepare a hollow fiber.
- the fiber spinning conditions used and the characteristics of the hollow fiber obtained are given in Table 3.
- the obtained fiber was first impregnated with an aqueous solution containing 30% wt. glycerol, then dried in air at room temperature.
- Example 2 The hollow fiber membrane of Example 2 was prepared under the same conditions as in Example 1. However, no post treatment at an elevated temperature was applied to the fiber in Example 2, thus giving a higher water flux of 999 gfd at 40 psi across the membrane as displayed in Table 3, column 2. A post treatment by immersing the fiber in a bleach containing 12.5% sodium hypochlorite at room temperature for one month shows no significant change in fiber tensile strength. However, both the flux and rejection decreased compared to those of untreated fiber. This result is consistent with the infrared spectrum shown in Spectrum B, in Fig. 2 and ESCA data in Table 1. The decreases in both water flux and rejection are likely due to alteration of the PVP-iron complex at the membrane surface by chlorine treatment. However, a post treatment with
- Example 3 increasing airgap to 39.5 inches while maintaining the other parameters basically the same allows a hollow fiber to be obtained having a lower rejection of 83% towards 150 kDextran and a lower water flux of 385 gfd at 40 psi than the fiber obtained in Example 1.
- this invention provides a useful method of control rejection in a small increment. This result is very important to the fractionation of macromolecules having a broad molecular weight distribution.
- Examples 4, 5, and 6 The impact of dope extrusion rate on membrane performance is demonstrated by Examples 4, 5, and 6. Comparing these examples with Examples 1 , 2 and 3, the fibers in Examples 4, 5, and 6 were extruded at a lower rate. In addition, the airgap in Examples 4, 5, and 6 was also varied from 1.0 to 39.5 inches.
- Atbinwall (14.6 mil) fiber was prepared at a dope extrusion rate of 5 rpm using a short airgap of 1.0 inch.
- a cross sectional view of the hollow fiber is shown in Fig. 8.
- Fig. 8 Compared to Fig. 5, a similar finger-like void layer near the interior surface was observed, which is supported by a relatively dense layer near the exterior surface.
- the finger voids in Fig. 8 are bigger than those in Fig. 5, and occupy about 60% of the cross-section, thus to give a higher flux of 1364 gfd at 40 psi.
- the present invention provides an effective method to control the size of finger-like voids in the cross-section of hollow fiber membranes.
- the hollow fiber obtained in Example 4 has a tensile strength of 365 psi and a rejection of 68.9%o for 150 k Dextran molecular weight marker as shown in Table 5.
- Example 5 Increasing the airgap to 15 in. in Example 5 while maintaining the other parameters unchanged during fiber manufacturing resulted in a hollow fiber having a wall thickness of 20.2 mil, giving a lower water flux of 833 gfd and arejection of 55.4%>, as shown in Table 6. Further increasing the airgap to 39.5 in. in Example 6 while maintaining the other parameters basically unchanged resulted in a hollow fiber having an even lower water flux than the fiber obtained in Example 5. The details are given in Table 7. The data in Tables 5, 6 and 7 clearly shows that the use of a longer airgap resulted in not only a lower water flux across the membrane but also a lower tensile strength.
- EXAMPLE 7 2.33 lb. of DMAc, 0.71 lb. of PVP K15 and 0.11 lb. of ferric chloride were added to a 1 gallon glass kettle, then stirred until all solid components dissolved to give a brown colored solution. This solution was, in turn, added into a 2 gallon mixer containing 1.63 lb. of Kynar (PVDF), 0.36 lb. of lithium chloride and 5.11 lb. of DMAc. The mixture was stirred at 60° C for 4 hours, then degassed under vacuum to give a brown viscous dope, which was allowed to stand still at 47 ° C for at least 24 hours before use.
- PVDF Kynar
- Example 7 The impact of polymer concentration in a dope on membrane performance is illustrated in Example 7. Compared to Example 2, the hollow fiber was spun at a speed of 27 ft/min, almost twice as high as the speed used in Example 2. The fiber obtained also has a similar water flux and rejection compared to the fiber obtained in Example 2. The PVDF polymer concentration in the dope of Example 7 is about 25% less than that of Example 2. This finding is important because it provides a method to fabricate a hollow fiber membrane having a similar separation performance at a higher productivity and using less polymer material compared to Example 2. EXAMPLE 8
- a hollow fiber membrane was prepared from the above dope using the equipment shown in Fig. 1 with column 12. Water was introduced into the column from the top, as shown in Fig. 1, to form a waterfall along the inside surface of the column.
- the dope prepared above was pressurized into a gear pump. It was in turn extruded through an annular orifice of a spinneret into a fiber. Water, as a bore fluid, was applied in the lumen to keep the fiber hollow. The extruded fiber was allowed to fall through the center of the column surrounded by the waterfall before reaching a coagulation bath containing water as a coagulating media. The quenched fiber was wrapped three times back and forth on two power-driven wheels five feet apart in the coagulation bath.
- the bath temperature was set at 50° C.
- the hollow fiber was allowed to pass through a godet station and a laser scan micrometer to measure vertically and horizontally the outside diameter of the fiber.
- the fiber was then wound up by a take-up wheel partially immersed in a leaching water bath.
- the hollow fiber membrane was spun at 25 ft/min.
- the hollow fiber membrane obtained had a yellow color due to the presence of iron in the membrane.
- the fiber was further leached with water overnight, then preserved in an aqueous solution containing 30% wt. glycerol, and finally dried in air at room temperature.
- the rest of the spinning conditions used and the characteristics of the hollow fiber obtained are shown in Table 9.
- FIG. 9 A cross sectional view of the hollow fiber obtained in Example 8 is shown in Fig. 9.
- a large finger-like void layer near the inner surface of a hollow fiber there is a large finger-like void layer near the inner surface of a hollow fiber, a small finger-like void layer near the outer surface, and a dense layer between the two finger-like void layers.
- An enlarged view of the cross section near the outer surface is given in Fig. 10. It clearly shows a dense layer underneath a small finger-like void layer near the outer surface.
- the small finger-like voids near the outer surface were formed by phase inversion induced by the diffusion of water vapor, while the. large finger-like voids near the inner surface were formed by phase inversion induced by the diffusion of water in the lumen.
- the driving forces for a diffusion induced phase inversion in the lumen is greater than that outside the fiber.
- the hollow fiber obtained is asymmetric having a dense layer near the outer surface.
- This structure is different from that of U.S. Pat. No. 4,399,035 where the double skirmed hollow fiber has a dense layer in the center of the cross section and is symmetrically sandwiched with two finger-like void layers.
- the hollow fiber obtained in Example 8 has a tensile strength of 190 psi, a water flux of 229 gfd at 20 psi across membrane pressure and a rej ection of 94% towards Dextran having an average molecular weight of 150 k Dalton.
- FIG. 11 A SEM of the fiber obtained is shown in Fig. 11.
- the fiber structure is quite similar to that shown in Fig. 9, but the dense layer between the two finger-like void regions in Fig. 11 is thicker than that in Fig. 9, to give a higher tensile strength and a lower water flux at a similar rejection level. Therefore, comparing Fig. 11 with Fig. 9, the present invention once again demonstrates a novel and effective method to control membrane flux by controlling the finger-like structure in the cross section of hollow fiber membranes using a cylindrical waterfall surrounding the extruded hollow fiber.
- the micro void layer is on one side of the hollow fiber obtained using the no waterfall embodiment of Examples 1 to 7, as a result of the use of water in the lumen and a relatively low humidity outside the extruded fiber.
- the hollow fibers obtained using the waterfall embodiment of Examples 8 and 9 indeed have two different fingerlike void layers with the finger-like voids near the outer surface being much smaller than those near the inner surface and a dense layer between the two finger-like void layers is located near the outer surface. This is due to the use of water in the lumen and water vapor outside the extruded fiber.
- the dope was prepared under the same condition as that described in
- Example 1 The hollow fiber was also prepared in a similar way to that described in
- Example 1 except at a much higher speed.
- the detailed conditions used are given in Tables 11 and 12, respectively.
- the hollow fibers formed were tested with the permeate flowing from outside to inside the fibers.
- the outside-in hollow fiber illustrated in Table 11 was prepared at 200 ft/min and tested with the permeate flowing from outside to inside the hollow fiber to give a water flux of 30 gfd at 15 psi and 63%) rejection towards 150 k Dextran.
- Table 12
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