Disclosure of Invention
The first purpose of the present invention is to provide a hydrophilizing agent for use in surface coating modification of an Ethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) membrane, which can improve the hydrophilicity of the membrane and can avoid adverse effects on the porosity of the membrane itself, the membrane flux, and the separation accuracy.
The second purpose of the invention is to provide the preparation method of the hydrophilic agent, which is simple and can be used for mixing all the raw materials uniformly, thus bringing great convenience for the existing preparation of the hydrophilic agent.
The third purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of a modified ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane, which takes the hydrophilic agent as a modification solution and adopts a coating or dipping means to modify the membrane, thereby not only not influencing the existing ECTFE production process, but also improving the hydrophilicity of the membrane and simultaneously avoiding the adverse influence on the porosity, membrane flux and separation precision of the membrane.
A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a modified ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane having both good hydrophilicity and good porosity, membrane flux and separation accuracy.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
a hydrophilic agent mainly comprises the following components: according to the weight percentage, the weight percentage of the alloy is,
3-50 wt% of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA),
0.5 to 15 percent of O/W type emulsifier,
30-50 wt% of ethanol,
and water 10-60 wt%.
The hydrophilic agent can be used for modifying the surface of a membrane, improving the hydrophilicity of the membrane, and can be used for hydrophilic modification of various filter membranes, such as hydrophilic modification of fluorine-containing material ultramicro filter membranes, wherein the effect is most remarkable particularly for ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membranes, and the hydrophilic agent is different from the existing hydrophilic agent in that the hydrophilic agent can also show the following characteristics besides improving the hydrophilicity: the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane has firm adhesion on the surface, and is favorable for maintaining the membrane flux, the separation precision and the porosity before modification.
Wherein, polyvinyl alcohol is used as a hydrophilic polymer as a main functional component for improving hydrophilicity. The O/W emulsifier is used for improving the surface activity, the HLB value is usually 8-18, which is beneficial to the uniformity of the hydrophilic agent, ensures that the surface tension of the hydrophilic agent is matched with the surface tension of the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene film, and is beneficial to the uniform spreading of the hydrophilic agent on the film surface, thereby easily modifying the film surface and improving the hydrophilicity. Water and ethanol as solvent/diluent not only facilitate the dissolution of the emulsifier with the polyvinyl alcohol, but also are easily dried off after coating.
The content of each raw material in the hydrophilizing agent described in the present invention may take any value within the above range, for example, the content of polyvinyl alcohol may take the following values, but is not limited thereto: 3%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17%, 20%, 22%, 25%, 27%, 30%, 32%, 35%, 37%, 40%, 42%, 45%, 47%, 50%, etc.
The content of the O/W type emulsifier may take the following values, but is not limited thereto: 0.5%, 1.0%, 2.0%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 7%, 9%, 10%, 12%, 15%, etc.
The content of ethanol may take the following values, but is not limited to: 30%, 32%, 35%, 37%, 40%, 42%, 45%, 47%, 50%, etc.
The water content may take, but is not limited to, the following values: 10%, 12%, 15%, 17%, 20%, 22%, 25%, 27%, 30%, 32%, 35%, 37%, 40%, 42%, 45%, 47%, 50%, 52%, 55%, 57%, 60%, etc.
Within the above range, the range in which the hydrophilicity of the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane is more significantly improved is as follows:
preferably, the amount of the surfactant is, in weight percent,
10 to 20 percent of polyvinyl alcohol,
0.5 to 15%, preferably 5 to 10%,
30-45 wt% of ethanol,
and 20-45% of water.
The HLB value of the O/W type emulsifier is lower than 8, and the solubility of the O/W type emulsifier in a hydrophilic agent solution is reduced; the HLB value is higher than 18, and the action of the surfactant is lowered, preferably in the range of 8 to 18, more preferably 13 to 15.
The O/W type emulsifier is at least one of polyoxyethylene monolaurate, polyoxyethylene castor oil, sodium oleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate and polyoxyethylene monostearate, including but not limited to polyoxyethylene monostearate with HLB of 14.
Preferably, the degree of alcoholysis of the polyvinyl alcohol is from 87 to 100%, preferably from 98 to 100%. The hydrophilic agent can reduce the contact angle of the film and improve the hydrophilicity.
Preferably, the polyvinyl alcohol has a molecular weight of from 2 to 16, preferably from 4 to 9, ten thousand. The hydrophilic agent can reduce the contact angle of the film and improve the hydrophilicity.
The preparation method of the hydrophilic agent is simple, the raw materials are only required to be uniformly mixed, the mixing sequence is arbitrary, preferably, ethanol, water and an emulsifier are firstly mixed, an O/W type solution environment is prepared in advance, and then the hydrophilic agent is added and uniformly mixed.
The method for modifying the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane by using the hydrophilic agent is simple and comprises the following steps:
and (3) coating or soaking the surface of the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane with the hydrophilic agent, and drying to obtain the modified ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane.
Wherein, after coating or dipping, the hydrophilic agent is kept for a period of time to uniformly penetrate into the surface and the interior of the film, and the keeping time is preferably more than 24 hours.
The means of drying is arbitrary, such as typical oven drying or air drying.
Therefore, compared with the existing blending method and grafting method, the invention does not interfere with the production process of the ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane, and directly and physically modifies the produced ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane, thereby greatly reducing the difficulty of upgrading the product.
In addition, the hydrophilic agent of the present invention is suitable for modification of membranes constructed in various shapes, such as common typical hollow fiber membranes.
The hydrophilizing agent and the modification method thereof according to the present invention are also used for hydrophilizing other fluorine-containing ultrafiltration membranes, and are not limited to the above-mentioned ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membranes.
In summary, compared with the prior art, the invention achieves the following technical effects:
(1) the hydrophilic modification of the fluorine-containing material ultramicro filtration membrane such as an ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene membrane can be realized by utilizing a hydrophilic agent with simple composition, and the self excellent characteristics of the porosity, the membrane flux, the separation precision and the like of the membrane can be fully reserved by adopting a dipping or coating method.