EP0863791A1 - Dispositif d'extraction d'eau - Google Patents

Dispositif d'extraction d'eau

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EP0863791A1
EP0863791A1 EP96939178A EP96939178A EP0863791A1 EP 0863791 A1 EP0863791 A1 EP 0863791A1 EP 96939178 A EP96939178 A EP 96939178A EP 96939178 A EP96939178 A EP 96939178A EP 0863791 A1 EP0863791 A1 EP 0863791A1
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equipment
membrane
zeolite membrane
water
liquid mixture
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Graham John Bratton
Timothy De Villiers Naylor
Karon Doreen Buck
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Smart Isle of Man Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D71/00—Semi-permeable membranes for separation processes or apparatus characterised by the material; Manufacturing processes specially adapted therefor
    • B01D71/02—Inorganic material
    • B01D71/028—Molecular sieves
    • B01D71/0281—Zeolites
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D61/00—Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration; Apparatus, accessories or auxiliary operations specially adapted therefor
    • B01D61/36—Pervaporation; Membrane distillation; Liquid permeation
    • B01D61/362—Pervaporation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D63/00—Apparatus in general for separation processes using semi-permeable membranes
    • B01D63/06—Tubular membrane modules
    • B01D63/062—Tubular membrane modules with membranes on a surface of a support tube
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D71/00—Semi-permeable membranes for separation processes or apparatus characterised by the material; Manufacturing processes specially adapted therefor
    • B01D71/02—Inorganic material
    • B01D71/028—Molecular sieves

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  • the present invention relates to equipment for separating liquids, more particularly it relates to equipment which can be used to separate water from other liquids
  • cross-flow separation is used, where the liquid mixture is passed across the surface of the membrane in a continuous or semi-continuous stream and one liquid is removed from the stream bv a pressure differential applied across the membrane
  • the equipment used in such applications is purpose built and can involve complex pumping and control systems and the liquids are poured into the equipment
  • equipment for separating liquids which comprises a tubular means which is closed at one end and open at the other and in which part of the tube comprises a zeolite membrane
  • the tubular means can be of any cross-sectional shape, e g circular, oval, ellipsoidal, rectangular, square, etc , although circular or oval cross-sectional shapes are preferred.
  • the ratio of length to cross-sectional area of the tubular means is not critical and, depending on its application, a very wide range of shapes can be used, e g from long thin tubes to shorter wider tubes
  • the part of the tubular means containing a zeolite membrane is preferably a zeolite membrane on a supported matrix such as a metal mesh or sieve, ceramic, a polymer such as a polysulphone or a polyether sulphone etc as disclosed in the above references
  • the supported membrane can be formed into the desired shape to comprise part ofthe tubular means
  • the zeolite membrane part of the tubular means is adjacent to the closed end and, if desired, the end can be formed of a zeolite membrane
  • the other part of the tubular means can comprise the uncoated membrane support or it can be made of a metal, ceramic, plastic, etc material
  • the material is not critical but it should be sufficiently strong enough and dimensionally stable to be suitable It can be porous or non-porous, depending on how it is to be used
  • the zeolite membranes should be substantially free of defects so as to provide an effective separation and zeolite membranes as described in our co-pending application PCT/GB95/02221 in which zeolite membranes are treated with a silicic acid are preferred
  • silicic acids Methods of making silicic acids are described in GB Patent Application 2269377 and a preferred method is by acidification of a sodium silicate solution followed by separation ofthe silicic acid by phase separation using an organic solvent such as tetrahydrofuran The organic phase can then be dried and anhydrous silicic acid separated e g by addition of n-butanol to obtain a substantially anhydrous solution of silicic acid
  • the degree of polymerisation of the silicic acid depends on the actual conditions used e g the time the sodium silicate solution is in contact with the acid before addition ofthe organic solvent, temperature etc
  • the silicic acid used in the present invention preferably has an average molecular weight in the range of 96 to 10,000 and more preferably of 96 to 3220
  • the zeo-type materials can be treated with alkylorthosilicates such as tetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) and tetra isopropyl ortho silicate (TIPOT) akoxyorthosilicates such as tetramethoxyortho silicate which form a polysilicic acid when applied to the zeo-type material.
  • alkylorthosilicates such as tetra ethyl ortho silicate (TEOS) and tetra isopropyl ortho silicate (TIPOT) akoxyorthosilicates such as tetramethoxyortho silicate which form a polysilicic acid when applied to the zeo-type material.
  • TEOS tetra ethyl ortho silicate
  • TIPOT tetra isopropy
  • alkylorthosilicates and alkoxyorthosilicates form mesoporous silica compounds which consist essentially of a series of polysilicic acid units linked together, each unit comprising a polysilicic acid molecule as described in GB Patent Application 2269377 and comprising a plurality of three dimensional species linked together with each species either having silicon atom bridges with an oxygen atom between each silicon atom or hydroxyl groups on the silicon
  • the tubular means is formed from a matrix which can be used as a support for a zeolite membrane and a zeolite membrane is then deposited, grown, crystallised or formed on part of the support, leaving the other part untreated.
  • the equipment of the invention can be used in two different ways.
  • the device of the invention is placed within a receptacle and the liquid mixture placed within the tubular means so that the liquid mixture is only in contact with the zeolite membrane or non-porous part of the tubular means.
  • the liquid which can pass through the zeolite membrane, e.g. water, passes through the membrane into the receptacle, thus separating the liquids.
  • a pressure differential is preferably applied across the membrane to facilitate the separation.
  • the liquid mixture is contained in a receptacle and the device is placed in the liquid, with a portion of the tubular means comprising the zeolite membrane in contact with the liquid mixture.
  • the liquid which can pass through the membrane, will then pass into the tubular means and can be removed A pressure differential can be applied across the membrane to facilitate the separation.
  • the device is particularly useful in removing water from liquid mixtures containing water, for example, to lower the water content to acceptably low levels, e.g. in solvents, thinners and other liquids which can be contaminated with water and biological and pharmaceutical materials and other thermally sensitive materials
  • the liquid containing water is contained in a receptacle such as a beaker, Winchester, etc , the device of the invention placed within the liquid and a vacuum applied to the tubular means The water in the liquid mixture is then drawn through the membrane The system can be left running until the required degree of dehydration in the liquid mixture is obtained The device can then be removed, cleaned and used again, or if contaminated e g by biological or pharmaceutical matenal, thrown away
  • an easily transportable device for removing water from water containing liquid mixtures, which is adaptable, easv to use and can be employed at the point of use of the liquid mixtures
  • the substrate used was a Pall PSS (Trade Mark) CP 1606 PO5 316L porous sintered stainless steel cylinder filter as illustrated in fig 1 in which (7) is the cylinder filter and (8) is a screw thread ( see Example 3 )
  • the cylinder was placed in a 1 litre glass vessel to which was added 800ml of 0 1 M cobalt nitrate solution and left to soak for 1 hour, after which the cobalt nitrate solution was decanted and the beaker was placed in an oven at 90°C to dry, the cylinder was removed from the beaker and fired at 250°C for 4 hours The cylinder was removed from the furnace and allowed to cool This procedure was repeated 2 more times to obtain a good cobalt oxide coating
  • Zeolite 4A powder was rubbed into the outside of the substrate, which had already been cobalt coated as above, using a gloved finger until no more zeolite will rub into the surface, any excess zeolite was tapped off
  • Sodium Aluminate 1 1 25g Sodium Hydroxide and 445 8g de-ionised water were mechanically shaken until dissolved
  • the Sodium Aluminate had an actual composition 62 48% Al 2 O 3 , 35 24% Na 2 O, and 2 28% H 2 O
  • the cylinder was carefully removed from the vessel The cylinder was placed in a glass vessel and washed three times with 800ml aliquots of de-ionised water, swirling the solution each time to ensure complete removal of residues and the membrane was allowed to air dry in air at 70°C for 2 hours
  • the surface of the dried coated cylinder was subsequently wiped clean with a clean lens tissue in order to remove any loose powdery deposits which may have formed on the surface It was then washed with de-ionised water and left to in an oven at 70 () C for 2 hours This growth and washing process was repeated two more times X-ray Analysis showed this to be a Zeolite 4A
  • the post treatment solution was prepared by placing 120ml of (TEOS) into a clean, dry beaker, adding 540 ml of deionised water and 540ml of ethanol The mixture was then stirred at 300r p m for a period of 5 mins
  • the cylinder was placed in a 1 litre glass vessel on a heater/stirrer hot plate and a vacuum line was attached to the end ofthe cylinder by a screw thread
  • the glass vessel cell was filled with an isopropanol/water (IPA/H ⁇ O) mixture (90/10 wt % respectively)
  • IPA/H ⁇ O isopropanol/water
  • the membrane was tested at approximately 70°C
  • the pressure on the side of the membrane remote from the liquid 1 e inside the cylinder was reduced to 4 mbar (0 4 kN) Permeate was collected over periods of 8 hours and weighed, and small aliquots were analysed, feed water concentration was monitored throughout
  • the glass vessel was emptied, rinsed with 2 x 100 ml aliquots of ethanol and then another 100ml aliquot of ethanol was placed into the glass vessel and cylinder was then placed under vacuum for 30 mins
  • the ethanol was removed from the glass vessel and the TEOS post-treatment solution prepared as in Example 2 was poured into the glass vessel The cylinder cell was then treated at 70 (> C for a period of 24 hours with the inside of the cylinder under vacuum After this period, the mix was removed, the heat switched off, vacuum removed and then compressed air was passed over the membrane for a period of one hour
  • a membrane produced by the method of Example 1 was treated under pervaporation conditions described in Example 3 and the post treatment desc ⁇ bed in example 4 and the results shown in Table 1 below
  • a receptacle (1) contains a liquid mixture (2) containing water
  • a tube (3) made of metal mesh has a lower portion (4) on which is deposited a zeolite membrane
  • the tube In use the tube is placed in the water-containing liquid in the receptacle and a vacuum is applied at (5) Water is drawn through membrane (4) into the tube, as shown at (6), from where it can be removed Thus, the liquid (2) left behind, contains a lower proportion of water
  • the water containing liquid is placed within the tube (3) and the pressure reduced outside the tube Water then passes through the membrane leaving a liquid with reduced water content in the tube

Abstract

Dispositif d'extraction d'eau dans des mélanges liquides, comprenant un cylindre tubulaire fermé à une extrémité, formé d'une matrice support sur laquelle est cristallisée une membrane zéolite sur au moins sa partie inférieure. Lors de son utilisation, le cylindre est placé dans le mélange liquide, la membrane de zéolite étant en contact avec le mélange de liquide, de sorte que l'eau traverse la membrane et arrive dans le cylindre. Eventuellement, il peut y avoir une pression réduite dans le cylindre.
EP96939178A 1995-11-22 1996-11-20 Dispositif d'extraction d'eau Withdrawn EP0863791A1 (fr)

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GBGB9523854.9A GB9523854D0 (en) 1995-11-22 1995-11-22 Water removal device
GB9523854 1995-11-22
PCT/GB1996/002861 WO1997018886A1 (fr) 1995-11-22 1996-11-20 Dispositif d'extraction d'eau

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