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Definitions

• the invention relates to the field of filtering structures made of an inorganic material, intended for the filtration of liquids, in particular structures coated with a membrane in order to separate particles or molecules from a liquid, more particularly from water. .
• Filters have long been known using ceramic or non-ceramic membranes to filter various fluids, especially polluted water. These filters can operate according to the principle of frontal filtration, this technique involving the passage of the fluid to be treated through a filter medium, perpendicular to its surface. This technique is limited by the accumulation of particles and the formation of a cake on the surface of the filter media. This technique is therefore particularly suitable for the filtration of liquids low in pollutants (that is to say liquid or solid particles in suspension).
• tangential filtration is used, which, on the contrary, makes it possible to limit the accumulation of particles, thanks to the longitudinal circulation of the fluid on the surface of the membrane.
• the particles remain in the flow of circulation whereas the liquid can cross the membrane under the effect of the pressure.
• This technique provides stability of performance and filtration level.
• the present invention is therefore equally suitable for tangential filters as for filters with frontal filtration.
• filter structures operating according to the principles of tangential filtration or frontal filtration are known from the present technique. They comprise or consist of tubular or parallelepipedal supports of a porous inorganic material formed of walls delimiting longitudinal channels parallel to the axis of said supports.
• the filtrate passes through the walls and is evacuated at the peripheral outer surface of the porous support.
• filters are particularly suitable for filtering liquids heavily loaded with particles.
• the longitudinal channels are normally plugged at one end, for example alternately, so as to form inlet channels and outlet channels separated by the walls.
• channels, the inlet and / or outlet channels being coated with the filter membrane through which all the liquid passes, the particles being retained by the membrane.
• the surface of said channels is usually usually covered with a membrane, preferably a porous inorganic material, called membrane, membrane layer or membrane separator layer in the present description, whose nature and morphology are adapted to stop the molecules or particles whose size is close to or greater than the median pore diameter of said membrane, when the filtrate spreads in the porosity of the porous support under the pressure of the fluid passing through the filter.
• the membrane is conventionally deposited on the inner surface of the channels by a process for coating a slip of the porous inorganic material followed by a consolidation heat treatment, in particular drying and most often sintering of the ceramic membranes.
• the application FR 2549736 proposes to increase the flow of filtered liquid by specifying the size of the particles forming the filter layer relative to those forming the support.
• the disclosed alumina layers however, have a flow considered as low under the present invention.
• Patent Application WO03 / 024892 describes a method for preparing a support or a membrane made from a mixture of large particles of alpha SiC, a silicon metal powder and a carbon precursor intended to form between the coarse grains a binding phase of fine particles of SiC beta.
• the binding phase is finally converted according to this teaching in alpha SiC later baking at very high temperature (typically 1900 to 2300 ° C).
• US Pat. No. 7699903 B2 discloses membrane layers of silicon carbide from a mixture of two powders of alpha SiC particles sintered together at a temperature between 1750 and 1950 ° C.
• EP2511250 discloses a porous support comprising SiC grains whose surface is covered by a layer containing nitrogen. This nitrogen layer is obtained by a nitriding treatment for controlling the resistivity for the cleaning of combustion gases. According to this publication, it is thus desired to obtain a filter or, more exactly, a nitrogen-doped SiC support element whose conductivity as a function of temperature is controlled. It is clearly indicated in this document that said nitriding is performed on the SiC grains constituting the porous support. The document therefore describes the deposition of an additional layer (i.e. a membrane separator layer) on the inner surface of the channels or the outer surface of the filter element before nitriding.
• an additional layer i.e. a membrane separator layer
• Patent Application EP2484433 discloses a particle filter for purification of exhaust gases whose porous walls may comprise SiC and other particles than SiC, these particles being able to be chosen from an oxide, an oxynitride or a nitride. an element from groups 3 to 14 of the classification.
• separating membranes In the present description, the terms separating membranes, separating layer or membrane separating layer are used indifferently to designate such membranes permitting filtration.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a filter incorporating a resistant filter membrane regardless of its conditions of use and whose longevity is thus improved, for filtration performance identical or substantially improved vis-à-vis previous achievements.
• Nitriding according to the invention of a powder of metallic silicon grains advantageously makes it possible to obtain a controlled distribution of pore sizes, and in particular a narrow pore size distribution centered on a lower median pore diameter. Such a material can thus potentially make it possible to achieve membranes of high selectivity, because of said distribution.
• the invention thus relates in a first aspect to a filtering structure or filter configured for the filtration of a fluid such as a liquid, comprising or consisting of a support element made of a porous ceramic material, said element having a tubular shape or parallelepipedal delimited by an outer surface and comprising in its inner portion a set of adjacent channels, axes parallel to each other and separated from each other by walls of said porous inorganic material, wherein at least a portion of said channels are covered on their inner surface (and / or on said outer wall according to certain configurations of filter) of a porous membrane separating layer.
• this layer comes into contact with said fluid to be filtered flowing in said channels to allow tangential or frontal filtration.
• said layer is made of a material comprising a mixture of silicon carbide (SiC) and at least one compound chosen by silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride,
• the mass content of elemental nitrogen, relative to the SiC mass content in said material constituting the porous membrane-separating layer is between 0.02 and 0.15, and more preferably between 0.02 and 0.10, or even between 0.03 and 0.08.
• the mass content of nitrogen element in said material constituting the membrane separator layer is between 2 and 10%, preferably between 3 and 8%.
• Silicon carbide SiC represents between 50 and 95% of the mass of the material constituting the membrane-separating layer, that is to say that the SiC mass content of the membrane-separating layer is between 50 and 95%, more preferably is between 65% and 90%, or even between 70% and 85%.
• the material constituting the membrane-separating layer comprises less than 2% (mass) of metallic silicon, more preferably less than 1.5%, or even less than 1% of residual metal silicon (after sintering).
• a reduced residual metal silicon content is more particularly advantageous for the chemical resistance of the membrane-separating layer.
• the silicon carbide, the silicon nitride and the silicon oxynitride together represent at least 95% of the total mass of the material constituting the membrane-separating layer.
• the porosity of the membrane separating layer is less than 70% and very preferably is between 10 and 70%.
• the porosity of the membrane-separating layer is between 30 and 70%.
• the median pore diameter of the membrane-separating layer is between 10 nanometers and 5 micrometers, more preferably between 50 nm and 1500 nm and very preferably between 100 nm and 600 nm.
• the ratio of 100 ⁇ ([d90-dl 0] / d50) of pore diameters of the membrane separating layer is less than 10, preferably less than 5, the percentiles D10, D50 and D90 of a population of pores being the pore diameters corresponding respectively to the percentages of 10%, 50%, 90% on the cumulative distribution curve of pore size distribution in ascending order and measured by optical microscopy.
• the material of the membrane separator layer consists essentially of SiC grains and linked together by a phase consisting essentially of silicon nitride and / or silicon oxynitride.
• the ceramic material of the membrane-separating layer comprises grains of SiC whose median size is between 20 nm and 10 micrometers, advantageously between 0.1 and 1 micrometer, as can conventionally be measured by analysis of microscope-obtained photos scanning electron microscope (SEM).
• SEM microscope-obtained photos scanning electron microscope
• the membrane separating layer is made of a material consisting essentially of a mixture of silicon carbide and silicon nitride and optionally residual metal silicon. -
• the oxygen content of the material constituting the membrane separator layer is less than or equal to
• the membrane separating layer is made of a material consisting essentially of a mixture of silicon carbide and silicon oxynitride and optionally residual metal silicon.
• the porous support comprises or consists of a material chosen from silicon carbide, SiC, in particular sintered SiC in the liquid phase or solid phase, recrystallized SiC, silicon nitride, in particular S1 3 N 4 , and silicon oxynitride, in particular S1 2 O 2 , silicon aluminum oxynitride, or a combination thereof.
• the SiC component grains is essentially in alpha crystallographic form.
• the silicon nitride contained in the membrane-separating layer is essentially S1 3 N 4 , preferably in its beta crystallographic form.
• the open porosity of the material constituting the support element is between 20 and 70%, the median pore diameter of the material constituting the porous support is preferably between 5 and 50 microns.
• the filter further comprises one or more primary layers disposed between the material constituting the porous support and the material constituting the membrane separator layer.
• the porosity of the porous support material material is between 20 and 70%, preferably between 30 and 60%.
• the median pore diameter of the material constituting the porous support is between 5 and 50 microns, more preferably between 10 and 40 microns.
• the porous support comprises and preferably consists of a ceramic material, preferably a non-oxide ceramic material, preferably selected from silicon carbide SiC, in particular sintered SiC in the liquid phase or in the solid phase, recrystallized SiC, silicon nitride, in particular SiO 3 N 4 , silicon oxynitride, in particular SiO 2 ON 2 , silicon and aluminum oxynitride, or a combination thereof.
• a ceramic material preferably a non-oxide ceramic material, preferably selected from silicon carbide SiC, in particular sintered SiC in the liquid phase or in the solid phase, recrystallized SiC, silicon nitride, in particular SiO 3 N 4 , silicon oxynitride, in particular SiO 2 ON 2 , silicon and aluminum oxynitride, or a combination thereof.
• the support is made of silicon carbide, more preferably recrystallized SiC.
• the base of the tubular or parallelepipedal shape is polygonal, preferably square or hexagonal, or circular.
• the tubular or parallelepipedal shape has a longitudinal central axis of symmetry (A)
• the channels are plugged at one end, preferably alternately, to define input channels and output channels so as to force the liquid entering through the channels of input to the surface of which is deposited the membrane through which the liquid passes before being discharged through the outlet channels.
• the end of the tubular support may be in contact with a plate which is impervious to the liquid to be filtered and perforated at the place of the channels which face it so as to form a filter placed in a tubing or a system of filtration.
• a plate which is impervious to the liquid to be filtered and perforated at the place of the channels which face it so as to form a filter placed in a tubing or a system of filtration.
• Another possibility may be to introduce the tangential filter into the tubing a sealed peripheral seal at each end and around the filter so as to ensure the permeate flow independently of the concentrate flow.
• the elements are of hexagonal section, the distance between two opposite sides of the hexagonal section being between 20 and 80 mm.
• the ducts of the filter elements are open at both ends.
• the conduits of the filter elements are alternately plugged on the insertion face of the liquid to be filtered and on the opposite side.
• the ducts of the filter elements are open on the liquid introduction face and closed on the recovery face.
• a majority of the ducts in particular more than 50 ⁇ 6, or even more than 80%, are of square, round or oblong section, preferably round, and preferably still have a hydraulic diameter of between 0.5 mm and 10 mm, preferably between 1mm and 5mm.
• the hydraulic diameter Dh of a channel is calculated, in a plane of any cross section P of the tubular structure, from the surface of the section of the channel S of said channel and its perimeter P, according to said section plane and by application of the following classic expression:
• the filter according to the invention may comprise, in addition to the membrane-separating layer, one or more primary layers, arranged between the material constituting the support element and the material constituting the membrane-separating layer.
• the role of this (these) layer (s) said primary (s) is to facilitate the attachment of the separator layer and / or to prevent the particles of the separating membrane pass through the support, especially during a deposit by coating.
• the open porosity and the median pore diameter of the porous support described in the present description are determined in known manner by mercury porosimetry.
• the porosity and the median pore diameter of the membrane are advantageously determined according to the invention by means of a scanning electron microscope.
• sections of a wall of the support are made in cross-section, as illustrated in FIG. 2 attached, so as to visualize the entire thickness of the coating over a cumulative length of at least 1.5 cm.
• the acquisition of the images is performed on a sample of at least 50 grains.
• the area and the equivalent diameter of each of the pores are obtained from the images by conventional image analysis techniques, possibly after a binarization of the image to increase the contrast. A distribution of equivalent diameters is thus deduced, from which the median diameter of pores is extracted.
• this method can be used to determine a median size of the particles constituting the membrane layer.
• An example of determination of the median pore diameter or the median size of the particles constituting the membrane layer comprises the succession of the following steps, conventional in the field:
• a series of SEM images is taken from the support with its observed membrane layer in a cross-section (that is to say throughout the thickness of a wall). For more clarity, the pictures are taken on a polished section of the material. The acquisition of the image is performed on an accumulated length of the layer at least 1.5 cm in order to obtain representative values for the whole sample.
• the images are preferably subjected to binarization techniques, which are well known in image processing techniques, to increase the contrast of the particle or pore contour.
• a size distribution of particles or grains or pore diameter is thus obtained according to a conventional distribution curve and a median particle size and / or a median pore diameter constituting the membrane layer are thus determined, this median size or this median diameter respectively corresponding to the equivalent diameter dividing said distribution into a first population comprising only particles or pores of equivalent diameter greater than or equal to this median size and a second population comprising particles of equivalent diameter less than this median size or this median diameter.
• the median particle size or the median pore diameter measured by microscopy refers respectively to the diameter of the particles or pores below which 50% by number of the population is found.
• the median diameter measured on the mercury porosimetry substrate corresponds to a threshold of 50% of the population by volume.
• the term "sintering" is conventionally used in the field of ceramics (that is to say in the sense indicated in International Standard ISO 836: 2001, item 120), a consolidation by thermal treatment of a granular agglomerate.
• the heat treatment of the particles used as starting charge for obtaining the membrane layers according to the invention thus allows the junction and the development of their contact interfaces by movement of the atoms inside and between said particles.
• the sintering between the SiC grains and the metal silicon grains according to the invention is normally essentially carried out in the liquid phase, the sintering temperature being close to or even greater than the melting point of the metallic silicon.
• the sintering can be carried out in the presence of a sintering additive, such as an iron oxide.
• a sintering additive such as an iron oxide.
• sinter additive is meant a compound usually known to allow and / or accelerate the kinetics of the sintering reaction.
• the median diameter D 5 o of the particle powders used to produce the support or the membrane is conventionally given by a particle size distribution characterization, for example by means of a laser granulometer.
• the nitrogen and oxygen mass contents of the membrane can be determined after melting under an inert gas, for example by means of an analyzer marketed under the reference TC-436 by LECO Corporation.
• the SiC content can also be measured according to a protocol defined according to the ANSI standard B74.15-1992- (R2007) by difference between total carbon and free carbon, this difference corresponding to the carbon fixed in the form of silicon carbide.
• the residual metal silicon is measured according to the method known to those skilled in the art and referenced in ANSI B74-151992 (R2000).
• the presence and the mass percentages of the various crystalline phases nitrogenous in the membrane material, in particular of the type S1 3 N 4 (in crystallographic form alpha or beta) and / or of type S1 2 ON 2 , as well as the crystallized phases of SiC, can be determined by X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analysis.
• the filter support is obtained by extrusion of a paste through a die configured according to the geometry of the structure to be produced according to the invention.
• the extrusion is followed by drying and baking to sinter the inorganic material constituting the support and to obtain the characteristics of porosity and mechanical strength required for the application.
• the mixture also comprises an organic binder of the cellulose derivative type. Water is added and kneaded to obtain a homogeneous paste whose plasticity allows extrusion, the die being configured to obtain the monoliths according to
• the baking atmosphere is preferably nitrogenous.
• the baking atmosphere is preferably neutral and more particularly argon.
• the temperature is typically maintained for at least 1 hour and preferably for at least 3 hours.
• the obtained material has an open porosity of 20 to 60% by volume and a median pore diameter of about 5 to 50 microns.
• the filter support is then coated according to the invention with a membrane (or membrane separator layer).
• a membrane or membrane separator layer.
• One or more layers may be deposited to form a membrane according to various techniques known to those skilled in the art: deposition techniques from suspensions or slips, techniques chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or thermal spraying, for example plasma spraying.
• CVD chemical vapor deposition
• thermal spraying for example plasma spraying.
• the membrane layers are deposited by coating from slips or suspensions.
• a first layer (called the primary layer) is preferably deposited in contact with the porous material constituting the substrate, acting as a bonding layer.
• a nonlimiting example of a mineral primer formulation comprises 30% to 50% by weight of SiC powder (s) with a median diameter of 2 to 20 microns, 1 to 10% by weight of a metal silicon powder, typically of median diameter between 1 and 10 microns, the remainder being demineralized water, (apart from any organic additives).
• a primer formulation comprises 25 to 35% by mass of a SiC powder with a median diameter of 7 to 15 microns, 10 to 20% of a SiC powder with a median diameter of 3 to 6 microns, 5 to 15% of a silicon powder of median diameter 1 to 5 microns, the complement to 100% being provided by demineralised water (except additives or organic additions).
• this primary layer may be absent without departing from the scope of the invention.
• a second layer of finer porosity is then deposited on the primer layer (or directly on the support), which constitutes the membrane or membrane separator layer itself.
• the porosity of this last layer is adapted to give the filter element its final filtration properties.
• thickening agents in proportions typically between 0.02 and 2% of the water mass
• binding agents typically between 0.5 and 20% of the SiC powder mass
• dispersants between 0.01 and 1% of the SiC powder mass
• the thickening agents are preferably cellulosic derivatives
• the binding agents preferably PVA or acrylic derivatives
• the dispersing agents are preferably of the ammonium polymethacrylate type.
• a slip is prepared as indicated above from a powder of silicon carbide particles and a metal silicon powder, in a mass ratio between the two inorganic powders (mSi / mSiC) of between 0.03 and 0.30 and preferably between 0.05 and 0.15 and in the presence of the quantity of water which preferably makes it possible to comply with the rheology and viscosity conditions described previously, as well as in the presence of organic agents preferably necessary so as to obtain a slip having a pH of less than or equal to 9.
• mSi / mSiC mass ratio between the two inorganic powders
• the slip is then applied to the support element, under conditions and by means adapted to allow the formation of a thin layer on the inner part of the channels of said filter, such as in particular described above.
• the carrier is first dried at room temperature typically for at least 10 minutes and then heated at 60 ° C for at least 12 hours. Finally, a porous membrane-splitting layer on the surface of the support channels is obtained by sintering in an oven.
• the firing temperature is typically at least 1200.degree. C., and is preferably less than 1600.degree. C., to allow the formation of nitrides, during the reactive sintering between the SiC grains, the metallic silicon and the nitrogen contained in the sintering atmosphere.
• the sintering temperature is preferably between 1300 ° C. and 1500 ° C., preferably between 1350 ° C. and 1480 ° C. and generally above the melting point of the metallic silicon in the initial mixture, at ambient pressure. .
• the sintering temperature of the membrane separator layer is normally lower than the sintering temperature of the support.
• the cooking is carried out under a reducing atmosphere containing or based on nitrogen, especially in the form of nitrogen gas (N 2 ) or in the form of ammonia.
• the cooking time is extended until finally obtain a nitrogen content present within the membrane separator layer according to the present invention.
• the cooking can be continued by a heat treatment under a reducing atmosphere containing a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen, for example by volume 5% hydrogen 3 ⁇ 4 for 95% nitrogen N 2 at a temperature of between 1000 ° C. C. and 1300 ° C., preferably between 1100 ° C. and 1200 ° C.
• This mode makes it possible to obtain a membrane separator layer made of a porous material comprising a mixture of silicon carbide and silicon nitride.
• the thickness of the membrane separating layer obtained is preferably between 10 and 60 microns. Electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence analyzes show that the material thus obtained essentially consists of Sic alpha grains bonded to each other by a binding phase in which the silicon nitride is concentrated.
• the filter coated with its membrane layer obtained according to the first embodiment is annealed in a temperature range of 600 to 1100 ° C., preferably between 700 and 900 ° C., this time under an oxidizing atmosphere. , for example under air.
• the firing time is advantageously between 2 and 6 hours and is prolonged until a membrane separating layer is obtained, this time comprising Sic and silicon oxynitride, the generally accepted formulation of which is S1 2 ON 2 , even if Other ratios are not excluded in the present invention.
• silicon oxynitride represents between 1 and 30%, preferably between 1 and 5% of the total mass of the material constituting the membrane.
• the filter is configured for tangential filtration application, it can be attached to a perforated plate at the channel openings, so waterproof, to be installed in a tubing or filtration system.
• the heat treatment used to fix the perforated plate to the filter support must be performed at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the composite membrane.
• the plugging can be performed with Sic slip, the plugs being sintered at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the composite membrane.
• the membrane filtering layer is advantageously deposited on the outer surface of the filter and covers at least a portion.
• FSM Fiat Sheet Membrane
• FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional configuration of a tubular filter according to the current technique, according to a transverse sectional plane P.
• FIG. 2 is a microscopy snapshot of a filter showing the membrane separation layer in the sense of the present invention.
• FIG. 1 illustrates a tangential filter 1 according to the current technique and according to the present invention, as used for the filtration of a fluid such as a liquid.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of the transverse cross-section plane P.
• the filter comprises or most often consists of a support element 1 made of a porous inorganic material that is preferably non-oxide.
• the element conventionally has a tubular shape of longitudinal central axis A, delimited by an external surface 2. It comprises in its inner portion 3 a set of adjacent channels 4, axes parallel to each other and separated from each other by 8.
• the walls are made of a porous inorganic material passing the filtrate from the inner part 3 to the outer surface 2.
• the channels 4 are covered on their inner surface with a membrane separating layer 5 deposited on a primer , as illustrated by the electron microscopy image shown in FIG. 2.
• This membrane separating layer 5 comes into contact with said fluid flowing in said channels and allows filtration thereof.
• FIG. 2 shows an electron microscopy photograph taken on a channel 4 of FIG. 1. This figure shows the porous support 100 of high porosity, the primer layer 102 allowing the attachment of the membrane separating layer 103. finer porosity.
• the following examples are for illustrative purposes only. They are not limiting and allow to better understand the technical advantages related to the implementation of the present invention:
• the median diameter dso denotes the diameter of the particles below which 50% by weight of the population of said particles).
• the fired monoliths have round channels of 2 mm hydraulic diameter, the peripheral half-moon channels represented in the figures having a diameter Hydraulic 1.25mm.
• the average thickness of the outer wall is 1.1 mm and the OFA (Open Front Area) of the inlet face of the filter is 37%.
• the open front area (OFA) is obtained by calculating the ratio of the area covered by the sum of the cross sections of the channels to the total area of the corresponding cross-section of the channel. porous support. For each configuration, 5 to 10 green supports of 25 mm in diameter and 30 cm in length are synthesized.
• the green monoliths thus obtained are dried by microwave for a time sufficient to bring the water content not chemically bound to less than 1 ⁇ 6 by mass.
• the monoliths are then fired to a temperature of at least 2100 ° C which is maintained for 5 hours.
• the obtained material has an open porosity of 43% and a mean pore distribution diameter of about 25 microns, as measured by mercury porosimetry.
• a membrane layer of silicon carbide membrane is then deposited on the inner wall of the channels of a support structure as obtained previously, according to the method described below:
• a primer of attachment of the separating layer is constituted in a first step, from a slip whose mineral formulation comprises 30% by weight of a black SiC grain powder (Sika DPF-C) whose median diameter D50 is about 11 micrometers, 20% by weight of a black SiC grain powder (SIKA FCP-07) whose diameter median D50 is about 2.5 micrometers, and 50% deionized water.
• a slip whose mineral formulation comprises 30% by weight of a black SiC grain powder (Sika DPF-C) whose median diameter D50 is about 11 micrometers, 20% by weight of a black SiC grain powder (SIKA FCP-07) whose diameter median D50 is about 2.5 micrometers, and 50% deionized water.
• a slurry of the material constituting the membrane filtration layer is also prepared, the formulation of which comprises 50% by weight of SiC grains (dso around 0.6 micrometer) and 50% of demineralized water.
• the rheology of the slips was adjusted by adding the organic additives at 0.5-0.7 Pa. s under a shear rate of ls -1 , measured at 22 ° C. according to the DINC33-53019 standard.
• the slip is introduced into a tank with stirring (20 rpm). After a light vacuum de-aerating phase (typically 25 millibars) while maintaining stirring, the tank is pressurized approximately 0.7 bar in order to coat the interior of the support from its lower part until at its upper end. This operation takes only a few seconds for a support of 30 cm in length. Immediately after coating the slip on the inner wall of the support channels, the excess is removed by gravity.
• the supports are then dried at ambient temperature for 10 minutes and then at 60 ° C. for 12 hours.
• the thus dried supports are then baked in Argon at a temperature of 1430 ° C. for 4 hours.
• a cross section is performed on the filters thus obtained.
• the structure of the membrane is observed and studied under a scanning electron microscope.
• a membrane separating layer made of silicon carbide silicon nitride composite material is deposited on the inner wall of the channels of a support structure as described above and identical to that of Example 1, according to the method described below:
• a primary layer of attachment of the separating layer is constituted in a first step, from a slip whose formulation mineral contains 30% by weight of a powder of black SiC grains (SIKA DPF-C) whose median diameter D50 is about 11 microns, 15% by weight of a black SiC grains powder (SIKA FCP- 07) whose median diameter D50 is about 5 microns, 5% silicon Silgrain Micro 10 whose median diameter D50 is about 3 m and 50% deionized water.
• a slip for the material constituting the membrane separation layer is also prepared, but whose formulation comprises this time 36% by mass of SiC grains of median diameter of particles D 5 o of the order of 0.6 micrometer, 4% of metal silicon of median diameter D 5 o of particles of about 3 microns) and 60% of deionized water.
• the rheology of the slips is set at 0.5-0.7 Pas at ls-1. In order to control the rheology of these slips and to respect a viscosity typically about Pa.s under a shear rate of ls-1 measured at 22 ° C according to the standard DINC33-53019. These layers are deposited according to the same method as in Example 1. The coated supports are then fired under nitrogen in a temperature rise of the order of 10 ° C./h up to 1430 ° C. in step for 4 hours.
• the procedure is the same as in Example 2 but is added to the slip for the material constituting the membrane separation layer, 0.04% Fe 2 O 3 iron oxide provided by Bayferrox of median diameter about 0.7 micrometer or 0.5% with respect to the mass of silicon.
• the procedure is the same as in Example 2 but introduced into the slip, to form the material of the membrane separation layer, mass amounts of 8% of silicon metal, 32% of SiC grains for 60 % demineralized water.
• the primary layer has been adapted with the same silicon content, such that its mineral formulation comprises 30% by weight of a black Sic grain powder (SIKA DPF-C) whose median diameter D50 is about 11%. micrometers, 12% by mass of a black SiC grain powder (SIKA FCP-07) whose median diameter D50 is about 5 micrometers, 8% silicon Silgrain Micro 10 whose median diameter D50 is about 3 m and 50% deionized water.
• a black Sic grain powder SIKA DPF-C
• SIKA FCP-07 black SiC grain powder
• silicon Silgrain Micro 10 whose median diameter D50 is about 3 m and 50% deionized water.
• the procedure is the same as in Example 2 but the sintering temperature is brought to 1800 ° C for 2 hours under nitrogen.
• Example 2 the procedure is the same as in Example 2 above but the final firing of the coated supports is operated this time at the temperature of 1100 ° C for 2 hours and under pure nitrogen.
• This example therefore appears in accordance with the teaching of applications EP0219383 or still EP2484433, for producing an SiC membrane filter.
• the average thickness of the successive layers obtained for each example is measured by image analysis.
• the average thickness of the separating layer is of the order of 40 micrometers for all the examples.
• the median pore diameter of the membrane separator layer varies between 200 and 250 nm for all the examples.
• a flow measurement (relative water flow) is carried out on the filters according to the following method:
• a fluid consisting of demineralised water supplies the filters to be evaluated at a transmembrane pressure of 0.5 bar and a circulation speed in the channels of 2 m / s.
• the permeate (water) is recovered at the periphery of the filter.
• the characteristic flow rate of the filter is expressed in L / min per square meter of filtration area after 20 hours of filtration.
• the flow results were expressed by reference to the data recorded for Comparative Example 1. More precisely, a value greater than 100% indicates an increased flow rate with respect to the reference (example 1) and therefore an increase in the filtration capacity.
• the demineralised feed water was charged to 5.10 -3 mol / L of KCl.
• the scratch depth rate was measured as a percentage relative to the reference (Example 1) set at 100.
• the resistance ratio of Examples 2 to 5 is calculated by making the depth ratio of the indenter of the example divided by the depth of the indenter measured in Example 1. A rate less than 100% representing a scratch resistance greater than the reference.
• a strength ratio of 100% is set for the reference example (Example 1).
• a rate below 100% corresponds to the degree of degradation of the membrane relative to the reference.
• composition of the primer does not influence or almost not the previously described properties of filtration and durability of the separating membrane.
• Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 (comp.) (Inv.) (Inv.) (Comp.) (Comp.) (Comp.) (Comp.)
• Table 1 The results summarized in Table 1 above indicate that Examples 2 and 3 according to the invention have the best performance combined with different tests and measurements.
• filters with a filter membrane according to the invention have a high mechanical strength (scratch test) and a higher filtration capacity. They also appear more resistant to acid attacks.
• Example 5 it is observed that a too high cooking temperature prevents the formation of nitride and finally leads to nitrogen contents too low to obtain the desired improvement.
• results grouped together in the table indicate that the material used according to the invention to manufacture the membrane-separating layer can be obtained only according to certain process conditions, not yet described in the prior art.
• Comparative Example 6 (for which the calcination temperature under nitrogen is only 1100 ° C.) has a very high level of scratching, that is to say a low mechanical strength.
• the data reported in Table 2 thus show that such a temperature, which is too low, does not allow the insertion of elemental nitrogen into the material constituting the membrane.

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