EP3618943A1 - Mikroporöse polyvinylidenfluorid-flachmembran und ihre herstellung - Google Patents
Mikroporöse polyvinylidenfluorid-flachmembran und ihre herstellungInfo
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- EP3618943A1 EP3618943A1 EP15787635.0A EP15787635A EP3618943A1 EP 3618943 A1 EP3618943 A1 EP 3618943A1 EP 15787635 A EP15787635 A EP 15787635A EP 3618943 A1 EP3618943 A1 EP 3618943A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a hydrophobic membrane in the form of a flat membrane with a microporous structure of a vinylidene fluoride polymer having a wall with a wall thickness and a first surface and a second surface wherein the wall of the membrane is a microporous support layer having a sponge-like, open-pore and over the wall thickness substantially isotropic pore structure without finger pores, wherein the support layer extends over at least 80% of the wall thickness and pores having a mean diameter of less than 1 ⁇ and wherein the membrane has pores in its first surface and in its second surface.
- Microfiltration membranes allow the removal of fine particles or microorganisms with sizes down to the submicron range and are therefore suitable for the production of purified water for use in laboratories or for the semiconductor industry. Many more
- Membrane distillation is a combination of a conventional thermal distillation and membrane filtration. This is a thermally driven separation process in which the separation - as in conventional distillation - due to a
- Phase change takes place. For example, in a preparation of
- Salt water via membrane distillation a hydrophobic membrane is used, which provides a barrier to the liquid phase, i. for the saltwater, represents.
- the membrane is permeable and water vapor can permeate through the pores of the membrane.
- the driving force for the process is a partial vapor pressure gradient, usually due to a temperature difference on both sides of the membrane
- the salt water to be treated is heated and guided along one side of the hydrophobic membrane.
- the other side of the membrane is needed to realize the required
- a membrane used for membrane distillation relies on the retention of liquid water with simultaneous permeability to free water molecules, i. for water vapor.
- it is important that the water to be treated does not or only insignificantly penetrates into the membrane and fills the pores.
- it is important that the water to be treated does not or only insignificantly penetrates into the membrane and fills the pores.
- membranes used in the field of membrane distillation are made of a hydrophobic polymer such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE),
- PVDF Polyvinylidene fluoride
- PP polypropylene
- Membrane polymers are characterized at the same time by a high temperature stability and by a good chemical resistance, which u.a. in a purification of these membranes with acids and alkalis is required. At the same time it is necessary that the membrane for membrane distillation a high
- the membranes of US-A-6,146,747 have an isotropic structure extending over at least 80% of the wall thickness.
- the pores of the membranes disclosed in US-A-6,146,747 are minimal at their first surface and maximal at their second surface.
- the isotropic region in the interior is relatively coarsely porous with pores in the region of 10 ⁇ m and has a filamentary network structure.
- the preparation of the membranes is carried out from slightly above room temperature solutions, wherein the coagulation is triggered by immersion in a non-solvent for the PVDF, which is unable to solve the PVDF. The process is therefore based on a non-solvent-induced phase separation.
- EP-0 734 759 B1 discloses membranes of PVDF which are produced by a membrane formation process with thermally induced liquid-liquid phase separation.
- the membranes show a fibrous structure with fibrous or filamentary strands joined together along their length at several spaced locations.
- the membranes of EP-0 734 759 B1 are permeable to water and, according to the examples, have water permeabilities of up to 300 ml / (min-m 2 -bar).
- a disadvantage of such membranes that due to their structure of fiber or filament-shaped strands can change the spaces between the filamentary strands and thus the size of the pores under pressure.
- EP-A-1 520 874 relates to membranes and the like.
- polyvinylidene fluoride whose wall is made of a network - like structure in combination with a structure with
- EP-A-1 520 874 is to
- Membranes with a good permeability to water i. with a high permeability for water to provide.
- EP-A-1 520 874 can also be applied to a thermally induced
- a glycerol monoacetate, a glycerol diacetate or a glycerol triacetate or mixtures thereof can be used as the solvent system to which optionally glycerol may be added.
- the cooling and coagulation takes place in a non-solvent for the polyvinylidene fluoride, which is preferably water.
- US-A-2004/0135274 relates to membranes of vinylidene fluoride homopolymers or copolymers which are also made by a process with thermally induced phase separation.
- the membranes of US-A-2004/0135274 have an isotropic network structure with three-dimensional ramifications in any spatial directions and membranes are desired, which have porous surfaces.
- the membranes of US-A-2004/0135274 are used for filtration, such as for the separation of particles
- the surface of the resulting membrane has a skin-like structure or one of a particulate material
- EP-A-2 052 771 relates inter alia to flat membranes based on
- Polyvinyl fluoride having on one surface round or oval pores and on its other surface slit-shaped pores, which are oriented parallel to each other.
- the membranes of EP-A-2 052 771 are prepared by a process with thermally induced phase separation. This method is based on a polymer solution containing, in addition to a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer and a solvent for this polymer, inorganic particles for adjusting the micropores of the porous membrane and agents which improve the compatibility of polymer and solvent. After solidification and before extraction of the solvent, the particles and the agent to improve the compatibility of polymer and solvent, the porous membranes are stretched. It is an object of the invention to provide a suitable for membrane distillation
- membrane which is used for membrane distillation tasks in aqueous media, a high permeability to water vapor, but also has no permeability to water when exposed to high water pressures.
- the membrane should also be suitable for tasks in the field of membrane filtration and in particular in the field of microfiltration.
- a hydrophobic membrane in the form of a flat membrane, which is constructed from a vinylidene fluoride polymer, the membrane having a wall with a wall thickness, a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface,
- the membrane having on its first surface a network structure with open pores and on its second surface a continuous skin in which pores are formed,
- Supporting layer with open-pore, microporous, sponge-like and over the wall thickness substantially isotropic pore structure which extends over at least 80% of the wall thickness and having pores with an average diameter of less than 1 ⁇ ,
- Weight average molecular weight M w in the range from 300,000 to 500,000 daltons and a polydispersity of greater than 5.5 given by the ratio of the weight average M w and the number average molecular weight M N ,
- the pores in the skin of the second surface are island-shaped, ie have a closed circumference in the plane of the skin, the pores in the skin of the second surface an average ratio of the extension in the direction of its longest axis to the extent in the direction of its shortest axis of at most 5 and the pores in the first surface and in the second surface when viewed perpendicular to the surface have a substantially isotropic distribution of their orientation,
- Wall thickness is in the range of 50 to 300 ⁇ and
- the membrane has a determined by the bubble point method maximum separation pore diameter d ma x in the range of 0.05 to 1, 5 ⁇ .
- Membrane distillation achieves high mass flows for water vapor, without resulting in a breakthrough of water through the membrane.
- the membrane according to the invention is outstandingly suitable for filtration tasks.
- the present flat membrane is hydrophobic, i. water repellent. At the second surface of the present hydrophobic flat membrane results in a contact angle of more than 90 ° to water. This is particularly important for applications in the field of membrane distillation, as this high safety in the use of the membrane against ingress of water and thus a breakthrough of water can be achieved through the membrane.
- the membrane therefore preferably consists of polyvinylidene fluoride and contains
- hydrophilizing additives such as e.g. Polyvinylpyrrolidone, which is usually added in the known polyvinylidene fluoride membranes.
- the membrane has a second surface
- the pores in the second surface have a closed circumference in the plane of the skin. This means that the pores are like islands in the surrounding skin, ie island-shaped and surrounded by the skin.
- the pores The openings in the second surface of the present membrane and the surrounding skin have an island-in-the-sea structure, the pores ("islands") being arranged as a discontinuous phase in the surrounding skin , which is a continuous phase (“sea”) with the pores or openings enclosing areas and webs, which lie on the second surface in a plane.
- the second surface structurally differs from the first surface, which has a network-like structure, in the gaps between filament-like ridges
- Polymer material form a pore system.
- the network structure at the first surface corresponds to the surface structure as e.g. have the membranes of US-A-2004/0135274.
- present membranes is different from particulate or
- Wall thickness isotropic pore structure which extends over at least 80% of the wall thickness and whose pores have an average diameter of less than 1 ⁇ , is the cause of high load capacity and good mechanical properties of the membranes in the application.
- the membranes of the invention differ from membranes with a membrane asymmetric structure in which the pore size also changes within the support layer of membranes which have cavernous pores in their wall or even of membranes whose surfaces and / or their support structure have a particulate or spherulitic structure. Due to their different structure, these membranes of the prior art often have only insufficient mechanical properties, such as too low breaking strength and elongation at break.
- the homogeneous, isotropic structure of the support layer of the membrane according to the invention causes a uniform distribution of the loads over the membrane wall under a mechanical load, which is too high
- the support structure has no finger pores, which are often referred to as caverns or macrovoids and may have a size of several ⁇ . Such finger pores show an unfavorable
- the membrane according to the invention has pores in the support layer whose average diameter is less than 1 ⁇ m so that the
- Support layer is therefore relatively fine-pored.
- the average diameter of the pores in the support layer is less than 0.5 ⁇ .
- the pore structure in the support layer according to the invention is substantially isotropic. This is to be understood, on the one hand, that the average diameter of the pores in the support layer seen over the wall thickness at
- the area of the isotropic support structure may be considered to be an area where there are flow channels of substantially constant diameters over the wall thickness.
- Pore size distribution as is true for any membrane structure, even if the structure appears isotropic in the scanning electron microscope examination. In the context of the present invention, therefore, as an im
- substantially constant average pore diameter understood as one that does not change in the extension of the support layer over the membrane wall by more than +/- 50%.
- a substantially isotropic pore structure is to be understood as meaning that, although the individual pores may also have an irregular or elongated shape, the pores in the spatial directions parallel to and perpendicular to the surfaces averaged over all pores have substantially the same extent Deviations between the
- the membranes according to the invention have a cell-like structure, the pores surrounded by pore walls with z.T. spherical and ellipsoidal form can be seen, which communicate with each other via openings in their wall.
- the present structure thus differs, for example, from network structures with three-dimensional branches oriented arbitrarily in the spatial directions, as described, for example, in US Pat. the microporous membranes of US-A-2004/0135274 or EP-A-0 734 759, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the pore structure of the membranes of the present invention differs from particulate or spherulitic structures in which the polymer structure of the membrane is formed by spherical or spherulitic particles which can be interconnected via fibril-like webs.
- Membranes with such structures are e.g. in EP-A-1 230 970 or WO-A-93/22034 described or in the
- the structure of the membrane according to the invention is different from the fibrous structures with fiber or filamentary strands, as they have the membranes of EP-A-0 734 759 B1, whose disclosure in this respect also expressly reference is made here.
- the relatively fine-pored support layer with pores whose average diameter is less than 1 ⁇ and preferably less than 0.5 ⁇ advantageous in terms of high mechanical stability and in particular a high Druckstabitician the flat membrane in the application.
- the membrane according to the invention preferably has a mass flow for
- the membrane of the invention Due to their balanced combination in terms of their structural features, the membrane of the invention has a high mechanical strength and is thus able to withstand the differential pressures occurring in the application, in which on the permeate often a vacuum is applied to withstand.
- the membrane according to the invention has an elongation at break of at least 50%.
- it has a breaking strength of at least 200 cN / mm 2 . It particularly preferably has an elongation at break of at least 50% in conjunction with a breaking strength of at least 200 cN / mm 2 .
- the vinylidene fluoride polymer which forms the structure of the membrane preferably has one
- the polydispersity is at most 10. It has been observed that membranes from a
- the membrane structures obtained may differ from the invention desired membrane structure.
- Such a mixture may preferably be a mixture of a polyvinylidene fluoride, which under the designation Solef ® 6020 (Fa. Solvay), and a polyvinylidene fluoride, sold under Hylar 461 (also Fa. Solvay) is available, or from a mixture of similar polyvinylidene fluorides, wherein the aforementioned conditions with respect to the weight average molecular weight M w and with respect to the polydispersity M W / M N must always be observed. That under the
- Designation Solef ® 6020 available polyvinylidene fluoride has a weight average molecular weight M w of 552,000 daltons and a polydispersity from 5.1 to.
- M w weight average molecular weight
- ® Hylar 491 polyvinylidene fluoride has a weight average molecular weight was M w of 271, 000 Dalton, and determines a polydispersity of 5.97.
- Polyvinylidene fluorides in a ratio of 50:50 are obtained with a weight-average molecular weight M w of 457,000 daltons and a polydispersity of 6.92 values, which are in the range required according to the invention.
- M w weight-average molecular weight
- polydispersity 6.92 values
- the flat membrane has a maximum separation pore diameter d ma x, determined by the bubble point method, in the range from 0.05 to 1.5 ⁇ .
- the maximum separation pore diameter d ma x is in the range of 0.1 to 1 ⁇ .
- the membrane of the invention in a particularly preferred embodiment, a determined by the bubble point method maximum separation pore diameter d ma x in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 ⁇ on. At maximum separation pore diameters above 0.8 ⁇ there is an increasing risk that the prevailing in the application
- Separation pore diameter d ma x in the range of 0.3 to 0.6 ⁇ .
- the membrane has a nominal pore in the range of 0.1 to 0.45 ⁇ .
- the nominal pore over the retention capacity of the membrane is compared with specific
- a membrane with a nominal pore of 0.2 ⁇ holds bacteria of the genus Brevundimonas diminuta, a membrane with a nominal pore of 0.45 ⁇ bacteria of the genus Serratia marcescens, etc.
- Such a flat membrane can be used optimally for sterile filtration of liquids, and because of the high temperature stability of the material constituting the membrane also applications at higher process temperatures are possible.
- the tests or the determination of the nominal pore sizes are described, for example, in HIMA regulation no. 3, Vol. 4, 1982 (Health Industry Manufacturers
- the membrane of the invention has a porosity in the range of 50 to
- Permeability and patency for media shows. This is especially true Porosity, pore structure, pore size and distribution and patency of the pores in the wall as well as the surface porosity crucial. As a measure of high permeability is in hydrophobic membranes of
- Transmembrane flow is considered for isopropanol.
- the present membrane has a high permeability and, in a preferred embodiment, has a transmembrane flux for isopropanol in the range of 3 to 15 ml / (cm 2 -min-bar), and more preferably a transmembrane flux for isopropanol in the range of 4 to 10 ml / (cm 2 -min-bar).
- a direct measurement of a transmembrane flow for water is not possible because the pores of the membrane are not wetted by water.
- a measurement can be made such that the membrane first with an alcoholic solution, eg
- transmembrane fluxes obtained for water are higher by a factor of about 2 to 2.5 than the transmembrane fluxes for isopropanol.
- the membrane has a wall thickness in the range of 50 to 300 ⁇ .
- the membrane has a sufficiently high mechanical strength.
- heat losses across the membrane wall which in the
- a wall thickness in the range of 60 to 150 ⁇ and particularly preferably in the range of 80 to 140 ⁇ .
- the pores in the second surface of the membrane have a diameter of at most 3 ⁇ .
- a pore diameter at the second surface is shown at flow in Membrane distillation applications on the side of the second surface significantly reduce the risk of water entering the membrane.
- the diameter of the pores in the case of a non-circular pore shape is to be understood as the length of the shorter main axis of the pore.
- the pores in the second surface of the flat membrane according to the invention have a diameter of at most 2 ⁇ . Particularly advantageous is a
- Pore diameter of at most 1, 0 ⁇ , with flat membranes with a pore diameter of at most 0.5 ⁇ are ideal for applications in the field of membrane distillation.
- the pores in the second surface are smaller in a preferred embodiment than the pores in the first surface.
- the first surface of the flat membrane is the permeate side in which there is a gas phase on the permeate side of the membrane and in which in particular beyond on the permeate side
- Vacuum is applied, it was found that larger pores in the first surface for the removal of the permeate from the membrane are beneficial.
- the surface porosity of the first surface of the hydrophobic flat membrane is higher than the surface porosity of the second surface.
- the surface porosity of the second surface is at most 10% and more preferably at most 5%. This can also reduce the risk of water penetration in the
- the pores in the second surface of the membrane have on average a ratio of their longest axis to their shortest axis of at most 5, and preferably of at most 3.
- the pores in the second surface and the pores in the first surface when viewed perpendicular to the respective surface, have a substantially isotropic distribution of their orientation, ie, no preferential orientation in one direction.
- the pores in the first surface of the membrane have on average a ratio of their longest axis to their shortest axis of at most 5 and preferably of at most 3.
- the flat membrane according to the invention can be produced by means of a method in which the membrane formation takes place via a thermally induced phase separation process.
- Polymer component is selected and the compound B is a non-solvent for the polymer component.
- the homogeneous casting solution is formed into a film having a first surface and a second surface in a mold having a tool temperature above the critical one
- thermodynamic non-equilibrium liquid-liquid phase separation into a polymer-rich and a polymer poor phase takes place and then takes place when falling below the solidification temperature, a solidification of the polymer-rich phase, whereby a membrane structure is formed.
- the second side of the film is contacted with a gaseous atmosphere. After forming the membrane structure, the film is peeled from the support and at least part of the solvent system is removed from the film so as to obtain the flat membrane.
- the process for producing the hydrophobic membrane according to the invention in the form of a flat membrane of a vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer comprises at least the following steps:
- Polymer component of at least one vinylidene fluoride polymer in 80-70 wt .-% of a solvent system, wherein the casting solution of poly mer component and solvent system on cooling a critical
- the solvent system comprises a compound A and a compound B which are liquid and homogeneously miscible with each other at the dissolution temperature, and wherein as compound A a solubilizer for the polymer component is selected and the compound B is a non-solvent for the polymer component,
- Non-equilibrium liquid-liquid phase separation in a polymer-rich and a polymer-poor phase and then below the solidification temperature solidification of the polymer-rich phase takes place, whereby a membrane structure is formed; simultaneously
- the polymer component has a weight average molecular weight M w in the range of 300,000 to 500,000 daltons and a polydispersity M W / M N of greater than 5.5 given by the ratio of the weight average M w and the number average M N of the molecular weight.
- Vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer having a microporous, sponge-like and open-pored structure can be obtained, which has, adjacent to the skin on its second surface, a supporting layer with over the wall thickness in the
- the inventive method is based on a thermally induced
- the polymer component and the solvent system containing compounds A and B form a binary system that has a range in the liquid state of aggregation in which the overall system exists as a homogeneous solution and an area in which it has a miscibility gap. If such a system from the region in which it is present as a homogeneous solution, cooled below the critical separation or phase separation temperature, so first enters a liquid-liquid separation or phase separation in two liquid phases, namely in a polymer-rich and a polymer poor phase , At further,
- the membrane-forming vinylidene fluoride polymer constituting the flat membrane according to the invention or used in the process for the production thereof may be a vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or a vinylidene fluoride copolymer.
- vinylidene fluoride copolymers are copolymers of vinylidene fluoride with at least one further component selected from Group of vinyl fluorides, ethylene tetrafluorides, propylene hexafluorides, ethylene trifluorides, ethylene trifluoride chlorides, vinyl fluoride and ethylene in question.
- mixtures of two or more of the vinylidene fluoride homopolymers and / or copolymers can be used.
- Vinylidene fluoride homopolymers are preferably used in the context of the present invention.
- the polymer component used comprises at least one vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer
- the polyvinylidene fluoride used and in particular its molecular weight and its polydispersity of the molecular weight
- the vinylidene fluoride polymer component used has a
- the polydispersity is at most 10.
- Vinylidene fluoride copolymers also include additives such as e.g. Antioxidants, UV absorbers, lubricants or nucleating agents.
- Compound A and compound B wherein compounds A and B together form the solvent system, must be collectively convertible to a single homogeneous liquid phase and have a critical demixing temperature, below which phase separation into two liquid phases occurs. However, this is higher than the separation temperature of a solution containing the same proportions of polymer, but only the compound A as the solvent system. In systems polymer component / compound A with miscibility gap in the liquid state, therefore, the critical demixing temperature is increased by the addition of the compound B. By adding the compound B, a targeted control of the pore size and the pore volume of the resulting porous structures is made possible.
- compound A use is made of those compounds which are solvents for the polymer component and in which this polymer component is completely dissolved when heated to at most the boiling point of this compound to give a homogeneous solution.
- compound B according to the invention, such a compound is selected which is a non-solvent for the polymer component.
- a non-solvent for the polymer component is generally in the context of present invention, a compound understood that the polymer component in a concentration of 1 wt .-% in the non-solvent in
- the compound A can be additionally blended with other solvers.
- the compound B can also be used in mixture with other non-solvents.
- compound A is understood to mean not only a single compound but also a mixture of different solubilizers, as long as the overall effect of solubilizing is maintained.
- compound B is also understood to mean a mixture of various non-solvents, as long as the action remains as a non-solvent.
- compound A i. as a solubilizer for the at least one vinylidene fluoride
- Homopolymer or copolymer are preferably glycerol triacetate,
- glycerol triacetate or a mixture of
- Glycerol triacetate and ⁇ -caprolactam used as compound A.
- compound B i. as a non-solvent for the polymer component, are dioctyl adipate,
- Glycerol glycol, diglycol or castor oil or mixtures thereof. Particularly preferred is the use of dioctyl adipate or castor oil or mixtures thereof.
- the proportion of polymer required for membrane production and the ratio of compound A to compound B in the solvent system can be determined by
- phase diagrams can be developed according to known methods, such as those of CA. Smolders, JJ van Aartsen, A. Steenbergen, Colloid-Z. and Z. Polymers, 243 (1971), pp. 14-20.
- solubilizer A the proportion of compound B in the mixture of the polymer component, the compound A and the compound B depends on the strength of the non-solvent, ie the compound B.
- the proportion of the compound B in the solvent system 50 is preferred to 70% by weight and more preferably 55 to 65% by weight.
- the concentration of the at least one vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer in the homogeneous casting solution is 20-30% by weight and the concentration of the solvent system is 80-70% by weight.
- the proportion of the polymer component is 23-27% by weight and the proportion of the solvent system consisting of the compounds A and B is 78-73% by weight.
- the polymer component, the compounds A and B or also the polymer solution may contain further substances, such as e.g. Antioxidants, nucleating agents,
- the casting solution is formed into a film having a first surface and a second surface of a mold, which has a mold temperature above the critical demixing temperature.
- the shaping of the film can be carried out in a manner known per se, for example by means of conventional molding tools such as slot dies, casting boxes or doctor blades.
- the film is deposited with its first side or surface on a temperature-controlled carrier, which moves with process speed in the production direction of the film.
- a temperature-controlled carrier can be used on conventional carrier, from which the trained membrane can be deducted later.
- coated papers or Metal bands are used.
- it is in the
- the temperature-controlled support about a temperature-controllable and rotating roller, i. around a casting roll on which the film is poured.
- the temperature-controlled carrier has a temperature which is lower than the temperature of the mold and is so far below the solidification temperature that the film is cooled by means of the temperature-controlled carrier at such a speed that starting from the first side or surface of the film
- the carrier is a
- Residence time of the film on the temperature-controlled support is preferably 5 to 15 seconds.
- the film With its second surface not deposited on the temperature-controlled support, the film is brought into contact with a gaseous atmosphere.
- the gaseous atmosphere has a temperature in the range of 20 to 25 ° C. It is also preferred if the gaseous atmosphere has a relative humidity in the range of 45 to 65%.
- the properties of the later-obtained membrane on the second surface can be influenced, e.g. their surface porosity or the average size of the pores in the second surface.
- Membrane structure becomes the carrier film on the carrier
- the formation and solidification of the membrane structure can be based on a change in the appearance of the film from a clear film to an opaque film.
- the heatable carrier is a temperable casting roll, which dips on its underside with part of its circumference in a bath filled with a liquid cooling medium.
- the film above the bath surface is removed from the support, i. deducted from the casting roll and does not dip itself in the
- the casting roll By dipping the casting roll in the bath with the liquid cooling medium, the casting roll wets on its surface and carries in its rotation a thin film of the cooling medium from the bath.
- Casting roller is thus wetted with a film of the cooling medium, so that the casting solution film is not placed on a dry casting roll, but on a moistened with the cooling medium casting roll. This has an influence on the formation of the surface structure on the first side of the film or the resulting membrane and favors the formation of an open-pore
- the cooling medium at the cooling temperature must be like a
- Non-solvents act against the polymer component, so that it can lead to the formation of the membrane structure and not to a dissolution or dissolution of the polymer component on the first surface.
- the liquid cooling medium is inert to the polymer component, i. does not react chemically with the polymer component.
- the liquid contains
- Cooling medium a solubilizer and a non-solvent for the polymer component.
- the solubilizer contained in the cooling medium and / or the non-solvent contained therein is the compound A or the compound B, which also for the preparation of the homogeneous solution Polymer Konnponente and solvent system can be used. It may be advantageous if the ratio of compound A to compound B in the liquid cooling medium is similar to the ratio of these components in the
- the cooling medium particularly preferably contains dioctyl adipate or castor oil or mixtures thereof as non-solvent.
- the solubilizer contained in the cooling medium is particularly preferably glycerol triacetate or a mixture of glycerol triacetate and ⁇ -caprolactam.
- the cooling and solidification can also take place in several stages, for example by using a plurality of temperature-controllable rollers arranged one behind the other, over which the film is guided after further solidification of the membrane structure and after deduction of the first roller for further cooling and solidification.
- the rollers arranged one behind the other can have decreasing temperatures in the direction of travel of the film.
- the solvent system i. a part of compounds A and B are removed from the film so as to obtain the flat membrane.
- the removal of the solvent system can be carried out for example by extraction.
- extraction agents are used which do not dissolve the polymer or the polymers, but which are miscible with the compounds A and B.
- drying at elevated temperatures may be required to remove the extractant from the membrane.
- Useful extractants are acetone, methanol, ethanol and preferably isopropanol.
- Fig. 1 Scanning electron micrograph (REM) recording of the first page
- Fig. 4 SEM image of the second side (air side) of the membrane according to
- Example 3 at 8000x magnification.
- Fig. 5 SEM image of a cross section over the wall of the membrane of
- FIG. 6 SEM image of the first side (roll side) of the membrane according to FIG. 6
- Example 5 at 8000x magnification.
- FIG. 7 SEM image of the second side (air side) of the membrane according to FIG.
- Example 5 at 8000x magnification.
- Fig. 8 Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) image of a cross-section over the wall of the membrane of Example 5 at 2000 times
- FIG. 9 SEM image of the first side (roll side) of the membrane according to FIG. 9
- Fig. 1 1 SEM image of the second side (air side) of the membrane according to
- Fig. 12 SEM image of the second side (air side) of the membrane according to Comparative Example 1 at 8000-fold magnification.
- the diameter of the maximum separation pore is determined by the bubble point method
- d ma x results from the gas space pressure P B associated with the blowing point according to the relationship
- OB is a constant that depends mainly on the wetting liquid used in the measurement.
- ⁇ ⁇ at 25 ° C is 0.61 ⁇ -bar.
- Disk-shaped membrane samples are punched out of the membrane to be tested and clamped in a suitable sample holder on the circumference in a fluid-tight manner so that a free measurement area of 17.35 cm 2 results.
- Sample holder is in a test cell that is protected by isopropanol (IPA)
- test cell is integrated in a test apparatus and heated to 25 ° C
- tempered isopropanol in pure form at a defined test pressure (about 0.2 bar) flows through.
- the system Before starting the measurement, the system must be purged without air.
- the inlet and outlet pressure at the test cell are measured in the test apparatus. The measurement is at 25 ° C
- the transmembrane flow TMF is calculated according to the formula (III)
- V w has flowed through the membrane sample during the measurement time
- a M area of membrane sample (17.35 cm 2 )
- Flat membrane module are connected to two fluid circuits, wherein the feed stream (salt water circuit) is connected to the flat membrane module, that it flows along one side of the flat membrane to be examined.
- the permeate receiving distillate circuit flows through the
- the salt water circuit has a salt content of 36 ⁇ 0.5 g / l, which by
- Metering of deionized water via conductivity measurement is kept constant.
- the flow rate is set to 200 l / h ⁇ 5% in both circuits, with countercurrent flow.
- the distillate cycle is heated to a temperature of 30 ° C and the salt water circulation to a temperature of 80 ° C. Both circuits are kept at the same pressure level, wherein in each case at the entrance to the flat membrane module, a pressure of 500 mbar is set.
- Weight gain in the distillate cycle determined gravimetrically over time.
- the measuring time is at least 15 minutes.
- the transmembrane flux for water vapor in l / (m 2 -h) then results from the increase in weight or the resulting volume increase per unit time, based on the current membrane area (inner surface) of the flat membrane module used.
- the measurement of the breaking force of the membranes is carried out with a conventional
- Production direction and are oriented transversely to the production direction.
- the samples have a width of 15 mm and are clamped in the testing machine so that a free length of 25 cm results.
- the membrane samples are stretched at a constant speed in the longitudinal direction or in the transverse direction of the sample until it breaks.
- the required power is measured as a function of the change in length and recorded in a force-strain diagram. The measurement is carried out as a multiple determination on five membrane samples at 100 mm clamping length and at one
- the force BK required for the fracture is output as an averaged numerical value in cN and the elongation at break achieved in% of the initial length.
- Breaking strength ⁇ ⁇ of the membrane sample in cN / mm 2 is obtained by normalizing the breaking force BK to the cross-sectional area A Q of the membrane wall, which results from the sample width and the membrane thickness.
- the determination of the average diameter of the pores in the surfaces is carried out with the aid of image-analytical methods on the basis of scanning electron micrographs of the surfaces with a 500-fold magnification (outer Surface) or 2000 times magnification (inner surface). These scanning electron micrographs of the surfaces were also used to evaluate the ratio of the longitudinal extent of the pores to theirs
- Transverse extent used as a basis.
- a sample of at least 0.5 g of the membrane to be tested is weighed dry.
- the membrane sample is then placed in a non-swelling liquid moistening the membrane material for 24 hours, so that the liquid penetrates into all the pores.
- a silicone oil with a viscosity of 200 mPa s at 25 ° C (Merck) is used for the present PVDF membranes.
- the penetration of the liquid into the membrane pores can be visually recognized by the fact that the membrane sample changes from an opaque to a glassy, transparent state.
- the membrane sample is removed from the liquid, liquid adhering to the membrane sample is removed by centrifugation at about 1800 g, and the mass of the thus pretreated wet, i. liquid-filled membrane sample determined by weighing.
- the volume porosity ⁇ is determined according to the following formula:
- ppoiymer density of the membrane polymer [g / cm 3 ] Examples 1 - 4:
- Hylar 461 and Solef 6020 type PVDF powders from Solvay Solexis (50:50 blend ratio) was melted at 235-245 ° C.
- the polymer melt was mixed in a mixer with a solvent system consisting of 40% by weight of glycerol triacetate (component A) and 60% by weight of dioctyl adipate (component B) at 230-245 ° C. and then processed to a homogeneous solution. It was set a polymer content of 25.5 wt .-%.
- the PVDF mixture used in the casting solution had a weight average molecular weight M w of 457,000 daltons and a polydispersity M w / M n of 6.92.
- the finished casting solution was poured out by means of a tempered to 210 ° C slot die on a tempered metal casting roll to a film with a thickness of about 100 ⁇ .
- the temperature of the casting roll was varied in the range between 40 and 70 ° C.
- the film on the casting roll was passed through a
- the film thus obtained was extracted with isopropanol at a temperature of about 60 ° C to remove the solvent system and then dried at a temperature of 80 ° C in a convection oven.
- the properties of the flat membranes thus obtained are shown in Table 1
- Weight average molecular weight M w and polydispersity M W / M N of the PVDF component contained in the flat membranes thus prepared were substantially the same as those of the starting material.
- Example 3 For the membrane of Example 3 was also a transmembrane flux for water vapor in the amount of 55.6 l / (m 2 -h) and a breaking strength in
- FIGS. 1 to 4 show scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the SEM
- the SEM images of the surface of the membrane, which was assigned to the casting roll in the production of the membrane reveal a pronounced network structure with open pores at 2000-fold or 5000-fold magnification, in the interstices form a pore system between some filament-like webs (Fig. 1, 2).
- the SEM images at 2000 times or at 5000 times magnification of that surface of the membrane, which in the manufacture of the membrane of the air show a uniform and relatively planar structure of the surface having island-shaped pores ( Figures 3, 4).
- the pores have an irregular shape but do not show preferential orientation.
- FIG. 2 shows that the pores of the flat membrane of Example 3 in the first surface are larger than the pores in the second surface.
- 5 shows a SEM image of the cross section over the wall of FIG
- the procedure was as in Examples 1 and 2. In contrast to Examples 1 and 2, however, a mixture of PVDF types Hylar 461 and Solef 6020 in a mixing ratio of 30:70 was used.
- the resulting polymer component had a weight average molecular weight M w of 355,000 daltons and a polydispersity M w / M n of 7.84.
- the flat membrane according to Example 5 had a breaking strength in the longitudinal direction of 298 cN / mm 2 and in the transverse direction of 396 cN / mm 2 .
- the elongation at break of this membrane was 74.9% in the longitudinal direction and 77.4% in the transverse direction.
- a breaking strength in the longitudinal direction of 365 cN / mm 2 and in the transverse direction of 487 cN / mm 2 was determined.
- the elongation at break of this membrane was 96.5% in the longitudinal direction and 139.7% in the transverse direction.
- Figures 6 and 7 show scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the surfaces of the membrane of Example 5 at 8000X magnification.
- SEM scanning electron microscope
- Network structure with open pores, in the spaces between z.T.
- FIG. 6 shows a pore system
- the pores have an irregular shape but have no preferential orientation.
- FIG. 8 shows an SEM image of the cross section over the wall of FIG
- Example 6 For the flat membrane of Example 6 results in a similar picture with respect to the surfaces and the cross section, so that can be dispensed with a separate presentation.
- Example 3 The procedure was as in Example 1. In contrast to example 1, however, a solvent system was used which consisted of 35% by weight of glycerin acetate (component A) and 65% by weight of dioctyl adipate (component B). The casting roll temperature was 40 ° C as in Example 1. The properties of the flat membranes according to Example 7 are summarized in Table 3.
- the flat membrane according to Example 7 had a breaking strength in the longitudinal direction of 320 cN / mm 2 and in the transverse direction of 355 cN / mm 2 .
- the elongation at break of this membrane was 69.7% in the longitudinal direction and 87.3% in the transverse direction. Comparative Example 1
- Example 2 The procedure was as in Example 1. Notwithstanding Example 1, a solvent system was used, which consists of 60 wt .-% glycerol triacetate
- the flat membrane according to Comparative Example 1 had a breaking strength in the longitudinal direction of 437 cN / mm 2 and in the transverse direction of 413 cN / mm 2 .
- the elongation at break of this membrane was 1 19.1% in longitudinal or 1 1 1, 2% in
- the membrane of Comparative Example 1 According to the scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the surfaces of the membrane of Comparative Example 1 at 2000 times or at 8000 times magnification, the membrane of Comparative Example 1 has a first and a second surface (roll side or air side) with a pronounced
- the elongation at break of this membrane was 93.3% in L Lucass, 232.4% in the transverse direction.
- the volume porosity for the flat membranes of Comparative Examples 2 to 5 was also in the range of 75 to 80% by volume.
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