JP2008183488A - Method for enhancing blocking rate of permeable membrane, method for treating permeable membrane, permeable membrane apparatus, and pure water preparation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently carrying out a blocking-rate enhancing treatment of a permeable membrane by swiftly and accurately carrying out the judgment on the enhanced blocking rate without suspending the blocking-rate enhancing treatment, whereby excessive consumption of a blocking-rate enhancing agent, an insufficient treatment and the like can be prevented. <P>SOLUTION: The blocking rate of a permeable membrane 2 is enhanced by feeding a blocking-rate enhancing agent to the primary side 3 of a module 1 via a supply path L1 of a liquid to be treated from a supply path L4 of the blocking-rate enhancing agent using a pump P2 and causing the blocking-rate enhancing agent to adhere to the permeable membrane 2. The concentrated liquid is taken out of a sampling path L7 and is introduced to a TOC measuring instrument 5 to measure the TOC concentration in the concentrated liquid. When the TOC concentration or the amount of the change of the TOC concentration in the concentrated liquid reaches a predetermined value, a controller 6 sends a signal to the pump P2 to control the amount of the blocking-rate enhancing agent being supplied either by decreasing it or by suspending the supply itself. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane such as a reverse osmosis membrane and a nanofiltration membrane, a permeable membrane treatment method using a permeable membrane with an improved rejection rate, and a permeable membrane device suitable for these methods. .

  Permeation membranes used for water treatment, especially nanofiltration membranes, reverse osmosis membranes and other selective permeation membranes with respect to separation targets such as inorganic electrolytes and water-soluble organic substances are oxidizing substances and reducing substances present in water The required quality of treated water cannot be obtained due to the deterioration of the raw material polymer due to the influence of the above and other causes. This change may occur little by little during long-term use, or it may happen suddenly due to an accident. In order to improve the blocking rate of such a permeable membrane with a reduced blocking rate and restore the performance, a blocking rate improving agent has been proposed.

  In general, an ultrapure water production system for producing high-purity pure water includes a reverse osmosis membrane treatment device and an electric regenerative deionization device or other ion-exchange device for advanced treatment of the permeated water of the reverse osmosis membrane treatment device. The device is built in. On the other hand, it has become possible to create a circuit having a line width of 65 nm or less due to recent progress in semiconductor circuit formation technology. Accordingly, the required water quality for ultrapure water is also increasing, and it is desired to develop a pure water production apparatus and a pure water production method that can reduce the load of post-treatment and realize pure water production at a higher level.

  In such an ultrapure water production system, it has been proposed to treat a reverse osmosis membrane with a blocking rate improver (for example, Patent Document 1). Although patent document 1 is unpublished, the blocking rate improving agent containing the polyalkylene glycol of the weight average molecular weight 2000-6000 or the ionic polymer which introduce | transduced the anionic functional group into it is shown.

Patent Document 2 discloses hydrolyzable tannic acid, styrene / maleamic acid copolymer, C _{5 to} C ₇ hydroxyalkyl as a blocking rate improver for improving the blocking rate of a polyamide membrane in a method for producing a water softening membrane. Methacrylate polymer, copolymer or terpolymer, coacervate prepared from a first polymer having a plurality of sulfonium or quaternary ammonium groups and a second polymer having a plurality of carboxylate groups, with any other substituents Branched polyamidoamines, vinyl acetate copolymers, copolymers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid or methacrylamide (optionally including other miscible monomers), styrene / maleamic acid copolymers, etc. are shown.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a blocking rate improver containing an ionic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more as a blocking rate improver for improving the blocking rate of a permeable membrane used for water treatment. Yes. Such ionic polymers include polyvinylamidine or derivatives thereof, cationic polymers such as cationic polymers having a heterocyclic ring, and anionic polymers such as polyacrylic acid or derivatives thereof, polystyrene sulfonic acid or derivatives thereof, and the like. The molecule is shown.

  In the conventional process of improving the rejection rate of the permeable membrane, the above-described rejection rate improving agent is supplied to the primary side of the module with the permeable membrane attached, thereby improving the rejection rate without removing the permeable membrane from the module. Alternatively, the rejection rate is improved while the treatment operation is continued by injecting the rejection rate improver into the feed water. Even when a plurality of modules are arranged in parallel or in stages, the rejection rate of the entire module can be improved by supplying the rejection rate improver evenly to the primary side of each module in the first stage. Yes.

  In such a permeable membrane rejection rate improving process, when the rejection rate of the permeable membrane is improved by supplying the rejection rate improving agent, the supply of the rejection rate improving agent is stopped and the process is stopped. It is difficult to determine the end point of. Although the rejection rate is calculated by the ratio of the salt content and other inhibition components contained in the treatment liquid and the liquid to be treated, it is difficult to obtain the rejection rate of the inhibition component in the treatment liquid by the above calculation during the inhibition rate improvement process. is there. For example, when the supply of the liquid to be treated is stopped and the improvement process is performed by supplying only the rejection rate improving agent, the supply of the liquid to be processed is stopped by stopping the supply of the rejection rate improving agent. It must be stopped and the blocking rate must be determined by the ratio of blocking components contained in the treatment liquid and the liquid to be treated.

  Even when the rejection rate improver is supplied without stopping the supply of the liquid to be treated, the amount of organic / inorganic components contained in the rejection rate improver, the amount of moisture, and the amount of moisture that permeates are taken into account. Therefore, it is difficult to determine whether the rejection rate has improved. It may be possible to add a labeling substance to the rejection rate improver and determine the rejection rate based on its removal rate, but there may be cases where the labeling substance cannot be added. To do so, the accuracy may be insufficient.

  5 (a) and 5 (b) are flow charts showing a conventional permeable membrane device in the case where a rejection rate improving agent is supplied into the water supply to perform the rejection rate improvement process. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a module, which is divided into a primary side (concentrate chamber) 3 and a secondary side (permeate chamber) 4 by a permeable membrane 2. A liquid supply path L1 having a pump P1 communicates with the primary side 3 of the module 1, a permeate extraction path L2 communicates with the outside from the secondary side 4, and a valve V1 is provided from the primary side 3. The concentrated liquid take-out path L3 communicates outside the system. A blocking rate improver supply path L4 having a pump P2 communicates with the liquid supply path L1.

  5 (a) and 5 (b), the liquid to be processed (raw water) is supplied from the liquid supply path L1 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 by the pump P1, and the solvent ( Permeable membrane treatment (water treatment) is performed by allowing water to permeate and taking out the permeate from the secondary side 4 through the permeate outlet L2. The concentrated liquid on the primary side 3 is discharged out of the system from the concentrated liquid extraction path L3. When performing the rejection improvement process of the permeable membrane 2, the rejection improvement agent is supplied from the rejection improvement agent supply path L4 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 through the liquid supply path L1 by the pump P2 to improve the rejection ratio. An agent is attached to the permeable membrane 2 to improve the blocking rate of the permeable membrane 2.

  In the conventional rejection rate improving process, in the case of FIG. 5A, the conductivity of the liquid to be processed and the permeated liquid are measured by providing conductivity meters E1 and E2 in the liquid supply path L1 and the permeate outlet path L2. Then, the rejection rate is calculated from the measured value. In the case of FIG. 5 (b), the valves V2 and V3 are opened from the sampling paths L5 and L6 branched from the liquid supply path L1 and the permeate extraction path L2, and samples of the liquid to be processed and the permeate are collected. The rejection rate is calculated from the analysis result. When the obtained rejection rate reaches a predetermined value, the supply of the rejection rate improving agent is stopped, and the rejection rate improvement process is completed.

However, in such a conventional method, the accuracy may be insufficient as described above, and it is not possible to quickly and accurately determine the improvement in the rejection rate. As described above, in the conventional method, it is not possible to quickly and accurately determine the rejection rate improvement without stopping the rejection rate improvement process, so that an excessive rejection rate improver is consumed or the processing is insufficient. In such a case, there is a problem that it is necessary to perform the rejection rate improvement process again.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-218471 Japanese Patent No. 2762358 JP 2006-110520 A

  It is an object of the present invention to efficiently perform a rejection rate improvement process by quickly and accurately determining the rejection rate improvement without stopping the rejection rate improvement process. By providing a method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane that can prevent the occurrence of insufficient processing, a permeable membrane treatment method using a permeable membrane with an improved rejection rate, and a permeable membrane device suitable for these methods is there.

The present invention provides the following method for improving the rejection of a permeable membrane, a permeable membrane treatment method, and a permeable membrane device.
(1) In a method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane by supplying a rejection rate improver to the primary side of the permeable membrane module,
Supplying a blocking rate improver mainly composed of organic substances to the primary side of the module,
Measure the amount of rejection improver removed from the primary side of the module,
A method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane, comprising controlling the supply amount of a rejection rate improver in accordance with the measured amount of the rejection rate improver or the amount of change thereof.
(2) The measurement of the amount of the rejection improving agent taken out from the primary side of the module is performed by mixing the amount of the rejection improving agent in the extraction liquid extracted from the primary side of the module, or the extraction liquid with other liquids. When supplying to the primary side of the module, the method according to the above (1), which is measurement of the amount of the rejection improving agent in the liquid after mixing.
(3) The method according to the above (1) or (2), wherein the measurement of the amount of the rejection improving agent is measurement of the amount of organic substances.
(4) The above-described (1) to (1), wherein the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent is decreased or the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent is stopped when the measured concentration of the rejection rate improving agent or the amount of change thereof reaches a predetermined value. The method according to any one of (3).
(5) The method according to any one of the above (1) to (4), wherein the permeable membrane module is an unused module or a chemical-cleaned module after use.
(6) The method according to any one of (1) to (5) above, wherein the rejection improving agent is an ionic or nonionic polymer.
(7) The method according to any one of (1) to (6) above, wherein the rejection rate improver comprises a compound having a polyalkylene glycol chain and / or a compound having a plurality of phenolic hydroxyl groups.
(8) The method according to any one of (1) to (7) above, wherein the rejection rate improver is a cationic polymer and / or an anionic polymer.
(9) The operating pressure at the time of supply of the blocking rate improver solution at the primary side inlet of the module to be treated is 0.3 MP or more, and the amount of permeated water / blocking rate improver solution supplied at the secondary side outlet is 0.2 or more. The method according to any one of (1) to (8) above.
(10) The liquid to be treated is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module, the permeate is taken out from the secondary side and subjected to the permeable membrane treatment. At the same time, a blocking rate improver is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module. The method according to any one of (1) to (9) above, wherein the blocking rate is improved by liquid.
(11) Permeation for passing the liquid to be treated to the primary side of the permeable membrane module whose blocking rate is improved by the method described in any one of (1) to (10) above, and taking out the permeate from the secondary side. Membrane processing method.
(12) a permeable membrane module for passing the liquid to be treated on the primary side and taking out the permeate from the secondary side;
A liquid passing device for passing a blocking rate improver mainly composed of an organic substance to the primary side of the module to improve the blocking rate of the module to be treated;
A measuring device for measuring the amount of blocking rate improver removed from the primary side of the module;
And a control device that controls the supply amount of the blocking rate improver according to the amount of the blocking rate improver measured by the measuring device or the amount of change thereof.
(13) A pure water production apparatus including the permeable membrane device according to (12).

  In the present invention, the permeation membrane to be subjected to the rejection improvement process is a permeation membrane that allows the liquid to be treated to pass through the primary side and permeate it, and removes the permeate from the secondary side to perform membrane separation. Selective permeable membranes that separate inorganic electrolytes such as osmotic membranes and nanofiltration membranes and water-soluble organic substances from water are suitable as targets. Such a permeable membrane is attached to a support material and mounted as a module in a membrane separation apparatus, and is used for membrane separation. The rejection rate improving process in the present invention is applied to a module in a state equipped in such a membrane separation apparatus. Against. The permeation membrane to be subjected to such a rejection improvement process may be an unused permeation membrane or a permeation membrane whose performance has been degraded by use.

  In any case, the module that has been subjected to chemical cleaning can be the target of the rejection improvement process, but in the case of a permeable membrane whose performance has deteriorated due to use, those that have been subjected to chemical cleaning are preferred. The purpose of the chemical cleaning is to make it easy for the blocking rate improver to be adsorbed on the membrane itself by removing contaminants on the membrane surface. Cleaning chemicals include acids (hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, etc.), alkalis (potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, etc.), surfactants (sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfate, etc.), oxidizing / reducing agents ( Hydrogen peroxide, percarbonate, peracetic acid, sodium bisulfite, etc.) are used, and cleaning is generally performed by passing an aqueous solution of these chemicals through a module or immersing a permeable membrane in the chemicals.

  The rejection improving agent in the present invention is a rejection improving agent having an organic substance as a main component, and is not particularly limited as long as the rejection of the soluble substance of the permeable membrane is improved by the rejection improving process. It can be used. Such a blocking rate improver is preferably an ionic or nonionic polymer. In the case of an ionic polymer, a cationic polymer, an anionic polymer, an amphoteric polymer, etc. can be used alone, but when a cationic polymer and an anionic polymer are supplied stepwise, preferably alternately, This is preferable because the effect of improving the rejection is increased.

  Preferred blocking rate improvers include compounds having a polyalkylene glycol chain and compounds having a plurality of phenolic hydroxyl groups. As these, known ones can be used, and those described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 as well as those having other ability to improve the rejection rate can be used. Particularly preferred blocking rate improvers include water-soluble polymers such as polyvinyl methyl ether, polyvinyl alcohol and polyethyleneimine, polyphenols such as tannic acid, ionic polymers described in Patent Document 2 (polyamidine, polystyrene sulfonic acid), patents Examples thereof include compounds having a polyethylene glycol chain having a weight average molecular weight of 2000 to 6000 described in Reference 3. Examples of the compound having a polyalkylene glycol chain include polyethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol derivatives.

  These blocking rate improvers are selected according to the material, form, etc. of the permeable membrane to be treated, and are used after being dissolved in a solvent such as pure water or treated water. The concentration of the blocking rate improver varies depending on the permeable membrane, module type, etc., but is generally adjusted to a concentration of about 0.01 to 1000 mg / L, preferably 0.1 to 100 mg / L. It is used for the improvement process. A plurality of blocking rate improvers can be used in combination, and in this case, they may be mixed and passed, or may be passed separately while shifting the time.

  In the rejection rate improving process in the present invention, the rejection rate improving agent is supplied to the processing target module to improve the rejection rate. In this case, the blocking rate improver is supplied to the primary side of the module to which the permeable membrane is attached, and the blocking rate improving agent is attached to the permeable membrane, thereby improving the blocking rate of the permeable membrane. When using a blocking rate improver with high adsorptivity to the permeable membrane, the blocking rate improving agent can be supplied to the module and kept in contact with the permeable membrane, or can be adsorbed by flowing at a low pressure, In general, it is preferable to attach the rejection improving agent to the inside of the permeable membrane by supplying the rejection improving agent at a high pressure to permeate the permeable membrane and take out the permeate from the secondary side.

  In this case, the operation pressure at the time of supplying the rejection ratio improving agent solution at the primary inlet of the processing target module differs depending on the pressure at the time of normal use (RO processing) of the processing target module. In the case of 75 MPa, the operating pressure when supplying the blocking ratio improver solution at the primary side inlet can be 0.3 MPa or more, preferably 0.3 to 1 MPa, and the pressure during normal use of the processing target module Is approximately 1.5 MPa, the operating pressure at the time of supplying the blocking ratio improver solution at the primary side inlet is 0.6 MPa or more, preferably 0.6 to 2 MPa. Can do. The supply amount of the permeated water amount / rejection rate improver solution at the secondary outlet can be set to 0.2 to 0.8.

  The rejection improvement process can be performed by supplying a rejection improvement agent without removing the permeable membrane from the module. The rejection improvement process may be performed batchwise with the permeable membrane treatment (water treatment) stopped, and the permeable membrane treatment operation is performed by injecting a rejection improvement agent into the feed water during the permeable membrane treatment. The rejection rate improving process may be performed while continuing. The rejection rate improver supplied to the primary side of the module is partially removed from the primary side with the remaining components remaining on the permeable membrane. It can be mixed with an improver and supplied to the primary side. When the permeate is obtained from the secondary side, the permeate can also circulate.

  The module to be the rejection rate improvement processing target is not limited to a single module, and a plurality of modules or a plurality of module groups including a plurality of modules can be set as processing target modules. When the permeable membrane device is composed of a plurality of modules, select a single module or a plurality of modules as the rejection improvement processing target during the permeable membrane processing, stop the permeable membrane processing of the selected target module, Alternatively, the rejection rate improvement process can be performed without stopping.

  When a plurality of modules are arranged in stages, the rejection rate improving agent can be supplied by supplying a rejection rate improving agent to the primary side of each module, but the rejection rate is improved on the primary side of the preceding module. By supplying the improver and supplying the concentrated liquid taken out from the primary side of the previous module to the primary side of the subsequent module and performing the rejection rate improvement process step by step, the residual pressure is effectively used to prevent it. It is preferable because a rate improvement process can be performed. When the concentrated liquid taken out from the primary side of the preceding module is supplied to the primary side of the succeeding module and the rejection improvement process is performed step by step, if liquid permeation occurs in the preceding module, 1 of the preceding module Since the concentration of the rejection improving agent in the concentrate supplied from the next side and supplied to the subsequent module is increased, the concentration of the rejection improving agent in the concentrated solution supplied to the subsequent module is maintained at an appropriate value. It is preferable to reduce the injection amount or concentration of the blocking rate improver supplied to the previous module.

  Although it is difficult to calculate the degree of improvement in the rejection of the permeable membrane from the conductivity and other components of the liquid to be processed and the processing liquid as in the prior art, in the present invention, the rejection rate improver taken out from the primary side of the module And the supply amount of the blocking rate improver is controlled according to the measured amount of the blocking rate improving agent or the amount of change thereof. The amount of the rejection improving agent taken out from the primary side of the module is equal to the amount of the rejection improving agent in the extraction liquid taken out from the primary side of the module or the primary of the module by mixing the extraction liquid with other liquids. When supplying to the side, it can obtain by measuring the quantity of the blocking rate improvement agent in the liquid after mixing.

  The extracted liquid taken out from the primary side of the module is a concentrated liquid when liquid permeation occurs through the permeable membrane, but becomes a residual blocking ratio improver when no liquid permeation occurs. The amount of the rejection improving agent in the extracted liquid or mixed liquid is measured as the amount of organic substance, and it is preferably measured as the organic substance concentration in the normal liquid, but may be other values. Although the amount of the blocking rate improver in the extracted liquid decreases due to the blocking rate improving agent adhering to the permeable membrane, the amount of the blocking rate improving agent increases due to the concentration of the liquid through the permeable membrane. For this reason, by continuing the measurement of the amount of the blocking rate improver in the extracted liquid, the degree of improvement of the blocking rate of the permeable membrane can be correlated with the amount of the blocking rate improving agent or the amount of change thereof.

  In the present invention, the supply rate of the rejection rate improver is controlled in accordance with the measured amount of the rejection rate improver or the amount of change thereof. As a control method thereof, the amount of the rejection rate improver, preferably the concentration, When the amount of change reaches a predetermined value, the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent can be decreased or the supply of the rejection rate improving agent can be stopped. If the total organic carbon concentration in the liquid is measured with an TOC meter or the like as the amount of the blocking rate improver, for example, the blocking rate can be measured accurately in a short time and the blocking rate can be judged to have improved. Detection of the amount of the improving agent or the amount of change thereof, and control based thereon can be performed easily and quickly. When a plurality of modules are arranged in stages, the concentration at each stage may be measured, but the control can be performed by measuring the density at the final stage. Concentration changes in the previous or intermediate module when multiple modules are arranged in stages, predict the concentration rate of each stage, or experimentally verify the concentration change, Is preferably controlled by a program so that the value is maintained within a certain concentration range.

  The permeable membrane treatment method of the present invention is a method in which the liquid to be treated is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module whose rejection rate is improved by the above-described rejection rate improvement treatment, and the permeate is taken out from the secondary side. By improving the blocking rate of the module, high quality treated water can be obtained. If the rejection rate improving process for a part or all of the modules is performed during such a permeable membrane treatment, the permeable membrane rejection rate can be improved without interrupting the permeable membrane treatment.

  The permeable membrane device of the present invention comprises a permeable membrane module for passing a liquid to be treated on the primary side and taking out the permeable solution from the secondary side, and a blocking rate improver mainly composed of an organic substance on the primary side of the module. A liquid passing device that improves the rejection rate of the module to be processed by passing liquid, a measuring device that measures the amount of the rejection rate improving agent taken out from the primary side of the module, and a rejection rate improving agent that is measured by the measuring device And a control device that controls the supply amount of the rejection rate improving agent in accordance with the amount of change or the change amount thereof.

  In the above permeable membrane device, the module may be a single module, or may be composed of a plurality of modules in parallel or stepwise. As the measuring apparatus, an apparatus for measuring the amount of organic substances, particularly an apparatus for measuring the total organic substance concentration in the liquid is preferable, and a generally used TOC meter or the like can be used. The control device is configured to decrease the supply rate of the rejection rate improver or stop supplying the rejection rate improver when the measured concentration of the rejection rate improver or the amount of change thereof reaches a predetermined value. be able to.

  In the above permeable membrane device, the liquid to be treated is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module, and the permeable membrane is processed by taking out the permeate from the secondary side. In order to improve the rejection rate of the permeable membrane module, a rejection rate improver mainly composed of organic substances is supplied to the primary side of the module by the liquid passing device, and the rejection rate is improved by being taken out from the primary side of the module by the measuring device. The amount of the agent is measured, and the blocking rate of the permeable membrane is improved by controlling the supply rate of the blocking rate improving agent according to the amount of the blocking rate improving agent measured by the control device or the change amount thereof.

  A pure water production apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus that includes the above-described permeable membrane device and is configured to produce pure water by permeable membrane treatment. In addition to the above permeable membrane device, a pretreatment device and a post-treatment device are provided. Other accompanying devices can be added.

  According to the present invention, in the method for improving the rejection rate of the permeable membrane by supplying the rejection rate improver to the primary side of the permeable membrane module, the rejection rate improver mainly comprising an organic substance is provided on the primary side of the module. The amount of the blocking rate improver that is supplied and taken out from the primary side of the module is measured, and the supply rate of the blocking rate improving agent is controlled in accordance with the measured amount of blocking rate improving agent or its variation. Therefore, without stopping the rejection rate improvement process, it is possible to quickly and accurately determine the improvement of the rejection rate and efficiently perform the rejection rate improvement process, which results in excessive consumption of the rejection rate improver and insufficient processing. Can be prevented.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 (a) and 4 (b) are flow charts showing a permeable membrane device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 5 denote the same or corresponding parts.

  The basic configuration of the permeable membrane device of FIG. 1 is the same as that of the permeable membrane device of FIG. 5, and the module 1 is divided into a primary side (concentrate chamber) 3 and a secondary side (permeate chamber) by the permeable membrane 2. ) It is divided into four. A liquid supply path L1 having a pump P1 communicates with the primary side 3 of the module 1, a permeate extraction path L2 communicates with the outside from the secondary side 4, and a valve V1 is provided from the primary side 3. The concentrated liquid take-out path L3 communicates outside the system. A blocking rate improver supply path L4 having a pump P2 communicates with the liquid supply path L1.

  In FIG. 1, the liquid to be treated (raw water) is supplied from the liquid supply path L1 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 by the pump P1, and the solvent (water) is permeated to the secondary side 4 through the permeable membrane 2. A permeate treatment (water treatment) is performed by taking out the permeate from the side 4 through the permeate take-out path L2. The concentrated liquid on the primary side 3 is discharged out of the system from the concentrated liquid extraction path L3. When performing the rejection improvement process of the permeable membrane 2, the rejection improvement agent is supplied from the rejection improvement agent supply path L4 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 through the liquid supply path L1 by the pump P2 to improve the rejection ratio. An agent is attached to the permeable membrane 2 to improve the blocking rate of the permeable membrane 2.

  In FIG. 1, instead of the conductivity meters E1 and E2 in FIG. 5 (a) and the sampling paths L5 and L6 in FIG. 5 (b), a sampling path L7 having V4 is branched from the concentrated liquid extraction path L3, and the TOC. A total of 5 is communicated, and the TOC (total organic carbon) concentration in the concentrate is measured and input to the control device 6. The control device 6 is configured to send a signal to the pump P2 in accordance with the TOC concentration measured by the TOC meter 5 or a change amount thereof, and to control the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent.

  In the process of supplying the rejection rate improving agent and performing the rejection rate improving process, the concentrated solution is taken out from the sampling path L7 and introduced into the TOC meter 5, and the TOC concentration in the concentrated solution is measured and input to the control device 6. The control device 6 monitors the measured value of the TOC concentration input from the TOC meter 5 and sends a signal to the pump P2 when the concentration or the amount of change thereof reaches a predetermined value, thereby controlling the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent. Control to reduce or stop the supply of the blocking rate improver.

  The TOC concentration measured by the TOC meter 5 becomes low at the time when the supply of the rejection improving agent is started, rapidly increases as the rejection improving agent adheres to the permeable membrane, approaches a certain value, and thereafter It rises moderately. For this reason, it is determined that the rejection rate has improved when the TOC concentration or the amount of change reaches a predetermined value, and the supply rate of the rejection rate improver is decreased, or the supply of the rejection rate improver is stopped to improve the rejection rate. Processing can be terminated.

Specifically, the TOC concentration of the rejection rate improver to be supplied to the RO membrane as a permeable membrane is C _TOC f, the rejection rate improver TOC concentration of concentrated water is C _TOC b, and the concentration time rejection rate improver concentration unit time When the hit change is represented by ΔC _TOC b and the RO membrane recovery rate is represented by R, it can be determined that the rejection rate improvement processing has been completed if the following equation is satisfied.
ΔC _TOC b ÷ C _TOC b ≦ 0.001 to 0.1 (preferably 0.005 to 0.02)
C _TOC b = C _TOC fx × (1 / 1-R)
The unit time for calculating ΔC _TOC b is usually 0.5 h, and can be changed in the range of 0.2 to 2.0 h depending on the amount of water passing through the blocking rate improving process. This range is not limited, and may be selected after confirming an appropriate time by a preliminary test or the like according to the specification of the film, the kind of the blocking rate improver, and the like.

  The permeable membrane device of FIG. 2 shows an example in which a plurality of modules are arranged in stages. The modules 1a, 1b, and 1c are formed on the primary side 3a, 3b, and 3c by the permeable membranes 2a, 2b, and 2c, and the secondary side 4a. 4b and 4c. A liquid supply path L1 having a pump P1 communicates with the primary side 3a of the module 1a, a permeate extraction path L2 communicates with the outside from the secondary side 4a, and a concentrated liquid extraction path from the primary side 3a. L8 communicates with the primary side 3b of the module 1b. From the primary side 3b of the module 1b, the concentrate extraction path L9 communicates with the primary side 3c of the module 1c, and from the secondary side 4b, the permeate extraction path L10 communicates with the permeate extraction path L2. A concentrated liquid extraction path L3 having a valve V1 communicates with the outside from the primary side 3c of the module 1c, and a permeate liquid extraction path L11 communicates with the permeate liquid extraction path L2 from the secondary side 4c. A blocking rate improver supply path L4 having a pump 13 communicates with the liquid supply path L1. The TOC meter 5 and the control device 6 are configured in the same manner as in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the liquid to be processed (raw water) is supplied from the liquid supply path L1 to the primary side 3a of the module 1a by the pump P1, and the solute (water) is permeated to the secondary side 4a through the permeable membrane 2a. The permeate is taken out from the side 4 through the permeate take-out path L2, and the concentrated solution is sent from the primary side 3a to the primary side 3b of the module 1b and permeated in the same manner. Further, the concentrated solution is sent from the primary side 3b of the module 1b to the module The permeation membrane treatment (water treatment) is performed by sending to the primary side 3c of 1c and permeating similarly. The concentrated liquid on the primary side 3c of the module 1c is discharged out of the system from the concentrated liquid extraction path L3.

  When performing the rejection improvement process of the permeable membrane 2, the rejection improvement agent is supplied from the rejection improvement agent supply path L4 to the primary side 3a of the module 1a through the liquid supply path L1 by the pump P2, and the concentrated liquid. Are sequentially supplied to the primary sides 3b and 3c of the modules 1b and 1c, and a blocking rate improver is attached to the permeable membranes 2a, 2b and 2c to improve the blocking rate of the permeable membranes 2a, 2b and 2c.

  In the process of supplying the rejection rate improving agent and performing the rejection rate improving process, the concentrated solution is taken out from the sampling path L7 and introduced into the TOC meter 5, and the TOC concentration in the concentrated solution is measured and input to the control device 6. The control device 6 monitors the measured value of the TOC concentration input from the TOC meter 5 and sends a signal to the pump P2 when the concentration or the amount of change thereof reaches a predetermined value, thereby controlling the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent. Control to reduce or stop the supply of the blocking rate improver. The TOC concentration in the concentrated liquid is measured with the TOC meter 5 for the concentrated liquid taken out from the sampling path L7. Further, the sampling paths L12, L13, and L14 having valves V5, V6, and V7 are used. You may contact the TOC meter 5 and measure the TOC concentrations of C1, C2, C3, and C4.

  As for the concentration change in the previous stage or intermediate module when multiple modules are arranged in stages as described above, predict the concentration rate of each stage, or experimentally confirm the concentration change, The program can be controlled in a program so that the stage concentrate is maintained within a certain concentration range. In the actual apparatus, a method of feedback-controlling the injection pump of the rejection rate improving agent based on the measurement result of the C1-C4 concentration, a method of controlling the supply amount in advance, a method of manually controlling, and the like can be adopted.

  The permeable membrane device of FIG. 3 shows an example in which a module group in which a plurality of modules are arranged in parallel is arranged in stages. That is, a module group in which modules 1a1, 1a2, 1a3... 1n are arranged in parallel, a module group in which modules 1b1, 1b2, 1b3... 1bn are arranged in parallel, and modules 1c1, 1c2, 1c3,. The module group in which 1cn is arranged in parallel is arranged in stages, the liquid supply path L1 to be processed branches and communicates with the primary side of the modules 1a1, 1a2, 1a3. From the primary side of the modules 1a1, 1a2, 1a3,... 1n, the concentrate extraction passage sequentially communicates with the modules 1b1, 1b2, 1b3... 1bn and the primary side of the modules 1c1, 1c2, 1c3. The permeate extraction path L2 communicates with the secondary side of each module. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

  In the permeable membrane apparatus of FIG. 3, the supply of the liquid to be treated and the rejection rate improving agent is diverted to the primary side of the modules 1a1, 1a2, 1a3... 1n, and the concentrated liquid is the modules 1a1, 1a2, 1a3. 1bn and modules 1c1, 1c2, 1c3... 1cn are sequentially sent from the primary side to the primary side of the modules 1b1, 1b2, 1b3. It is the same. In FIG. 3, the measurement by the TOC meter 5 is performed at the time when all the concentrated solution take-out paths merge, but the concentrated solution can be taken out from a plurality of locations and measured by the TOC meter.

  4A and 4B show an example in which a single module is selected and the rejection rate improvement process is performed in a batch manner. 4 (a) and 4 (b), 7 is a circulating fluid tank, 8 is a blocking rate improver tank, and the circulating fluid supply path L15 having the pump P1 from the circulating fluid tank 7 is connected to the primary side 3 of the module 1. The permeate extraction path L2 from the secondary side 4 and the concentrate extraction path L3 from the primary side 3 communicate with the circulating liquid tank 7. The rejection rate improver supply path L4 having the pump P2 from the rejection rate improver tank 8 communicates with the circulating fluid supply path L15 in FIG. 4 (a), and communicates with the circulating fluid tank 7 in FIG. 4 (b). . Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

  4 (a) and 4 (b), the permeable membrane process is performed in the same manner as in FIGS. 1 to 3, and the rejection rate improving process is separated from the permeable membrane process and performed in the apparatus of FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). . In this case, in the process of supplying the circulating liquid from the circulating liquid tank 7 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 through the circulating liquid supply path L15 by the pump P1, the blocking rate improving agent is shown in FIG. A blocking rate improver is supplied from the tank 8 to the circulating fluid supply channel L15 through the blocking rate improver supply channel L4 by the pump P2, and a blocking rate improving process is performed.

  In FIG. 4B, prior to this, the liquid is supplied to the circulating liquid tank 7 and mixed in the circulating liquid, and then the circulating liquid is supplied from the circulating liquid tank 7 to the primary side 3 of the module 1 through the circulating liquid supply path L15 by the pump P1. Supply and perform a rejection improvement process. 4 (a) and 4 (b), both the permeated liquid and the concentrated liquid circulate in the circulating liquid tank 7, so that the rejection rate improver concentration in the circulating liquid is not reduced due to adhesion to the permeable membrane 2. The rejection rate improver concentration taken out from the concentrate extraction path L3 without being influenced by the above indicates the degree of improvement in the rejection rate relatively accurately. Other operations are the same as those in FIG.

  In FIG. 4A, an example of monitoring the concentrated water TOC concentration by the batch processing method in the single module RO system is shown below. For the new 4-inch Nitto Denko Corporation ultra-low pressure reverse osmosis membrane module ES-20 as a module, polyethylene glycol (PEG 4000) having a weight average molecular weight of 4000 was used as a blocking rate improver, and the blocking rate improvement treatment was performed. The result of having monitored the PEG4000 density | concentration in concentrated water is shown.

  When a PEG 4000 aqueous solution (0.55 mg / L) adjusted to a TOC concentration of 0.3 mg / L is passed without adjusting the permeate and concentrated water flow rates (normal conditions, recovery rate 75%, water supply pressure 0. 75 MPa, flow rate 5.3 L / min) and the TOC concentration of the concentrated water when the flow rate of the concentrated water is decreased (recovery rate 89%). The TOC was measured with an online TOC meter SIEVE900 (manufactured by Seabass). The recovery rate is the weight percent of the permeated liquid amount relative to the amount of liquid supplied to the module. The above results are shown in the graph of FIG. In FIG. 6, ◇ indicates a plot with a recovery rate of 75%, and ● indicates a plot with a recovery rate of 89%.

  As shown in the graph of FIG. 6, the concentrated water TOC concentration increased more rapidly in the treatment (recovery rate 89%: ●) in which the amount of concentrated water was reduced than in the normal treatment (recovery rate 75%: ◇). Moreover, after confirming that the concentrated water TOC concentration reached 1.2 mg / L, the treatment was completed. Both RO membrane modules treated under conditions of 75% and 89% recovery had an isopropanol rejection of 90% before treatment, while the rejection after treatment improved to 95%. As a result, it was confirmed that the performance was almost the same in both conditions, and it was shown that the completion of the rejection rate improvement process can be judged by the concentrated water TOC concentration.

  In FIG. 1, an example of monitoring the concentrated water TOC concentration by a continuous processing method in a single module RO system is shown below. For the 8-inch ultra-low pressure reverse osmosis membrane module ES-20 manufactured by Nitto Denko Co., Ltd., which has a history of use as a module, a cationic polymer: polyvinylamidine (molecular weight: 3.5 million) was used as a blocking rate improver after washing treatment. After the rejection rate improvement treatment, the anionic polymer: polystyrene polystyrene sulfonate (molecular weight: 500,000) was used to monitor the rejection rate improver concentration in the concentrated water when the rejection rate improvement treatment was performed. . The rejection improving agent concentration was measured by TOC. An TOC meter SIEVEAS 500 (manufactured by Seabass) was used for the measurement of TOC.

  The procedure for chemical cleaning is as follows. After immersing in 2% by weight citric acid for 15 hours, pure water was flushed by passing water at 40 L / min for 1 hour (recovery rate 75%). Next, it was immersed in an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution adjusted to pH 12 for 15 hours, and then flushed by passing pure water through it for 1 hour at 40 L / min (recovery rate 75%).

  In the rejection improvement process, first, a polyvinylamidine aqueous solution adjusted to a TOC concentration of 0.5 mg / L was passed at a recovery rate of 50% (water supply pressure 0.75 MPa, flow rate 40 L / min), and the TOC concentration of concentrated water was measured. . The measurement results are shown in the graph of FIG. Prior to the addition of the blocking rate improver, the water supply contained 0.5 mg / L TOC. After confirming that the concentrated water TOC concentration reached 1.5 mg / L, the previous treatment was completed.

  Subsequently, a polystyrene sulfonate aqueous solution adjusted to a TOC concentration of 1.0 mg / L was passed at a recovery rate of 50% (water supply pressure of 0.75 MPa, flow rate of 40 L / min), and the TOC concentration of concentrated water was measured. The results are shown in the graph of FIG. After confirming that the concentrated water TOC concentration reached 2.5 mg / L, the subsequent treatment was completed. The desalting rate calculated from the electrical conductivity before the treatment in the former stage was 92%, but improved to 97% after the treatment in the latter stage. In the subsequent water passage treatment of the aqueous sodium polystyrenesulfonate solution, when the concentration of the concentrated water TOC was 1.0 mg / L (2 hours elapsed) and the desalting rate was measured, the ultimate desalting rate was 95. It remained at%.

  In FIG. 2, the example which monitored the concentrated water TOC density | concentration by the continuous processing system in a serial module type RO system is shown below. About the new 4-inch Nitto Denko Corporation ultra-low pressure reverse osmosis membrane module ES20, the tannic acid was used as the rejection rate improver, and when the rejection rate improvement treatment was performed, the concentration of the rejection rate improver in the concentrated water The monitoring result is shown. The rejection improving agent concentration was measured by TOC. An TOC meter SIEVEAS 500 (manufactured by Seabass) was used for the measurement of TOC. In FIG. 2, L12, L13, and L14 are provided in addition to the sampling path L7 and communicated to the TOC meter 5 to measure the TOC concentrations of C1, C2, C3, and C4.

  The graph of FIG. 8 shows the measurement results of the TOC concentration of water supply and each RO membrane module concentrated water in C1, C2, C3, and C4. In this way, when the rejection rate improving process is performed by the apparatus connected to the multi-stage RO membrane module, the rejection rate improving agent in the RO membrane water supply in the latter stage (second and third stages) is concentrated. If a blocking rate improver with an appropriate concentration or higher is supplied to the RO membrane, problems such as a decrease in the amount of water collected due to clogging occur, so the program should be implemented so that the concentrated solution at each stage is maintained within a certain concentration range. In combination, the concentration of the blocking rate improver in the feed water was controlled.

  That is, at the same time as the concentration of C2 began to increase, the supply rate of the rejection rate improving agent was reduced so that the water supply TOC concentration (C2) of the second-stage RO membrane did not exceed 50 mg / L. Then, after the C2 concentration was stabilized, the rejection rate improver concentration was kept constant, and then the supply rate of the rejection rate improver was again made so that the water supply TOC concentration (C3) of the second stage RO membrane did not exceed 50 mg / L. Reduced. By controlling in this way, it was possible to prevent the high-concentration rejection rate improver from being supplied to the subsequent RO membrane module. In this state, when the final stage TOC concentration C4 reached the upper limit of 50 mg / L and the amount of change approached zero, the supply of the blocking rate improver was stopped, and the blocking rate improving process was terminated.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane such as a reverse osmosis membrane or a nanofiltration membrane, a permeable membrane treatment method using a permeable membrane with an improved rejection rate, and a permeable membrane device suitable for these. is there.

It is a flowchart which shows the permeable membrane apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the permeable membrane apparatus by another embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the permeable membrane apparatus by another embodiment of this invention. (A), (b) is a flowchart which shows the permeable membrane apparatus by another embodiment of this invention, respectively. (A), (b) is a flowchart which respectively shows the conventional permeable membrane apparatus. 3 is a graph showing the results of Example 1. (A), (b) is a graph which shows the result of Example 2, respectively. 10 is a graph showing the results of Example 3.

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1, 1a, 1b, 1c Module 2, 2a, 2b, 2c Permeation membrane 3, 3a, 3b, 3c Primary side 4, 4a, 4b, 4c Secondary side 5 TOC meter 6 Controller 7 Circulating fluid tank 8 Rejection rate Improving agent tank L1 Processed liquid supply path L2 Permeated liquid extraction path L3 Concentrated liquid extraction path L4 Rejection rate improving agent supply path P1, P2 Pumps V1a, V1b,.

Claims (13)

In the method of improving the rejection rate of the permeable membrane by supplying a rejection rate improver to the primary side of the permeable membrane module,
Supplying a blocking rate improver mainly composed of organic substances to the primary side of the module,
Measure the amount of rejection improver removed from the primary side of the module,
A method for improving the rejection rate of a permeable membrane, comprising controlling the supply amount of a rejection rate improver in accordance with the measured amount of the rejection rate improver or the amount of change thereof.   The measurement of the amount of the rejection improving agent taken out from the primary side of the module is performed by mixing the amount of the rejection improving agent in the extraction liquid extracted from the primary side of the module or the extraction liquid with other liquids. The method according to claim 1, wherein when supplying to the primary side, it is a measurement of the amount of the blocking rate improver in the liquid after mixing.   The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the measurement of the blocking rate improver is a measurement of the amount of organic substances.   4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the measured concentration of the rejection rate improver or the amount of change thereof reaches a predetermined value, the supply rate of the rejection rate improver is decreased or the supply of the rejection rate improver is stopped. The method described in 1.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the permeable membrane module is an unused module or a chemical-cleaned module after use.   6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the rejection rate improver is an ionic or nonionic polymer.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rejection rate improver comprises a compound having a polyalkylene glycol chain and / or a compound having a plurality of phenolic hydroxyl groups.   The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the rejection rate improver is a cationic polymer and / or an anionic polymer.   The operation pressure at the time of supplying the rejection improving agent solution at the primary inlet of the module to be treated is 0.3 MP or more, and the supply amount of the permeated water / rejection improving agent solution at the secondary outlet is 0.2 or more. The method according to any one of 1 to 8.   The liquid to be treated is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module, and the permeate is taken out from the secondary side to perform the permeable membrane treatment. At the same time, a blocking rate improver is passed through the primary side of the permeable membrane module. The method according to claim 1, wherein the rejection rate is improved.   A permeable membrane treatment method in which a liquid to be treated is passed through a primary side of a permeable membrane module whose blocking rate is improved by the method according to claim 1 and a permeate is taken out from a secondary side. A permeable membrane module for passing the liquid to be treated to the primary side and taking out the permeate from the secondary side;
A liquid passing device for passing a blocking rate improver mainly composed of an organic substance to the primary side of the module to improve the blocking rate of the module to be treated;
A measuring device for measuring the amount of blocking rate improver removed from the primary side of the module;
And a control device that controls the supply amount of the blocking rate improver according to the amount of the blocking rate improver measured by the measuring device or the amount of change thereof.   The pure water manufacturing apparatus provided with the permeable membrane apparatus of Claim 12.

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