JPH072203B2 - Molded filter media manufacturing method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cartridge type filtering material used for adsorbing and removing components dissolved in water or the like when purifying water or an aqueous solution.
In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing a molded filter material having two functions of filtration and adsorption.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as the amount of water used increases, the problem of deterioration of water quality has been taken up.
BACKGROUND ART Water is filtered using a water purifier or the like, and a small amount of impurities are adsorbed and removed. Further, also in industrial applications, high-purity washing water is often required. The adsorbent in water purifiers used for such water purification is a cartridge type in which a granular adsorbent such as activated carbon or zeolite is filled in a container such as a cylindrical case or bag for convenient handling. It was common to use as.

However, in such a filling cartridge type adsorption unit, the filling density of the adsorbent tends to be non-uniform,
In addition to the fact that channeling often occurs during filtration and the adsorption capacity is not fully exerted, an accident occurs in which purified water is contaminated by fine powder flowing out due to the collapse of the adsorbent during use. Therefore, in order to eliminate such a defect, an adsorption unit in which a nonwoven fabric made of fibrous activated carbon is wound around a porous hollow cylinder has been proposed, but the voids and adsorption force are uniform and have little variation. Although it has advantages, it has the drawbacks of being bulky, having a small adsorption capacity per volume, and being expensive to manufacture.

Further, the adsorbent particles and the heat-fusible fiber are mixed and hot-pressed to form a cylindrical porous adsorbent, the inner and outer surfaces of which are covered with an adsorbent fiber layer and a filter cloth. Have been proposed (Shokaisho 60-91216). However, such a porous adsorbent not only has a complicated structure, but it is not easy to control the porosity, and since it uses a special material, it has a drawback that the manufacturing cost is high.

[0005]

Under the above circumstances, the present invention is capable of simultaneously performing filtration and adsorption / removal of impurities, has a large breaking strength, has uniform voids, and has a low filtration resistance, and also has an adsorption capacity. The object of the present invention is to provide a molded filter medium having a large size at a low manufacturing cost.

[0006]

A molded filter material capable of achieving the above object of the present invention is a powdery adsorbent 10
0 parts by weight, 5 to 20 parts by weight of an emulsion type synthetic resin binder capable of forming a film at room temperature, 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a water-soluble polymer binder, and a mixture thereof have self-shape retention. A plastic composition containing a sufficient amount of water to form a composition is prepared, and the plastic composition is pressure-filled in a mold having a plurality of members, and at least one member of the mold is removed. It can be manufactured by evaporating water until the molded body has a shape-retaining strength and then heat-treating the molded body at 110 to 160 ° C.

Examples of the powdery adsorbent used in the present invention include activated carbon, zeolite, silica gel, barley stone, ion exchange resin, activated clay and diatomaceous earth.
It is possible to select and use an appropriate one or more kinds. The particle size of the powdery adsorbent is, for example, 0.05 to 1.
It may be in the range of 5 mm or the like, and an appropriate particle size distribution can be selected and used in order to give the molded body a desired porosity.

As the synthetic resin binder used in the present invention, an emulsion type synthetic resin capable of forming a film at room temperature is used, which is an aqueous emulsion type and forms a strong continuous film when dried. Is preferably used. As such a synthetic resin, for example, a thermoplastic synthetic resin obtained by polymerizing an acrylic-based, vinyl-based, butadiene-based, styrene-based, or olefin-based monomer can be used, and among them, an acrylic-based synthetic resin is preferably used. It is appropriate to use 5 to 20 parts by weight of the emulsion type synthetic resin binder with respect to 100 parts by weight of the powdery adsorbent. When it is less than this range, the fracture strength of the molded article becomes small and it is not practical, and even when it is used beyond this range, the fracture strength is not improved so much and the adsorbing ability of the adsorbent may be impaired. It is not desirable because it also increases the cost.

Further, as the water-soluble polymer binder used in the present invention, for example, cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose and methyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid salts and the like can be used, and among them, preferred are used. Is a cellulosic derivative. The water-soluble polymer binder is preferably used in an amount of 0.5 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the powdery adsorbent. When the amount is less than this range, the molded body becomes brittle and easily broken. Even if it is used beyond the range, the improvement in toughness not only reaches the ceiling but also the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent may be impaired, so it is desirable to use a little within the above range.

The adsorbents as described above are dissolved in water and mixed with a diluted binder to give a wet plastic composition, the amount of water being used here being such that the composition obtained is aggregated in bulk. It can be selected within the range where it has self-shape retention property and does not cause fluidity. Although the amount of water used depends on the particle size distribution of the powdery adsorbent, it is usually appropriate to use about 70 to 150 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery adsorbent. If the amount of water used is too small, compaction tends to be insufficient, and a molded product having uniform voids cannot be obtained.
On the other hand, if the amount is too large, the voids of the molded body tend to be uniform and large, but there is the disadvantage that it takes too long to dry.

In the present invention, the binder and adsorbent dissolved or dispersed in water are mixed to form a wet plastic composition, but any device may be used as long as it can be uniformly mixed, and the mixing order is The mixing method is also not particularly limited.

The plastic composition obtained by the above-mentioned composition is filled in a mold assembled from a plurality of members,
The molded product is pressed by an appropriate method to form a molded product, and the molded product may have any suitable shape such as a tubular shape, a plate shape, or a rod shape. However, in order to produce a molded product with an accurate shape, keep at room temperature or under heating until the molded product has shape retention strength with at least one member removed from the mold after molding. Then, it is necessary to evaporate the water.

The molded body having the shape-retaining strength as a result of the preliminary drying is removed from the mold and then held at a temperature of 90 ° C. or lower for, for example, 12 hours or more to be sufficiently dried. Then, after evaporation of water is no longer recognized, 110 to 160
The molded filter material according to the present invention is obtained by curing and fixing the binder by carrying out a heat treatment at 1 ° C. for 1 hour or more, preferably about 2 hours.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a molded filter material having a high breaking strength, a low filtration resistance, and a high adsorption capacity can be obtained. Therefore, filtration of a suspension and adsorption removal of a dissolved matter can be carried out simultaneously.

[0015]

【Example】

(Example 1) An acrylic resin emulsion (trade name: Exceltac, manufactured by Cemedine, solid content: 70) was added to 100 parts by weight of dry coconut shell activated carbon pulverized to 0.3 to 1.5 mm.
% By weight) and 14 parts by weight of carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt (trade name: Kikkolate, manufactured by Nichirin Kagaku Co., Ltd.) in 76 parts by weight of water are gradually added to the mixture, and the mixture is thoroughly stirred to wet evenly. A plastic composition was obtained.

An outer mold made of stainless steel having an inner diameter of 55 mm and an inner mold made of stainless steel having an outer diameter of 35 mm are concentrically fixed on a trapezoidal mold, and the above-mentioned composition is filled between the outer mold and the inner mold to make it from above. After tapping and consolidating, the inner mold was taken out and left as it was for one day and dried. After that, remove the molded body from the outer mold, and 1 at 60-80 ° C.
It is dried for 24 hours and heat-treated at 140 ℃ for 2 hours, and the inner diameter is 3
A tubular molded filtration material A of the present invention having a diameter of 4 mm, an outer diameter of 54 mm and a length of about 205 mm was obtained.

The molded filter material A thus obtained has a weight of 15
2g, apparent specific gravity 0.537, apparent porosity 47
%, The diametrical compressive fracture strength when dried was 147 N, the diametrical compressive fracture strength was 105 N, and the compressive deformation rate was about 37% after immersion in water for 48 hours. Further, the filtration resistance when water was circulated under pressure from the inside of the cylinder to the outside was 10 kPa or less at a flow rate of 10 m / hr on the outer surface. Further, continuous water filtration was carried out at a flow rate of 10 m / hr, but no initial leakage or leakage of fine powder during operation was observed.

(Comparative Example 1) Except that the amount of acrylic resin emulsion (solid content 50% by weight) used was changed to 5 parts by weight and the amount of water used was changed to 50 parts by weight, exactly the same as the examples. A molded filter material B for comparison was produced, but its breaking strength when dried was about 30% of that of the molded filter material A.

Comparative Example 2 A molded filter material C for comparison was produced in the same manner as in Example except that sodium carboxymethyl cellulose salt was not used, but the breaking strength when dried was the molded filter material. It was about 60% of A.

(Comparative Examples 3 and 4) Comparison was made in exactly the same manner as in Example 1 except that the heat treatment conditions after drying were 110 ° C. for 3 hours in Comparative Example 3 and 170 ° C. for 2 hours in Comparative Example 4. Molded filter media D and E were manufactured, and their breaking strengths when dried were about 20% and about 35% of molded filter media A, respectively.

(Example 2) In Example 1, 50 parts by weight of dry coconut shell activated carbon crushed to 0.3 to 1.5 mm and 50 parts by weight of barley stone crushed to 0.3 to 1.5 mm were used. 20 parts by weight of the same acrylic resin emulsion used and Example 1
A mixture of 0.8 parts by weight of the same sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose used in Example 1 and 70 parts by weight of water was added uniformly, and thereafter a plastic composition was molded in the same manner as in Example 1 and the molding filtration of the present invention was performed. Material F was obtained.

The molded filter material F thus obtained had a diametral compressive fracture strength of 196 N when dried and a diametral compressive fracture strength of 157 N after immersion in water for 48 hours.
Moreover, the filtration resistance when water is pressurized and circulated outward from the inside of the cylinder is 10 kP at a flow velocity of 10 m / hr on the outer surface.
It was less than a.

Example 3 Instead of dry coconut shell activated carbon crushed to 0.3 to 1.5 mm, the particle size is 0.18 to 0.3 mm.
Example 1 except that 100 parts by weight of crushed silica gel of
A molded filter material G of the present invention was obtained in exactly the same manner as.

The molded filtration material G thus obtained had an apparent porosity of 40% and a diametral compressive fracture strength of 176 when dried.
N, and the compressive fracture strength in the diameter direction after immersion in water for 48 hours was 141N. Further, the filtration resistance when water was circulated under pressure from the inside of the cylinder to the outside was 10 kPa or less at a flow rate of 10 m / hr on the outer surface.

(Example 4) A molded filter material having an outer diameter of 72 mm, an inner diameter of 42.7 mm and a length of 250 mm was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 by using dry coconut shell activated carbon pulverized to 0.3 to 1.5 mm. Was prepared as an outer mold and compounded in the same manner as in Example 1 except that dry coconut shell activated carbon crushed to 0.1 to 0.4 mm was used between this and an inner mold made of stainless steel having an outer diameter of 22 mm. The resulting plastic composition was filled and consolidated, and then dried and heat treated in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain an outer diameter of 72 mm and an inner diameter of 22.
mm, length 250 mm, double cylindrical shaped filtering material H of the present invention
Got

Using the molded filter medium H thus obtained, iron,
50 mg of SS consisting of hydroxides of metals such as chromium and zinc
The plating plant waste liquid containing 15 mg / l of COD and 15 mg / l of COD was filtered by flowing inward from the outside of the cylinder so that the flow rate on the outer surface of the molded filter was 10 m / hr. Thus 1.1
Filtration resistance after carrying out filtration for 9.8 kPa to 1
Although it was increased to 18 kPa, the amount of collected SS per molded filter material H was 25.4 g and the amount of COD adsorption was 7.60 g.

[0027]

According to the method for producing a molded filter material of the present invention,
It has a high breaking strength, a low filtration resistance, a large adsorption capacity, and a unit type filter material that does not easily deteriorate even after a long filtration operation can be manufactured stably at a low cost. The effect is that the removal work can be performed easily and reliably.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. 100 parts by weight of a powdery adsorbent and 5 to 2 emulsion type synthetic resin binders capable of forming a film at room temperature.
0 parts by weight, 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of water-soluble polymer binder,
A plastic composition containing water in an amount sufficient to make these mixtures into a composition having a self-shape-retaining property is prepared, and the plastic composition is pressure-filled in a molding die composed of a plurality of members. A method for producing a molded filter medium, which comprises heat-treating a molded body at 110 to 160 ° C. after evaporating water until the molded body has a shape-retaining strength with at least one member removed from . 2. The method for producing a molded filter medium according to claim 1, wherein powdered activated carbon, silica gel, barley stone, and a powder mixture containing them are used as the powdered adsorbent. 3. The method for producing a molded filter medium according to claim 1, wherein an acrylic synthetic resin is used as the synthetic resin binder. 4. The method for producing a molded filtration material according to claim 1, wherein a cellulose derivative is used as the water-soluble polymer binder.