KR20100026015A - Process for producing inorganic membrane with hydrophobic property - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a hydrophobic inorganic membrane is provided to maximize separation and recovery processing efficiency of volatile organic compounds in the air, and to increase separation efficiency and performance of the organic compounds. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of a hydrophobic inorganic membrane includes the following steps: manufacturing coating liquid by mixing an organic solvent compound and a fluoroalkyl silane-based compound; pre-processing a porous inorganic membrane by drying and washing the porous inorganic membrane after dipping the membrane in NaOH liquid for 20 ~ 40 minutes; coating the pre-processed porous inorganic membrane in the coating liquid; heat-treating the coated porous inorganic membrane for 30 ~ 60 minutes.

Description

Process for producing inorganic membrane with hydrophobic property

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane for organic matter recovery and concentration, and more particularly, to adsorb organic matter on the surface of a porous inorganic membrane (ceramic carrier) for separating and recovering and concentrating an organic or volatile organic compound in an aqueous solution or air. And a method for producing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane having a uniform film formed on its surface by using a hydrophobic fluorine-based polymer that is easily detachable.

Major factors affecting the membrane separation performance include high selectivity, permeability, mechanical stability, temperature stability, and chemical resistance. In general, polymer membranes are mainly used in membrane separation processes due to their large physical and chemical diversity, but have low thermal, mechanical, chemical and biological stability, and have disadvantages such as swelling in high concentration organic mixtures.

The separation mechanism of the membrane separation process is separated by the driving force such as pressure and concentration depending on the type of micropores, the size of micropores, the physical and chemical properties of the membrane and the type, size, physical and chemical properties of the separation target. Is done. However, most membrane separation processes are limited to simply using the physical properties of the membrane (morphology of micropores, the size of micropores, etc.) and the physical properties (shape, size, etc.) of the material to be separated.

Therefore, in recent years, various attempts have been made to develop new membrane materials to solve the shortcomings of such polymer membranes, and the results of these studies have increased interest in inorganic membranes.

Inorganic membranes are spotlighted in membrane separation technology due to their thermal, chemical and mechanical stability, long life, ease of cleaning and regeneration, and no damage by microorganisms. However, the inorganic membrane currently used in the separation process performs better than the polymer membrane in terms of separation efficiency or separation performance since the material is separated according to the size of the molecule by simply changing the material of the membrane to another inorganic material or adjusting the pore size of the membrane surface. There was a problem.

As a result of research efforts to solve the above problems, by coating a hydrophobic polymer having a hydrophobicity on the surface of the porous inorganic membrane pre-treated under a specific condition to give hydrophobicity and heat treatment, the material is separated according to the molecular size of the existing membrane separation characteristics Instead, they found that the physicochemical properties of molecules could be used to separate matter.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane having improved separation performance and separation efficiency.

As an example for achieving the above object, the method for producing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane of the present invention, the organic solvent mixture in which a fluoroalkyl silane compound and hexadecane, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride are mixed in a 0.5: 0.5: 1 weight ratio 0.01 : Preparing a coating solution by mixing in a 1 volume ratio, immersing the porous inorganic membrane in NaOH solution for 20 to 40 minutes, washing and drying to pre-treat the porous inorganic membrane, immersing the pre-treated porous inorganic membrane in the prepared coating liquid coating And, and, after cleaning the coated porous inorganic membrane, heat treatment at 100 to 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Hereinafter, the method for producing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane of the present invention will be described in detail step by step.

First, a step of preparing a coating liquid to be coated on the porous inorganic membrane.

The porous inorganic membrane used in the present invention may be a commercially available porous inorganic membrane (materials such as alumina silica) as a ceramic carrier, and the inorganic membrane may be selected in an appropriate pore size according to the material to be separated.

The hydrophobic fluorine-based polymer (fluorine-based organic binder) used in the preparation of the coating solution according to the present invention is a fluoroalkyl silane compound, which is trichloro (1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfuluroctyl) silane or (heptadeca-pulluor-1). , 1,2,2-tetrahydro-decyl) -1-trimethoxysilane can be used. In addition, the organic solvent mixture used in preparing the coating solution may be used by mixing hexadecane, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride in a weight ratio of 0.5: 0.5: 1. It is prepared by adjusting the mixing ratio with the organic solvent mixture in consideration of the hydrolysis and substitution reaction rate of the fluoroalkyl silane compound.

The fluoroalkyl silane compound and the organic solvent mixture are mixed at a ratio of 0.01: 1 volume to prepare a coating solution.

Meanwhile, the porous inorganic membrane is pretreated under certain conditions.

That is, in order to facilitate the adhesion of the hydrophobic polymer on the surface of the porous inorganic membrane, the porous inorganic membrane is immersed in NaOH solution and then washed and dried. The NaOH is adjusted to a concentration of 0.1 M, and the immersion time is 20 to 40 minutes, Preferably it takes 30 minutes, washed with tertiary distilled water and then dried.

Next, the pretreated porous inorganic membrane is coated by dipping into the prepared coating solution.

The porous inorganic membrane pretreated with NaOH solution as described above is immersed in the prepared coating solution for about 12 hours. The hydroxyl group is introduced at the terminal into the pullouro alkyl silane compound by the hydrolysis reaction of the pullouro alkyl silane compound in the coating solution. Pullulor alkyl silane in which the end group is substituted with a hydroxyl group by the hydrolysis reaction is bonded to the alumina molecules on the surface of the ceramic carrier and coated on the porous inorganic membrane surface. Pulluloalkyl silane coated on the surface of the membrane removes water molecules from the surface of the active group Si-OH at both ends through a heat treatment process and forms a chemical bond having a Si-O-Si structure. Therefore, the Si-O-Si structure is formed by the condensation polymerization process to form an array of monolayers.

Finally, the coated porous inorganic membrane is washed and then heat treated at 100 to 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

When the hydrophobic film is formed on the surface of the porous inorganic film by the above method, the hydrophobic film is washed and then heat treated. In addition, heat treatment is performed to increase the adhesion of the film surface. The heat treatment is performed at 100 to 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to 1 hour, preferably at 120 ° C. for about 30 minutes, and the heat treatment process improves the hydrophobic function of the porous inorganic membrane (ceramic carrier) surface.

The surface properties of the ceramic membrane coated with the hydrophobic polymer by the present invention were investigated using a surface analysis instrument. Electron spectroscope for chemical analysis (ESCA); ARIESARSC 10MCD 150, to determine the composition ratio and bonding of each element on the surface of the ceramic carrier coated with a hydrophobic polymer silane coupling agent (FASs, Fluoloalkyl-silanes) VSW, UK). ESCA analysis results are shown in Figure 1a and Table 1 below.

Element Binding Energy (eV) Remarks F _1s 684.9 O _1s 531 Al ₂ O ₃ (O _1s ): 530-532 SiO ₂ (O _1s ): 532.5-533.5 Si (Si _2p ) 103.3

The element ratios of O / Si: C / Si: F / Si: Cl / Si on the surface of the ceramic carrier coated with hydrophobic polymer were 0.72: 1.15: 4.23: 0.00, respectively. Was the highest. The highest concentration of fluorine (F) on the surface, which exhibits the highest hydrophobicity, means that the silane coupling agents (FASs) are coated on the surface, indicating that the modified surface exhibits strong hydrophobicity. The fact that no chlorine ion (Cl) in the silane was detected was thought to have been dissociated by hydrolysis during the reaction.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1A, the binding energy of oxygen (O1s) is 531 eV, which is the same as the binding energy of oxygen (O1s) of alumina oxide Al2O3, which is a ceramic carrier, and thus, the oxygen in -SiO- group ( It can be seen that O) is the oxygen binding energy of the alumina carrier. This indicates that the hydrophobic polymer FASs on the surface of the carrier was chemically bonded to the alumina membrane rather than physically.

In addition, infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) was performed to confirm the hydrophobicity of the surface of the alumina film surface-modified with silane coupling agents (FASs, Fluoloalkyl-silanes) which are hydrophobic polymers. By FT-IR analysis, structural functional groups can be identified to confirm the introduction of hydrophobic groups (fluorine and silane groups) on the surface. The functional group introduction of Si-O-Al, Si-O-Si, Si-C, -CF _2- , -CF _{3 on} the surface of the porous alumina carrier coated with FASs is shown in FIG. 1B. 505 ~ 550cm ^{- 1} was born the characteristic absorption peak due to stretching vibration of -CF CF ₃ groups appear in the vicinity confirmed the stretching vibration peak by -CF3 in FASs near 1120cm-1. In addition, no hydroxyl group (-OH) was observed in the vicinity of 3400 ~ 4000cm ^{- 1} , which indicates that the polycondensation reaction of silane molecules occurred during the heat treatment. As shown in Figure 1b, because it includes all CC, CF, Si-O-Si peak in the 800 ~ 1400 cm-1 range, it can be seen that the surface coating by the chemical bonding was made.

Functional group Peak position (cm ^-1 ) Contents      C-F   960  C-F extension vibration -CF _2-   1120-1350  C-F extension vibration -CF ₃   505-555 CF ₃ Symmetrical strain vibration CF ₃ -CF _2-   730-745 / 1325-1365  C-F strain vibration / C-F expansion and vibration    Si-O-Si   1000-1100  Asymmetric Si-O-Si Stretching Movement    Si-O   1111  Si-O stretching movement

The surface photograph of the porous inorganic membrane which is a ceramic carrier after completing the process of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 2A is a SEM photograph showing the surface of a porous inorganic membrane which is a ceramic carrier before coating, and FIG. 2B is a SEM photograph showing the surface of a porous inorganic membrane having a uniform coating prepared according to the manufacturing method of the present invention. 2C and 2D confirm the state of the film surface when the heat treatment according to the present invention is not performed and when the water droplets are photographed. From this, it can be seen that the hydrophobic property of the film surface is improved by the heat treatment according to the present invention.

As described above, according to the method of the present invention, a hydrophobic inorganic membrane having hydrophobicity may be prepared on the surface of the porous inorganic membrane. Separation can be used to increase the separation efficiency and separation performance for separation of organic matter in the atmosphere.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples. These examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but the scope of the invention is not limited thereto.

Example  One

Trichloro (1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfulluoroctyl) silane and organic solvent (hexadecane: chloroform: carbon tetrachloride = 0.5: 0.5: 1 weight ratio, pH about 4) The mixture was prepared in a ratio of 0.01: 1 volume by volume. Prepared.

Cylindrical porous alumina membranes having a pore size of 0.12 μm, an inner diameter and an outer diameter of 6.45, 8 mm, and a length of 75.6 mm were immersed in 0.1 M aqueous NaOH solution for 30 minutes, washed repeatedly with distilled water, and completely dried.

The pretreated porous alumina membrane was immersed in the coating solution for 12 hours to form a hydrophobic polymer film on the surface of the alumina membrane, which was heat-treated at 120 ° C. for 30 minutes with a dry oven.

Example  2

The permeation experiment for the organic material of the hydrophobic inorganic membrane prepared in Example 1 was performed as follows.

The volatile organic mixture prepared in 0.5 ~ 10% by weight concentration humidity 80%) was placed on the outside of the membrane prepared according to Example 1, and then made a vacuum using a vacuum pump inside the membrane to perform a permeation experiment through the membrane surface. . The results are shown in Table 3.

Organic water Initial concentration (% by weight) Concentration in the penetrating part (wt%) Isopropyl Alcohol 0.5 5 10 4.2 31.2 48.7 Butanol 0.5 3.0 7.0 5.74 14.7 38.39

Example  3

Before experimenting the permeation characteristics of the aqueous alcohol solution (butanol / water, isopropanol / water) of the hydrophobic inorganic membrane coated with FASs prepared in Example 1, the adsorption characteristics on the membrane surface were investigated. The adsorption experiment process of butanol and isopropanol is as follows.

The hydrophobic inorganic membrane prepared in Example 1 was made into a specimen of a suitable size and then completely dried in a vacuum dryer until a constant weight was obtained. The dried specimen was immersed in a Erlenmeyer flask containing a butanol mixture at 30 ° C. for 24 hours, and then the specimen was taken out, and the liquid on the surface was quickly wiped with a filter paper and weighed. After that, it was measured at 3 hour intervals and considered to have reached equilibrium without weight increase. The equilibrium sorption amount was measured more than 5 times and the average value was taken, and the measurement error was within 4%.

The concentration of alcohol was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC), and the concentration of alcohol adsorbed on the membrane surface was calculated by Equation 1 below.

In Equation 1, m _l0 : weight of initial solution, W _io : initial concentration, W _l : concentration after adsorption, m _p0 : dry membrane weight, Δm _l : weight of adsorbed alcohol.

The adsorption amount of butanol / water and isopropanol / water on the surface of the inorganic membrane prepared by Example 1 measured by the above method is shown in FIG. 3 according to the concentration of each aqueous solution.

In the case of butanol / water, the amount of butanol adsorbed on the surface of the membrane increased as the concentration of butanol increased from 0.05 to 3.0% by weight. It was. In the case of isopropanol / water, the adsorption of isopropanol and water on the membrane surface increased simultaneously as the concentration of isopropanol increased from 1 to 40% by weight.

The solubility coefficients of butanol and isopropanol for the surface-modified membrane material were almost similar as δ _t = 23.1 and δ _t = 23.5, respectively. However, the adsorption amount on the membrane in the adsorption experiment was much higher than that of isopropanol. This can be explained by the difference in polarity and hydrogen bonding between butanol and isopropanol. Since the solubility coefficient (δ _p = 5.7) due to the polar force of butanol is smaller than isopropanol (δ _p = 9.0), the mutual attraction between the membrane surface and butanol acts more strongly than isopropanol, and a larger amount of butanol is adsorbed than isopropanol first. In addition, it can be seen that the effect of molecular pairs (δ _h = 15.8) due to the interaction between butanol molecules and water molecules is smaller than that of isopropanol (δ _h = 16.8), so that the adsorption resistance is small. That is, in the case of isopropanol, the polarity is large, and the phenomenon of molecular pairing with water molecules due to hydrogen bonding occurs, so that the adsorption resistance on the membrane surface increases and the coupling effect due to hydrogen bonding of the adsorbed isopropanol and water molecules. It can be seen that the selectivity is not large due to the increase in concentration in the solution.

As can be seen from the above experiments, although the molecular weight of water is smaller than that of organic butanol and isopropane, it can be seen that the concentration of organic matter on the surface increases. This indicates that the membrane selectively adsorbs organics and water due to the hydrophobic nature of the membrane surface. In addition, since the solubility of the organic material adsorbed is low so that the phase separation occurs and thus pure organic material can be obtained without other processes.

Figure 1a is a schematic diagram showing the results of the ESCA analysis of the ceramic (alumina) film surface coated with a hydrophobic fluorine-based polymer according to the present invention,

Figure 1b is a schematic diagram showing the results of infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) of the surface of the ceramic (alumina) film coated with a hydrophobic fluorine-based polymer according to the present invention,

Figure 2a is a SEM photograph showing the surface of the porous inorganic membrane before being coated with a fluorine-based polymer,

Figure 2b is a SEM photograph showing the surface of the porous inorganic membrane coated in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 3 is a graph showing the results of the adsorption experiment of the organic material (butanol and isopropanol) to the hydrophobic inorganic membrane coated with a hydrophobic fluorine-based polymer according to the present invention.

Claims (2)

Preparing a coating solution by mixing an organic solvent mixture in which a fluoroalkyl silane compound and hexadecane, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride are mixed in a 0.5: 0.5: 1 weight ratio in a 0.01: 1 volume ratio, Pretreating the porous inorganic membrane by immersing the porous inorganic membrane in a NaOH solution for 20 to 40 minutes and then washing and drying, Coating the pretreated porous inorganic membrane by dipping in the prepared coating solution, and Cleaning the coated porous inorganic membrane and then performing heat treatment at 100 to 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to 1 hour Method for producing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The pullurolo alkyl silane compound is trichloro (1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfulluoroctyl) silane or (heptadeca-pulluor-1,1,2,2-tetrahydro-decyl) -1- A method of producing a hydrophobic inorganic membrane, characterized in that trimethoxysilane.

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