纳滤膜新型材料研究

纳滤是一种介于超滤与反渗透之间的重要膜分离过程,具有工作压力低、无相转变及分离效率高等独特优势。膜污染及渗透性/选择性之间的平衡是纳滤膜在使用和研发过程中面临的亟待解决的两个主要问题。膜材料是膜与膜分离技术的核心,开发新型的纳滤膜材料是解决上述问题的重要手段。本文从新型纳滤膜材料的设计与选择的角度出发,总结归纳了近年来新型材料在纳滤膜的制备与应用研究现状,包括新型有机纳滤膜材料、新型无机纳滤膜材料和新型有机-无机杂化纳滤膜材料三个方面,拓展了对纳滤膜材料的认知,探讨了新型纳滤膜材料的共性及其存在的主要问题,并对未来高性能纳滤膜材料的研制方向进行了展望。     

纳滤膜的研究进展

纳滤膜是一种新型分离膜,其截流分子量介于反渗透膜和超滤膜之间,且对无机盐有一定的截流率。国内外纳滤膜制备方法有L-S相转化法、复合法、荷电化法和无机改性等。纳滤膜研究中存在着膜通量小、膜制作成本较高及抗污染性差等问题,因此选择和制备纳滤膜的材料,优化纳滤技术水处理工艺设计,提高纳滤性能,降低制膜成本,减轻膜污染等已成为当今科学研究的重要课题。     

荷电高聚物纳滤膜

本文对荷电聚合物纳纳滤膜的制备、性能及应用进行了全面的介和评述，反映了近年来荷电聚合笺纳滤膜研究的最新进展和动向。     

用流动电位法表征纳滤膜的结构及性能

利用测量流动电位的方法考察了纳滤膜的表面电学性能对纳滤膜的截留性能的影响.首先,采用不同功能层材料制备了复合纳滤(NF)膜,考察功能层的交联时间、单体结构等对表面电性能的影响,研究纳滤膜对不同无机盐的选择截留性能与表面电性能的关系.通过流动电位法测定纳滤膜的表面电学参数,如流动电位(ΔE)、zeta电位(ζ)和表面电荷密度(σd).实验表明,这些电学参数的变化与功能层交联时间和纳滤膜截留率的变化一致,在交联时间为45 s时,3种电学参数的绝对值均最大,而纳滤膜对无机盐的截留率也最大.复合纳滤膜zeta电位的绝对值(|ζ|)按照Na2SO4>MgSO4>MgCl2变化,同截留率的变化相同.带侧基单体交联后得到的纳滤膜的表面电性能参数的绝对值小于不带侧基单体的.因此,流动电位法可用于研究复合纳滤膜的截留机理和功能层结构.     

相转化纳滤膜的膜材料结构设计及调控策略

非溶剂致相分离技术由于其制膜工艺简便且对膜结构调控手段多样化,在制备高通量、具有选择性筛分特性的纳滤膜上具有显著优势。然而如何进一步提升相转化纳滤膜的分离精度及渗透系数,仍受国内外学者广泛关注。本文首先系统阐述了相转化过程中,铸膜液热力学性质及成膜动力学对膜结构及性能的影响机理。其次总结了传统膜材料,如聚砜、聚醚砜等材料在纳滤膜制备中的研究进展。然后重点分析了两亲性嵌段共聚物材料的特点及在相转化纳滤膜制备中的突出优势。最后,本文展望未来制备高性能相转化纳滤膜的发展方向。     

低聚壳聚糖制备液纳滤纯化的可行性研究

通过对筛选的3种纳滤膜结构及对低聚壳聚糖、氨基葡萄糖和NaAc溶液的截留性能和纯化过程研究发现,3种纳滤膜的膜面粗糙度大小依次为:DL>DK>NTR-7450,均能对低聚壳聚糖100%截留,但只能部分截留氨基葡萄糖和NaAc,其截留率大小为:DK>DL>NTR-7450。从低聚壳聚糖的纯化工艺要求和抗污染能力方面考虑,NTR-7450纳滤膜更具有工业应用价值。此外,纳滤膜对溶质的分离效果主要由空间位阻和静电效应决定,综合作用结果导致了低聚壳聚糖体系中的各种主要阳离子在纳滤过程中存在竞争透过,截留次序依次为:高分子低聚壳聚糖>氨基葡萄糖>Na+>H+。在Donnan效应和电离平衡的影响下,体系中Ac-在纳滤过程中也被脱出。纳滤纯化低聚壳聚糖制备液在技术上可行。     

聚电解质层层自组装纳滤膜*

层层自组装技术能够方便地对膜的微观结构和组成进行调控,已在制备复合型纳滤膜方面取得了迅速的发展。本文综述了近年来用于聚电解质层层自组装纳滤膜的制备方法,种类以及影响因素。介绍了静态层层交替沉积、压力驱动自组装和电场强化自组装等三种制备方法;归纳了均聚型、共聚型和有机/无机杂化型等三类用于层层自组装纳滤膜的聚电解质的特点;讨论了聚电解质的荷电性、电荷密度和电离程度等因素对其自组装膜分离性能的影响。总结了聚电解质自组装纳滤膜在水处理和有机溶剂中物质的分离等方面的应用。同时,对提高聚电解质自组装纳滤膜的组装效率,分离性能和发展方向提出了设想和建议。     

荷正电聚乙烯亚胺纳滤膜的制备与应用

纳滤是介于超滤与反渗透之间的膜分离技术,具有操作压力低,无相变,分离效率高及运行成本低等优点,广泛地应用于饮用水制备、污水处理、化工、制药和食品等领域.近年来,随着分离体系复杂程度的增加及对膜分离性能要求的提高,荷正电纳滤膜越来越受到研究者的关注.聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)是一类重要的多胺类荷正电纳滤膜材料,具有优异的亲水性、高荷电密度及反应活性.开发具有高分离性、高稳定性、耐酸碱性、耐溶剂性、抗菌性和耐污染性的荷正电PEI纳滤膜(P-PEI-NFM)日益成为研究的热点.本文对近年来P-PEI-NFM的制备方法进行归纳,总结了P-PEI-NFM在水软化、重金属脱除、碱性染料的分离及浓缩、抗生素分离和耐溶剂纳滤的应用.探讨了P-PEI-NFM存在的主要问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望.     

解读纳滤:一种具有纳米尺度效应的分子分离操作

纳滤膜是20世纪80年代末期发展起来的一种广泛用于液体分离的新型分离膜。早期研究中,先后提出的基于筛分效应的细孔模型,基于静电效应的电荷模型,以及同时考虑上述两种效应的静电位阻模型和道南位阻模型等为人们更好地理解纳滤膜分离机理和指导纳滤膜过程应用发挥了十分重要的作用。然而由于这些具有“疏松型反渗透膜”特点的纳滤膜没有相应的膜性能预测评价软件,使得针对具体应用过程的纳滤膜的大规模标准化应用受到了一定的制约。为此,结合上述模型,根据一些特定实验拟合确定混合盐体系同号离子间的竞争作用和异号离子间的调节作用,提出了一个适于混合盐体系的纳滤膜分离性能评价模型,促进了纳滤膜技术在水处理过程的大规模推广。最近,根据纳滤膜对离子选择性分离性能及其伴随的动电性质的细致而深入的实验研究,发现仅考虑筛分效应和静电效应并不能完全合理地解释纳滤膜的分离性能,且在动电性质的解析上也存在一定缺陷,进而对纳滤膜纳米级孔径引起的特殊效应和溶液体系中复杂相互作用引起的荷电性质变化有了更为深刻的认识和理解,提出并定量分析了离子透过纳滤膜时存在的介电排斥效应。     

耐溶剂纳滤膜

纳膜分离过程是一种选择性高、操作简单、能耗低的分离技术,已在各工业领域和科学研究中得到广泛的应用。纳滤过程的诸多优点,使其在石油化工、医药、食品等领域的非水溶液体系中具有极大的潜在应用价值,而传统的纳滤膜难以拓宽到非水溶液体系中使用,为此进一步研究和发展耐溶剂纳滤膜,对于拓宽纳滤过程的应用极其重要。目前,耐溶剂纳滤膜已成为膜分离科学领域的研究热点,在现有报道的文献基础上,本文综述了有关在非水溶液体系中使用的耐溶剂纳滤膜制备的研究进展,并对将来的发展方向提出了建议。     

纳滤膜分离机理及其应用研究进展

综述了纳滤膜的分离机理及其应用研究现状和进展,纳滤膜分离过程是一个不可逆过程,其分离机理可以运用电荷模型（空间电荷模型和固定电荷模型）和细孔模型,以及近年才提出的静电排斥和立体阻碍模型等来描述。纳滤膜应用研究现状的介绍包括低聚糖分离和精制、果汁的高浓度浓缩、多肽和氨基酸的分离、抗生素的浓缩与纯化、牛奶及乳清蛋白的浓缩、农产品的综合利用以及纳滤膜生化反应器的开发等。     

基于贻贝仿生化学的分离功能材料

贻贝仿生的表面化学是近年来材料学、化学、生物医学等领域的交叉研究热点。多巴胺可以作为贻贝足丝蛋白(Mfp)超强黏附特性的模型分子,通过复杂的氧化-自聚和组装,形成多种功能的聚多巴胺(PDA)纳米涂层和纳米粒子,在分离膜、吸附材料、生物医用材料、生物黏结剂等领域有着广阔的应用前景。本研究小组近年来持续开展了基于贻贝仿生化学的分离功能材料制备与结构调控的研究工作,率先将多巴胺表面沉积方法应用于多孔分离膜表面的构建与功能化,提出了多巴胺的自聚-沉积过程模型,进而验证了PDA沉积层的纳滤分离特性,建立了一条简单方便的膜表面功能化与纳滤膜制备新途径。本文主要对基于贻贝仿生化学的分离功能材料,特别是分离膜的研究进展进行综述,并对将来的发展趋势进行展望。     

Novel proton-conducting polymer inclusion membranes

The preparation and characterization of new polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) for proton transport is described. PIMs were prepared with different polymeric cellulose-based compounds and PVC as supports, tris(2-butoxyethyl)phosphate (TBEP) and 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) as plasticizers and dinonylnaphthalenesulfonic acid (DNSA) and dinonylnaphthalenedisulfonic acid (DNDSA) as carriers. The effects of the nature and content of the supports, plasticizers and carriers on membrane proton conductivity was studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). This technique was also used to evaluate the chemical stability of a CTA–NPOE–DNDSA membrane while its selectivity was monitored with respect to sodium and calcium ions through counter-transport experiments. DSC and TGA techniques were used to determine the thermal stability of these membranes. A PIM based on CTA–DNDSA–NPOE showed the highest proton conductivity (3.5 mS/cm) with no variation of its behavior during 2 months of evaluation. FTIR characterization did not show structural changes of the membrane in this period of time. Thermal analysis indicates that it is stable up to 180 °C. An empirical functional relationship between PIM resistance and composition indicates that increasing plasticizer and carrier concentrations enhances the conductivity of the membranes, while increasing CTA content tends to decrease this property. Transport experiments showed a good selectivity of the CTA–DNDSA–NPOE membrane for protons over calcium or sodium ions.     

Characteristics and performance of new nanoporous PEEKWC films

This rapid communication reports a summary of the key findings of preparation and characterization of new polymeric membranes for nanofiltration of organic compounds. A series of nanoporous asymmetric membranes of PEEKWC, a modified poly(etheretherketone) was prepared by means of the dry-wet phase inversion method. In particular, the type and concentration of internal non-solvent were varied in order to obtain membranes for nanofiltration. The optimization of these factors led to reproducible membranes, which were characterized for hydrophobicity, roughness, morphology, surface charge. The performance was studied by doing dead-end filtration experiments with aqueous solutions of uncharged and charged organic compounds. The new polymeric films exhibited interesting performance compared to commercial nanofiltration membranes in terms of retention and relative flux for positively charged organic compounds.     

Near infrared spectroscopy: A novel technique for classifying and characterizing polysulfone membranes

The industrial manufacture of membranes is well established at the present time. More than any other process, the production of ultrafiltration membranes by immersion or evaporation (phase inversion) precipitation techniques is one of the most common. In many cases, the macroscopic properties of the membranes are similar from one membrane to another and it is impossible to distinguish them, while they differ notably from the microscopic point of view. The aim of this work is to develop a method for the classification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes prepared either by immersion or evaporation. It also presents a classification of those membranes by thickness. For these purposes, near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) combined with chemometric techniques are attempted here for the first time in the area of membrane research. The NIR technique permits fast analytical measurement of membrane samples, together with the possibility of characterization in on-line mode, without destruction or invasion of the samples. This appears to be an excellent routine analysis for purposes of membrane classification. The membranes were prepared in our Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) laboratory and, after obtaining the NIR spectra, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to describe the system. The second stage involved the application of a pattern recognition method: supervised independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) in order to classify unknown samples. Finally, the ultrafiltration membranes were classified in terms of the membrane preparation technique (immersion or evaporation). In addition, membranes prepared by immersion were classified by thickness.     

PES中空纤维复合纳滤膜的制备

采用界面聚合法制备聚醚砜（PES）中空纤维复合纳滤（NF）膜,讨论了制备条件对PES中空纤维复合NF膜性能的影响。实验结果表明,聚合反应时间、均苯三甲酰氯浓度、哌嗪浓度和酸吸收剂三乙胺浓度对复合NF膜性能有显著影响,同时二次反应能够提高复合NF膜的截留率,对2g／L的Na2SO4截留率可达到99．2％。     

Polyelectrolyte membranes prepared by dynamic self-assembly of poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium salt (PSSMA) for nanofiltration (I)

In recent years, the layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly of polyelectrolyte has attracted much attention for the preparation of nanofiltration (NF) membranes. However, most researchers focused on the homopolymers, few studied on the copolymers for the preparation of NF membranes. In the present work, a series of nanofiltration membranes were prepared by dynamic self-assembly of a copolymer polyelectrolyte containing both weakly and strongly ionized groups, poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium salt (PSSMA), with poly (allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and poly (styrenesulfonic acid sodium salt) (PSS) on the modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN) ultra-filtration membranes. The effects of substrate, deposition pH, SS/MA ratio in PSSMA, concentration of the PSSMA and bilayer number on the properties of the NF membranes were investigated. The results indicated that the performances of the NF membranes prepared by dynamic self-assembly process were superior to those prepared by the static self-assembly process. The membranes terminated with PSSMA were negatively charged. Due to the changes of charge density and conformation of PSSMA in different pH conditions, the [PAH/PSS]₁PAH/PSSMA membrane prepared at pH 2.5 showed higher Na₂SO₄ rejection and larger flux than those of the membrane prepared at pH 5.7. The NF membrane [PAH/PSS]₁PAH/PSSMA composed of only two bilayers exhibited 91.4% Na₂SO₄ rejection and allowed solution flux of 28.6 L/m² h at 0.2 MPa. The solution flux increased to 106.6 L/m² h at 0.8 MPa, meanwhile, no obvious decrease in Na₂SO₄ rejection was observed.     

Effect of surface morphology on membrane fouling by humic acid with the use of cellulose acetate butyrate hollow fiber membranes

A serious problem faced during the application of membrane filtration in water treatment is membrane fouling by natural organic matter (NOM). The hydrophilicity, zeta potential and morphology of membrane surface mainly influence membrane fouling. The aim of the present study is to reveal the correlation between membrane surface morphology and membrane fouling by use of humic acid solution and to investigate the efficiency of backwashing by water, which is applied to restore membrane flux. Cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) hollow fiber membranes were used in the present study. To obtain the membranes with various surface structures, membranes were prepared via both thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) by changing the preparation conditions such as polymer concentration, air gap distance and coagulation bath composition. Since the membrane material is the same, the effects of hydrophilicity and zeta potential on membrane fouling can be ignored. More significant flux decline was observed in the membrane with lower humic acid rejection. For the membranes with similar water permeability, the lower the porosity at the outer surface, the more serious the membrane fouling. Furthermore, the effect of the membrane morphology on backwashing performance was discussed.     

Ceramic-Polymer Composite Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Bridging the Big Gap between Ceramics and Polymers

Clean water supply is an essential element for the entire sustainable human society, and the economic and technology development. Membrane filtration for water and wastewater treatments is the premier choice due to its high energy efficiency and effectiveness, where the separation is performed by passing water molecules through purposely tuned pores of membranes selectively without phase change and additional chemicals. Ceramics and polymers are two main candidate materials for membranes, where the majority has been made of polymeric materials, due to the low cost, easy processing, and tunability in pore configurations. In contrast, ceramic membranes have much better performance, extra-long service life, mechanical robustness, and high thermal and chemical stabilities, and they have also been applied in gas, petrochemical, food-beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, where most of polymeric membranes cannot perform properly. However, one of the main drawbacks of ceramic membranes is the high manufacturing cost, which is about three to five times higher than that of common polymeric types. To fill the large gap between the competing ceramic and polymeric membranes, one apparent solution is to develop a ceramic-polymer composite type. Indeed, the properly engineered ceramic-polymer composite membranes are able to integrate the advantages of both ceramic and polymeric materials together, providing improvement in membrane performance for efficient separation, raised life span and additional functionalities. In this overview, we first thoroughly examine three types of ceramic-polymer composite membranes, (i) ceramics in polymer membranes (nanocomposite membranes), (ii) thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes, and (iii) ceramic-supported polymer membranes. In the past decade, great progress has been made in improving the compatibility between ceramics and polymers, while the synergy between them has been among the main pursuits, especially in the development of the high performing nanocomposite membranes for water and wastewater treatment at lowered manufacturing cost. By looking into strategies to improve the compatibility among ceramic and polymeric components, we will conclude with briefing on the perspectives and challenges for the future development of the composite membranes.