Cellulose acetate and polyetherimide blend ultrafiltration membranes: II. Effect of additive

Ultrafiltration membranes are largely applied in the separation of heavy metal ion and macromolecular solutes from aqueous streams. Studies are presented on ultrafiltration blend membranes, based on cellulose acetate (CA) and polyetherimide (PEI) in various blend compositions. Polyethylene glycol (PEG 600) was employed as a non‐solvent additive in various concentrations to the casting solution to improve the ultrafiltration performance of the resulting membranes. The blend membranes prepared were characterized in terms of compaction time, pure water flux (PWF), water content, membrane resistance, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The molecular weight cut‐off (MWCO) obtained from the protein separation studies is also reported. Applications of these membranes for separating toxic metal ions from aqueous streams are discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Protein Separation with Flow-Through Chromatography

Proteins are isolated in the chemical process industries for a wide variety of uses. Isolation and separation are often conducted with chromatography. Conventional chromatography of proteins is often tedious and can suffer from poor efficiency and resolution. There is a well-known tradeoff between resolution and speed', Newer methods of protein chromatography seek to diminish the shortcomings of conventional methods. New methods are presently being investigated for process, preparative, and analytical applications.     

Cellulose acetate nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes tailored with hydrous manganese dioxide nanoparticles for water treatment applications

Hydrous manganese dioxide (HMO) nanoparticles incorporated cellulose acetate (CA) composite ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are prepared with the aim of improving the water permeation and BSA contaminant removal. The HMO nanoparticles are synthesized from manganese ion and characterized by FT‐IR, XRD, and FESEM. The effect of variation of HMO on CA membranes is probed using FT‐IR, EDAX, contact angle, SEM, and AFM analysis to demonstrate their chemical functionality, hydrophilicity, and morphology. CA/HMO membranes are showing the enhancement in pure water flux (PWF), water uptake, porosity, hydrophilicity, fouling resistance, BSA rejection, and flux recovery ratio (FRR). CA‐1 membrane displayed higher PWF (143.6 Lm²h^?1), BSA rejection (95.9%), irreversible fouling (93.3%), and FRR (93.3%). Overall results confirmed that the CA/HMO nanocomposite UF membranes overcome the bottlenecks and shows potential for water treatment applications.     

基于超滤离心前处理的液相色谱-串联质谱法手性拆分人血浆中的亚叶酸和5-甲基四氢叶酸非对映异构体及其药代动力学应用

建立了液相色谱-串联质谱（HPLC-MS/MS）同时测定人血浆中的亚叶酸和5-甲基四氢叶酸两对非对映异构体的方法。血浆经蛋白质沉淀-超滤离心处理后,以甲氨蝶呤为内标,乙腈-10 mmol/L pH 8.0醋酸铵为流动相,通过手性HSA色谱柱（150 mm×4 mm,5 μm）进行梯度洗脱。亚叶酸非对映异构体在25~5000 μg/L范围内、5-甲基四氢叶酸非对映异构体在12.5~2500 μg/L范围内,线性关系均良好。本方法在灵敏度、精密度、准确度、基质效应、提取回收率、稳定性等方面均得到充分验证,并成功应用于125 mg/m²亚叶酸和62.5 mg/m²左旋亚叶酸的药代动力学研究。结果显示：在125 mg/m²亚叶酸剂量组,左亚叶酸和左旋-5-甲基四氢叶酸的血浆峰浓度（C_max）为（3137.917±408.837）和（1679.633±244.132）μg/L,从时间点0到最后可定量时间点的药物代谢动力学时间曲线下面积（AUC_0-t）为（7504.883±1185.101）和（14001.214±2868.949）μg/L;在62.5 mg/m²左亚叶酸剂量组,左亚叶酸和左旋-5-甲基四氢叶酸的C_max为（3187.917±387.298）和（1739.204±224.755）μg/L,AUC_0-t为（7426.664±854.825）和（14884.331±1843.353）μg/L。两剂量组主要药物代谢动力学参数均无显著差异,特征一致,吸收的速度和程度一致,能够为后期进行左亚叶酸钠生物等效性研究提供技术支持。     

Production of process water using integrated membrane processes

Application of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, and integrated membrane processes for the preparation of process water from natural water or industrial effluents was investigated. A two-stage reverse osmosis plant enabled almost complete removal of solutes from the feed water. High-purity water was prepared using the membrane distillation. However, during this process a rapid membrane fouling and permeate flux decline was observed when the tap water was used as a feed. The precipitation of deposit in the modules was limited by the separation of sparingly soluble salts from the feed water in the nanofiltration. The combined reverse osmosis—membrane distillation process prevented the formation of salt deposits on the membranes employed for the membrane distillation. Ultrafiltration was found to be very effective removing trace amounts of oil from the feed water. Then the ultrafiltration permeate was used for feeding of the remaining membrane modules resulting in the total removal of oil residue contamination. The ultrafiltration allowed producing process water directly from the industrial effluents containing petroleum derivatives. Presented at the 33rd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, 22–26 May 2006.     

Temperature‐Modulated Water Filtration Using Microgel‐Functionalized Hollow‐Fiber Membranes

In the present work, we investigate the potential of aqueous polymer microgels in membrane technology, especially for filtration applications. The poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam)‐based microgels exhibit thermoresponsive behavior and were employed to coat hollow‐fiber membranes used for micro‐ and ultrafiltration. We discuss the preparation of microgel‐modified membranes (by “inside‐out” as well as “outside‐in” filtration in dead‐end mode). The clean‐water permeability and stability of these membranes was studied not only as a function of time, but also of temperature. The microgel‐modified membranes exhibit a reversible thermoresponsive behavior whereby both the resistance and the retention increased with decreasing temperature.     

二氧化碳存在下甲烷氧化细菌催化甲烷生物合成甲醇

 在甲烷单加氧酶和脱氢酶系的作用下,甲烷氧化细菌Methylosinus trichosporium IMV 3011可以把甲烷氧化成二氧化碳. 在反应体系中充入一定比例的二氧化碳后,检测到了甲醇的积累. 混合气中CO2,CH4,O2和N2的体积比为2∶1∶1∶1时甲醇的积累量达到最大. 在超滤膜反应器中进行了连续反应,利用反应混合气产生的压力将生成的甲醇从反应体系中分离. 连续反应198 h后甲醇的积累量没有明显下降.     

超滤膜技术用于甘草总黄酮的分离纯化

本实验采用5%的乙醇溶液进行提取,以膜通量为评价指标,讨论了不同条件下膜通量的变化,确定了最优的纯化工艺,操作压力为0.6 Mp,操作温度25～30℃,操作时间30 min,提取液浓度在原浓度的基础上稀释3倍,膜过滤后总黄酮含量明显增大。     

Characterization of heavy-metal-containing seepage water colloids by flow FFF, ultrafiltration, ELISA and AAS

Heavy-metal-containing humic colloids from seepage water samples of three different municipal waste disposal plants were characterized in terms of molecular weight, hydrodynamic radius and heavy metal content. The size distribution of the colloids was determined with ultrafiltration (UF) and flow field-flow fractionation (flow FFF). The humic colloids in the seepage water samples were characterized using an off-line coupling of flow FFF with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for humic substances. The heavy metals in the different size fractions obtained by UF and flow FFF were determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The colloid size distributions obtained with UF showed a maximum of the distribution in the range 1–10 nm. Seepage water samples with high colloid concentrations had a second maximum in the range 0.1–1 m. The determination of colloid size with flow FFF gave different colloid size distributions for the three waste disposal seepage waters, whereas water from the oldest disposal plant showed the smallest colloid size with a maximum at 0.9 nm and water from the most recent plant showed the largest colloid size with a maximum at 1.3 nm. The determination of particle classes with regard to the chemical composition using a scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence detector (SEM/EDX) showed that the particles can be divided into five classes: silicates, insoluble salts, iron(hydr)oxides, carbonates and organic colloids (humic colloids). Flow FFF/ELISA off-line coupling showed that the most frequently occurring colloids of the seepage waters were humic colloids and investigation of the UF-size-fractions with AAS showed that up to 77% of the total mass of a heavy metal element can be bound to particles, especially to humic colloids. Additionally, the distributions of the heavy metals Fe, Cu and Zn were investigated with flow FFF/AAS off-line coupling. These results also showed that a substantial amount of these heavy metals (up to 46%) was bound to humic colloids.     

聚醚砜超滤膜法纯化电泳用Fe(OH)3溶胶

Fe(OH)3溶胶的纯化是物理化学溶胶电泳实验中最大的难题,因为传统的火胶棉半透膜渗析纯化法不仅费时费力,而且成功率很低,本文将新型的膜分离技术应用于溶胶的纯化,提出了用自制的聚醚砜超滤膜纯化溶胶的方法,实验结果表明,此法不仅纯化效果好,而且省时省力,简单易行,是替代传统方法的良好方法。