Application of Membrane Deliquoring Technology in Ginkgo Biloba Extract Production

To displace the original vacuum hypothermia triple effect evaporation technology, save energy, and enhance product activity, nanofiltration technology is applied in getting rid of most solvent of macro porous resin eluent, which is generated in producing Gingko biloba extract. Membrane K and membrane L are studied systematically in this experiment. The results indicate that permeate flux increases with the accretion of operating pressure, operating temperature, and recycle flux, and decreases with the increase of feed concentration. An increased operating pressure and recycle flux resulted in a decreased permeate concentration, and increased operating temperature and feed concentration lead to an increased permeate concentration. Active components content in permeate almost does not change with operating condition. However, the cutoff ratio is about 99%, which can meet the need of production. Optimized operating condition was assured and small field experiment was done. It was shown that nanofiltration membrane technology could effectively eliminate solvent of macro porous resin eluent. Elementary estimation indicates that nanofiltration membrane technology can reduce 90% energy and 70% cost over the original technology.     

Effects of operating conditions on membrane charge property and nanofiltration

The effects of the operating pressure, cross flow velocity, feed concentration, and temperature on the streaming and Zeta potential of the membranes were studied. The permeate flux and the retention rate under different nanofiltration operating conditions were also investigated. The results show that the higher pressure, feed concentration, temperature, and lower cross flow velocity lead to the higher absolute value of streaming and Zeta potential. The permeate flux of the nanofiltration decreases with the feed concentration and increases with not only the pressure but also the cross flow velocity and temperature. The higher the pressure and the cross flow velocity, the higher the retention rate. The lower feed concentration and higher temperature leads to lower retention rate. The effects of the operating conditions on the permeate flux and the retention rate were explained by the variation of the membrane charge property.     

陶瓷膜净化溶剂油的实验研究

研究了平均孔径0.2 mm的陶瓷膜对含杂质溶剂油的微滤过程,选用不加水和加0.5%(w)水2种料液,考察了操作时间、跨膜压差、错流速度、温度和铝粉含量对膜通量及铝粉截留率的影响,研究了反冲操作、浓缩和污染膜清洗过程. 结果表明,不加水较加水料液的膜通量明显增大;随操作时间延长,膜通量下降至稳定,铝粉截留率迅速增大至100%;跨膜压差增大或温度升高使稳定通量增大;错流速度增大,稳定通量先升高之后不变;铝粉含量越高,膜通量越低. 适宜的操作参数为跨膜压差0.16 MPa、错流流速3.9 m/s和温度40℃. 反冲操作能有效提高膜通量;浓缩过程中膜通量快速下降至平缓阶段再较快降低,净化溶剂油澄清透明;采用0.15%(w)洗洁精和0.25%(w)硝酸清洗可使通量恢复到新膜通量的94.9%.     

Influence of filtration conditions on the performance of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes in dairy wastewater treatment

Filtration performance and fouling of nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in the treatment of dairy industry wastewater were investigated. Two series of experiments were performed. The first one involved a NF membrane (TFC-S) for treating the chemical-biological treatment plant effluents. The second one used a RO membrane (TFC-HR) for treating the original effluents from the dairy industry. The permeate flux was higher at higher transmembrane pressures and higher feed flowrates. The curves of permeate flux exhibited a slower increase while the feed flowrate decreased and the pressure increased. Membrane fouling resulted in permeate flux decline with increasing the feed COD concentration. Furthermore, the flux decline due to the COD increase was found higher at higher pressures for both NF and RO membranes.     

纳滤膜技术处理印染废水试验研究

本文用复合纳滤膜对印染厂提供印染废水进行了色度和COD的去除试验研究。试验结果表明，纳滤膜技术可有效去除印染废水中的色度和COD，即使对废水的处理率高达90%（过程回收率高达90%）时，膜对印染废水中的COD的去除率仍高达98%以上、对色度的去除率则仍几乎为100%。膜的水通量随着进料流量、操作压力的增大而增大，随着过程回收率的提高而下降。     

麦芽糖醇纳滤浓缩过程中膜的污染和清洗再生

采用纳滤方法对麦芽糖醇进行提纯和浓缩,可以节约大量的能耗。文中系统研究了该纳滤过程中操作条件对膜污染的影响,并对膜的清洗和再生效果进行了考察。实验结果表明,膜的污染程度随操作压差和原料液质量分数的增大而加剧,随循环流量和操作温度的升高而减轻。另外,采用常压、循环流量为100—120 L/h,40℃左右的去离子水冲洗30 m in,可达到满意的效果,再将被污染的膜浸泡36 h,基本能使膜纯水通量恢复到使用前的状态。     

Effect of Operating Parameters on the Separation of Sugars by Nanofiltration

ABSTRACT

Due to the complexity of fermentation mixtures, separation of solutes and secondary substrates has a special importance. Membrane processes such as nanofiltration may offer good alternatives for the separation of fermentation products or recovery of substrates. For an efficient separation, the membrane type and operating parameters such as feed flow rate, operating pressure, and feed should be optimized. In this study the separation and recovery of sugars were targeted. It was found that with an increase of the feed flow rate, permeate flux increased since the effect of concentration polarization was minimized. As a result, experiments were carried out at the highest possible flow rate. The effect of pressure was studied at five pressures (10–50 bar). It was found that there is a linear relationship between the pressure and permeate flux up to 30 bars. Beyond 30 bars the effect of pressure became less significant. Thus, 30 bars was chosen as the operating pressure. To investigate the effect of concentration, 1 to 10 weight percentage sucrose and glucose solutions were utilized. It was observed that with an increase in concentration, permeate flux decreased and rejections increased, finally reaching a limiting value. Binary solutions of sucrose and glucose were also studied. It was seen that the separation factor slightly decreased, probably due to a glucose–sucrose interaction. Experimental data were used with a mathematical model to predict the permeate flux and rejection. Good agreement of the predicted results was obtained with the experimental data for a 500 MWCO membrane     

气液两相流强化卷式纳滤膜分离硫酸镁水溶液

气液两相流强化卷式纳滤膜分离实验是针对DK2540卷式纳滤膜,采用气液两相流强化分离技术,对硫酸镁溶液进行研究,较系统地研究了温度、料液浓度、过膜压力、料液流速、气体流速等因素在分离硫酸镁溶液时,对膜通量、截留率和膜通量增加率的影响,并总结了气液两相流强化效果。结果表明,气液两相流强化卷式纳滤膜分离有明显的效果。温度宜在30~40℃。料液浓度越大、过膜压力越小、气液比越大,气液两相流强化效果越明显。     

Multicomponent Steady State Modeling of Concentration Polarization Including Adsorption during Nanofiltration of a Textile Effluent

Steady state modeling of nanofiltration of a textile effluent was carried out. The model comprised of three distinct parts. Film theory was used to account for the solute transport outside the membrane surface within the mass transfer boundary layer. An osmotic pressure model and a solution-diffusion model were used to quantify the solvent and solute flux through the porous membrane. The osmotic pressure model was modified by incorporating adsorption of dyes onto the membrane surface. The system had three components, namely, Cibacron Black and Cibacron Red and the salt as sodium chloride. The model had three parameters, namely, solute permeability of two dyes and sodium chloride through the membrane. These parameters were estimated by comparing the calculated and experimental data of permeate flux and permeate concentration. It was observed that membrane hydraulic resistance and the resistance due to concentration boundary layer were more significant. The calculated permeate flux was within ±20% of the experimental data. Values of resistance due to adsorption of dyes onto the membrane surface were calculated to be about 2 to 3% of total resistance and of those due to concentration boundary layer were about 47%.     

Reactive dye removal in dye/salt mixtures by nanofiltration membranes containing vinylsulphone dyes: effects of feed concentration and cross flow velocity

In this study, DS5 DK type nanofiltration membranes were tested to recycle the reactive dye bath effluents. Reactive black 5 (RB5), reactive orange 16 (RO16), reactive blue 19 (RB19) and NaCl were used in the experiments to prepare the synthetic dye and salt mixtures. Effects of feed concentration, pressure and cross flow velocity on the permeate flux and color removal were investigated. Permeate flux increased with increasing pressure for all NaCl solutions. Dye concentration had a significant effect on flux values. Under the fixed NaCl concentrations the flux decreased with increasing dye concentrations. Dye rejections greater than 99% were achieved. Permeate was almost colorless. A gel layer formed by the rejected dye on membrane surface operates as a resistance to the permeation of dyes due to complete rejection of high molecule weight dyes, especially for the low salt concentrations. The presence of salt concentration has an interesting effect on color removal. Color removal decreased with increasing salt concentration. Cross flow velocities had also a significant effect on flux values. The dye formed agglomerates at high NaCl concentrations. High cross flow velocities decreased this effect.     

Ultrasound Assisted Pervaporation Separation of Pyridine/Water Mixtures Using Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Polyacrylonitrile Blend Membranes

Poly(vinyl alcohol)/polyacrylonitrile blend membranes were prepared to separate pyridine/water mixtures by pervaporation. The membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The effects of membrane composition, feed pyridine concentration, operating temperature, downstream pressure and ultrasound irradiation on the separation process were evaluated. The experimental results indicated that with increasing PVA mass ratio and operating temperature the permeate flux increased but the separation factor decreased, while with increasing feed concentration and downstream pressure the separation factor increased and the permeate flux decreased. It was observed that Ultrasound irradiation enhanced the permeate flux.     

Parametric studies for strontium separation and volume reduction of a simulated nuclear waste solution

Volume reduction of a radioactive waste solution and recovery of the long-lived radionuclides are very much essential for effective nuclear waste management. A combination of complexation and nanofiltration for selective separation of strontium from a simulated Intermediate-Level Waste (ILW) solution has been studied. The advantages of nanofiltration membranes such as high retention, low operating pressure, and higher permeate flux were explored for the “concentrate and contain” strategy of waste management. An ethylenimine (EI) oligomer mixture containing primary, secondary, and tertiary amines as functional groups was used as a complexing ligand. The key process parameters, such as the EI concentration, feed pH, and initial strontium concentration, were optimized for strontium rejection. Statistical design of experiments was adopted to study the individual effects and combined interaction effects of these parameters. The optimization of these process parameters for strontium rejection and permeate flux was carried out using central composite design (CCD). The EI concentration and feed pH showed significant but opposing effects on strontium rejection and permeate flux. A strontium rejection of 98% was obtained for an EI concentration of 2.85 g/l and a feed pH of 8. The volume of the strontium-containing waste solution was successfully reduced to 10% of the initial volume.     

不同交联剂对PDMS/PVDF纳滤膜溶剂回收性能的影响

以聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)为分离层材料,聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)超滤膜为底膜,采用正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)、苯基三甲氧基硅烷(PTMOS)、辛基三甲氧基硅烷(OTMOS)、γ-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTEOS)4种不同的交联剂对PDMS进行交联,制备了PDMS/PVDF纳滤膜。采用接触角、红外谱图、扫描电镜等对膜的物理和化学结构进行了分析和表征。以大豆油/己烷混合油为实验体系,考察了压力和料液浓度对纳滤膜分离性能的影响。结果表明,纳滤膜的通量随压力线性增长,截留率初始随压力上升较快,随后增幅减慢而趋于稳定。随料液浓度的增加,纳滤膜的通量和截留率都有较大幅度的下降。相比较而言,以TEOS为交联剂所制得的纳滤膜分离性能最佳。大豆油/己烷混合油体系同水溶液体系的渗透特性类似,其渗透压可用van't Hoff方程计算。     

纳滤膜在染料工业脱盐浓缩中的应用

对CA50(醋酸纤维素)纳滤膜的盐截留率和染料截留率进行了考察,并将CA50纳滤膜应用于染料工业脱盐浓缩,考察了膜污染现象,对综合效益进行了分析。结果表明,CA50纳滤膜的盐截留率较低,对染料则有很高的截留率：将CA50纳滤膜应用于黄染料工业生产中,使主体染料的纯度提高20％,对黑染料膜分离过程进行优化,当盐浓度保持在5％时能获得最佳的脱盐效果;膜分离蓝色染料一段时间后,会造成膜污染,引起膜污染的物质主要是油污、无机物、有机物和染料分子,通过适当的预处理和清洗可以保持膜通量和防止膜污染：采用膜分离工艺使染料工业在经济、环境和社会效益得到提高．     

Intensification and optimization of the characteristics of polyacrylonitrile nanofiltration membranes with improved performance through experimental design and statistical analysis

The present study aims to employ experimental design and statistical analysis in order to investigate in detail the effect of various prominent parameters on the characteristics and performance of polyacrylonitrile nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of electroplating wastewaters targeting Ni, Cr, and Zn ions. Incorporation of TiO₂ into the membrane matrix was effective in improving pure water flux (PWF) by ~16%. Also, PWF and Ni rejection of membranes escalated to 118.55 L m⁻² h⁻¹ and 90.79%, respectively upon addition of 1.5 wt% citric acid to the dope. Variation in coagulation bath temperature from 25°C to 45°C led to the formation of membranes having higher porosity with enhanced PWF by about 25% at the expense of only 5% reduction in Ni rejection. Parameters were optimized by analysis of variance (ANOVA). In contrast to the effect of feed concentration, an increase in feed pressure and pH enhanced permeate flux and total ion rejection. Similarly, permeate flux increased at higher operational temperatures without change in total rejection. A mathematical model was developed by applying ANOVA and the best combination of operating parameters was obtained by optimization.     

Steady State Permeate Flux Estimation in Cross-Flow Ultrafiltration of Protein Solution

In the membrane separation process, the cross-flow configuration in which the fluid flows parallel to the membrane is widely utilized. Due to the shear stress exerted by the tangential feed flow, the accumulation of the retained species in the membrane is reduced, and the nearly steady state operation can be attained. The determination of steady state permeate flux is significant in the design and optimization problem. Several mechanisms of transport phenomena have been proposed to estimate the steady state permeate flux such as concentration polarization and Brownian diffusion, shear-induced diffusion, inertial lift, and surface transport. Another approach is using dimensional analysis to give the correlation equation with the operating condition instead of a deep focus on mechanism. In this study, we apply the model proposed in our previous study to predict the steady state permeate flux from the experimental data. After that, a new method using dimensional analysis is also developed to predict the steady state permeate flux from the operating conditions such as the trans-membrane pressure, the feed flow rate, and the feed volume fraction in a wide range. The correlation equation provides a good estimation of the experimental results.     

Separation of Liquiritin from Glycyrrhizic Acid in Licorice Root Extract by Nanofiltration Membrane

The aim of this work was to study the separation of liquiritin (LQ) from glycyrrhizic acid (GA), in licorice aqueous solutions using nanofiltration (NRT-7450) membrane. The LQ and GA components are the main active ingredients of licorice root extract with various pharmacological effects, The effects of transmembrane pressure, feed temperature, feed pH, and cross-flow velocity on permeate flux and recovery were determined. A lab scale cross-flow set up using flat-sheet configuration membrane was employed for all experiments. SEM micrographs showed the changes in the fouled surface during operating time. The applied transmembrane pressure, feed temperature, feed pH, and cross-flow velocity were varied from 4 to 10 bars, 30 to 40°C, 3 to 9, and 0.8 to 3.1 m s^?1 respectively. The obtained recoveries for GA and LQ varied between 0.65 to 1.86% and 16.89 to 41.65%, respectively. The optimum operating conditions for separation LQ from GA in licorice aqueous solutions using NRT-7450 nanofiltration membrane were 1.8 m s^?1cross-flow velocity, 8 bars transmembrane pressure, 40°C of feed temperature and pH 7.     

Sugars and Fructans Separation by Nanofiltration from Model Sugar Solution and Comparative Study with Natural Agave Juice

The fructan separation from a model sugar solution and natural agave juice was studied using a stirred-cell nanofiltration unit operated in concentration mode. Hydrophilic cellulose membrane with MWCO of 1000 Da was used. The experimental conditions were varied to predict the influence of pressure (0.14–0.350 MPa) and feed concentration (0.15–0.25 g/mL) on the initial permeate flux and solute retained fraction (SRF) values of the process. Response surface plots (p < 0.05) showed that the permeate flux and SRF increased significantly with the pressure and decreased with feed concentration. The permeate flux varied from 0.5 to 4.1 L · h^?1 · m^?2. The fructan retained fraction in model sugar solution varied from 0.85 to 0.97 whereas fructose, glucose and sucrose presented similar SRF values ranging from 0.38 to 0.65. Promising results were obtained when natural agave juice was used.     

Concentration of biologically active compounds extracted from Sideritis ssp. L. by nanofiltration

In the present study experimental results on the nanofiltration of ethanolic extracts from Sideritis ssp. L. are reported, regarding polyphenols and flavonoids concentration and solvent reuse. Three membranes, resistant to organic solvents, have been used: Starmem™ 240 (polyimide), Duramem™ 300 and Duramem™ 500 (both of them modified polyimide). The dependence of the membrane rejection on its MWCO is presented. The separation of flavonoids from phenols with lower molecular weight is found possible at MWCO > 400 Da. A decrease of the flux is observed at permeate to feed volume ratio of about 0.58, thus indicating the existence of a critical concentration, independent of the feed volume and MWCO of the membranes used. The membrane behaviour during nanofiltration has been characterised by ESEM and ATR-FTIR.Concentrations of active compounds up to 3-4 times higher have been obtained in the retentates. The extracts concentrated by nanofiltration preserve their high antioxidant activity. Further dilution of the retentates displays a logarithmic concentration dependence of the radical scavenging activity. The experiments have proved the possibility for permeate use for extraction instead of ethanol, thus essentially reducing the volume of the solvent.     

多效膜蒸馏技术分离尿素水溶液的研究

应用新型多效膜蒸馏技术,对尿素水溶液体系进行分离试验研究。用正交试验方法对操作条件进行优化设计,结果表明,在试验范围内,当膜侧进口温度90℃,料液流量30 L/h,料液初始质量分数0.5%,膜通量最大;当膜侧进口温度90℃,料液流量10 L/h,料液初始质量分数0.5%,造水比最大;膜通量随膜侧进口温度升高而增加,膜通量随进料流量增大而增加,造水比反之。