Hollow fiber membrane module
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsAtsushi Kobayashi, Kenta Iwai, Masayuki Hanakawa, Tamotsu Kitade, Masahiro Kimura
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Abstract
This hollow fiber membrane module is provided with: a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in the direction of height; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes accommodated in the cylindrical case; and a first potting unit attaching the end parts of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes positioned at the first end of the cylindrical case while the end parts are open. The hollow fiber membranes have a rupture strength of 23 MPa or more. The filling rate for the hollow fiber membranes is 40-80%.
Claims10
A hollow-fiber membrane module comprising:
- a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in a height direction,
- a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes housed in the cylindrical case, and
- a first potting part which bonds end parts of the plurality of hollow-fiber membranes located on the first end side of the cylindrical case while letting the end parts be open,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane has a breaking strength of 23 MPa or more,
- wherein a filling ratio of the hollow-fiber membrane is from 40 to 80%,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane is a hollow-fiber membrane containing a fluororesin-based polymer,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof,
- wherein a molecular chain in the columnar texture is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane, and
- wherein a Raman orientation parameter ν of the molecular chain is from 1.5 to 4.0:
- Raman orientation parameter=(I1270/I840)parallel/(I1270/I840)perpendicular (1)
- wherein:
- parallel condition:
- the longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane is parallel to a polarization direction;
- perpendicular condition:
- the longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane is orthogonal to the polarization direction;
- I1270 parallel:
- the intensity of Raman band at 1,270 cm−1 under the parallel condition;
- I1270 perpendicular:
- the intensity of Raman band at 1,270 cm−1 under the perpendicular condition;
- I840 parallel:
- the intensity of Raman band at 840 cm−1 under the parallel condition;
- and
- I840 perpendicular:
- the intensity of Raman band at 840 cm−1 under the perpendicular condition.
A hollow-fiber membrane module comprising:
- a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in a height direction,
- a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes housed in the cylindrical case, and
- a first potting part which bonds end parts of the plurality of hollow-fiber membranes located on the first end side of the cylindrical case while the end parts being open,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane has a breaking strength of 25 MPa or more, and a filling ratio of the hollow-fiber membrane is from 41 to 80%,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane module is a hollow-fiber membrane containing a fluororesin-based polymer,
- wherein the hollow-fiber membrane has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof,
- wherein at least a part of molecular chains of the fluororesin-based polymer are oriented in the longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane, and
- wherein in the hollow-fiber membrane, an orientation degree π calculated based on the following formula (2) is 0.4 or more and less than 1.0:
- Orientation degree π=(180°−H)/180° (2)
- wherein H is a half-width (°) of a diffraction intensity distribution in a circumferential direction of a wide-angle X-ray diffraction image.
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