Cellulose compound hollow fiber membrane
AssigneeDaicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
InventorsShuji Nakatsuka, Sachiko Matsuoka
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cellulose compound hollow fiber membrane having high mechanical strength and is hardly degraded by microorganisms, wherein a cellulose compound is comprised as a membrane material, the thickness of the membrane is 50 to 500 μm, a dense membrane surface having an average pore diameter of 0.001 to 0.05 μm exists on the internal and/or external surface thereof, the inside of the membrane is composed of a three-dimensional network-like porous structure having voids with an average pore diameter of 0.05 to 2 μm, and 70% by weight or more of the membrane material is cellulose acetate propionate or cellulose acetate butyrate.
Claims6
A hollow fiber membrane comprising a cellulose compound as a membrane material, wherein the thickness of the membrane is 50 to 500 μm, a dense membrane surface having an average pore diameter of 0.001 to 0.05 μm exists on the internal and/or external surface thereof, the inside of the membrane is composed of a three-dimensional network porous structure having voids with an average pore diameter of 0.1 to 2 μm and a maximum value in the distribution of pore diameters of 0.5 to 5 μm, a tensile strength at break of the hollow fiber membrane is at least 3 MPa, a pure water permeation rate is 200 l/(m2h) or more at a transmembrane pressure of 100 kPa and at a temperature of 25° C., an elongation at break of the membrane is at least 15% and 70% by weight or more of the membrane material is cellulose acetate propionate or cellulose acetate butyrate.
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