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Characteristic of Water Pervaporation Using Hydrophilic Composite Membrane Containing Functional Nano Sized NaA zeolites

기능성 나노 제올라이트가 분산된 친수성 복합막 제조 및 탈수 투과증발 특성 연구

  • Oh, Duckkyu (Department of Chem. Eng., College of Eng., Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Yongtaek (Department of Chem. Eng., College of Eng., Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2012.09.02
  • Accepted : 2012.10.04
  • Published : 2013.02.01

Abstract

The NaA zeolite particles were dispersed in a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) matrix to prepare a composite membrane. The nano sized zeolite particles of NaA were synthesized in the laboratory and the mean size was approximately 60 nm. Pervaporation characteristics such as a permeation flux and a separation factor were investigated using the membrane as a function of the feed concentration from 0.01 to 0.05 mole fraction and the weight % of NaA particles between 0 wt% and 5 wt% in the membrane. Also, the micro sized particles of $5{\mu}m$ were dispersed in the membrane for a comparison purpose. When the ethanol concentration in the feed solution was 0.01 mole fraction, the flux of water significantly increased from $600g/m^2/hr$ to $2000g/m^2/hr$ as the content of the nano NaA particles in the membrane increased from 0 wt% to 5 wt%, while the NaA particles improved the separation factor from 1.5 to 7.9. When the flux of water through the membrane containing nano sized particles was roughly 15% increased compared to the micro sized particles, whereas the separation factor of water was found to be approximately 5% increased. It can be said that the role of the nano sized NaA particles is quite important since both the flux and the separation factor are strongly affected.

NaA 제올라이트 입자들을 폴리비닐알콜(PVA) 고분자에 분산시키어 복합막을 제조하였다. 나노 크기의 NaA 입자들을 연구실에서 합성하였으며, 그 평균 크기는 대략 60 nm이었다. 제조한 혼합 매트릭스 분리막을 이용하여 0.01 부터 0.05 몰분율 농도 범위의 에탄올 수용액으로부터 물을 선택적으로 분리하고자 공급 수용액의 농도 및 첨가한 제올라이트 함유량을 0 에서 5 wt% 내에서 조절하면서 투과증발 특성을 고찰하였다. 상호 비교 목적으로 평균 $5{\mu}m$ 크기의 NaA 입자들을 분산시킨 복합막의 투과 증발 특성도 함께 조사하였다. 공급된 에탄올 농도가 0.01 몰분율인 실험조건에서 분리막 내의 나노 NaA 입자들의 첨가량이 0 wt%에서 5 wt%로 증가함에 따라 물의 투과플럭스는 $600g/m^2/hr$에서 $2,000g/m^2/hr$로 크게 증가하였으며, 물 선택성은 1.5에서 7.9로 5배 이상 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 나노 입자들이 분산된 분리막을 통한 물 투과플럭스는 마이크로 입자들이 분산된 분리막을 통한 물 투과플럭스보다 전반적으로 약 15% 이상 증가한 반면, 선택도는 약 5% 정도 증가한 것으로 관찰되었다. 따라서, 마이크로 입자보다는 나노 입자의 혼합으로 인한 투과플럭스나 선택도에 미치는 영향이 매우 크기 때문에 나노 입자가 더 효율적이라고 사료된다.

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