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Vapor permselective membrane
Assignee: AGC Inc
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Filing: 1989-01-26
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Granted: 1990-03-20
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Expires: 2009-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A vapor permselective membrane consisting essentially of an ion exchange membrane made of a fluorine-containing polymer having a fixed ion concentration of from 1 to 6N, a water content of from 20 to 250% by weight and an ion exchange capacity of from 0.6 to 2.5 meq/g dry resin, the ion exchange membrane having a thickness of from 0.1 to 300 μm and a moisture content of from 1 to 10% by weight, the permselective membrane having a water vapor permeation rate of at least 50 m 3 /m 2 .atm.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Nakao
- 👤 Yoshio Sugaya
- 👤 Hiroshi Mori
- 👤 Hirofumi Horie
- 👤 Hirokazu Wakabayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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2026-10-30 16:40
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/26; B01D53/268; B01D53/22; B01D53/228; B01D69/00; B01D69/02; B01D71/00; B01D71/06; B01D71/30; B01D71/32; C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/20; C08J5/22; C08J5/2206; C08J5/2218; C08J5/2231; C08J5/2237; C08J5/2275; C08J5/2281; C08J5/2287; C08J5/2293; C08J2327/00; C08J2327/02; C08J2327/12; C08J2327/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A vapor permselective membrane consisting essentially of an ion exchange membrane made of a fluorine-containing polymer having a fixed ion concentration of from 1 to 6 meq/g H 2 O, a water content of from 20 to 250% by weight and an ion exchange capacity of from 0.6 to 2.5 meq/g dry resin, said ion exchange membrane having a thickness of from 0.1 to 300 μm and a moisture content of from 1 to 10% by weight, said permselective membrane having a water vapor permeation rate of at least 50 m 3 /m 2 .atm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A vapor permselective membrane consisting essentially of an ion exchange membrane made of a fluorine-containing polymer having a fixed ion concentration of from 1 to 6 meq/g H 2 O, a water content of from 20 to 250% by weight and an ion exchange capacity of from 0.6 to 2.5 meq/g dry resin, said ion exchange membrane having a thickness of from 0.1 to 300 μm and a moisture content of from 1 to 10% by weight, said permselective membrane having a water vapor permeation rate of at least 50 m 3 /m 2 .atm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, which is obtained by dehydrating the fluorine-containing polymer constituting the ion exchange membrane at a temperature of not higher than the glass transition temperature of the polymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 2, wherein the moisture content is reduced by at least 30% as compared with the moisture content prior to the dehydration.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein the ion exchange membrane is made of a fluorine-containing polymer having a fixed ion concentration of from 1 to 6 meq/g H 2 O, a water content of from 20 to 250% by weight and an ion exchange capacity of from 1.06 to 2.5 meq/g dry resin, and has a thickness of from 0.1 to 100 μm and a moisture content of from 1 to 10% by weight, and the permselective membrane has a water vapor permeation rate of at least 50 m 3 /m 2 .atm and a selective permeation constant of water vapor/nitrogen of at least 5,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein the ion exchange membrane comprises at least two layers of a first ion exchange layer having a small fixed ion concentration and a second ion exchange layer having a fixed ion concentration higher than the first ion exchange layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 5, wherein each of the first and the second ion exchanger layers has a fixed ion concentration of at most 6 meq/g H 2 O, and the second ion exchange layer has a fixed ion concentration higher by at least 0.5 meq/g H 2 O than the first ion exchange layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the ion exchange membrane is roughened, and the roughened surface area is at least 5 times the projected surface area.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer has repeating units of the formula: ##STR3## wherein m is 0 or 1, and n is an integer of from 2 to 5.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein the ion exchange membrane is laminated with a porous layer made of a porous material having a pore diameter of from 0.01 to 100 μm and a thickness of from 10 to 500 μm, with its outer and inner walls being hydrophiric.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 9, wherein the outer or inner wall of the porous material is coated with ion exchange resin having a water content of from 20 to 250% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 1, wherein the ion exchange membrane is in the form of a hollow filament.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
80 words
The permselective membrane according to claim 11, wherein the hollow filament is prepared by impregnating a solution of an ion exchange resin having ion exchange groups or groups convertible to ion exchange groups to a hollow filament of a gas permeable porous material and drying it to coat the ion exchange resin on the surface and/or in the porous of the porous hollow filament in an amount of from 1 to 100 g per m 2 of the membrane area.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method for selectively permeating water vapor by means of a vapor permselective membrane as defined in claim 1, which comprises contacting a gas containing water vapor to one side of the permselective membrane and contacting a dry gas to the other side of the permselective membrane or reducing the pressure at the other side of the permselective membrane, to selectively permeate water vapor through the permselective membrane.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
108 words
The method according to claim 13, wherein prior to contacting the gas containing water vapor on one side of the membrane and contacting the dry gas to the other side of the permselective membrane or reducing the pressure at the other side of the permselective membrane to selectively permeate water vapor through the permselective membrane, at least one side of the membrane is brought in contact with a dry gas or subjected to evacuation at a temperature of not higher than the glass transition temperature of the permselective membrane, to reduce the moisture content of the permselective membrane to a level of from 1 to 10% by weight.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method according to claim 13, wherein the gas containing water vapor has a temperature of less than 20° C.
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