新型中空纤维空气隙式膜蒸馏用于海水淡化

利用自制的添加隔热管状隔网并呈螺旋缠绕结构编排的中空纤维膜组件进行了空气隙式膜蒸馏(AGMD)海水淡化过程性能研究, 实验以模拟标准海水(质量分数3.5%, 总溶解性固体含量35000 mg·L^-1)为热料液进水, 考察了热料液进水温度、热料液流量、冷凝液进水温度和冷凝液流量对膜通量、造水比和热效率的影响。结果表明, 随着热料液进水温度增加, 膜通量、造水比和热效率均增加;冷凝液进水温度增加, 膜通量下降而造水比和热效率增加;热料液流量增加, 膜通量上升而造水比和热效率明显下降;冷凝液进水流量对膜蒸馏过程性能影响较小。实验过程中产水TDS始终保持在3.0 mg·L^-1以下, 相应的离子去除率高于99.99%, 膜通量、造水比和热效率最高可分别达5.87 L·m^-2·h^-1、5.37和0.943。研究表明, 引入清洁能源取代传统电加热驱动热源将进一步突出膜蒸馏技术的实际应用潜力。     

新型气隙式膜蒸馏组件脱盐过程

利用基于聚丙烯中空纤维膜和聚丙烯中空纤维换热管的新型能量回收式膜组件(AGMD-HF),以70 g·L^-1的氯化钠溶液为研究对象,考察了膜组件长度和膜孔径大小对膜组件脱盐性能的影响。为直接衡量操作条件、组件参数以及温差、浓差极化现象对传质系数的影响,引入总传质系数,并研究进料温度和膜孔径对总传质系数的影响。实验结果表明,总传质系数随着温度的升高、膜孔径的增大而增大,提高膜孔径可有效提高总传质系数,同时可有效提高通量和造水比。通量随组件长度的增大而减小,而造水比增大,因此在应用过程中可综合考虑通量和造水比以便选择合适的组件长度。     

A continuous‐effect membrane distillation process based on hollow fiber AGMD module with internal latent‐heat recovery

A continuous‐effect membrane distillation (CEMD) process was developed by equipping air gap membrane distillation (AGMD)‐based and strictly‐parallel hollow fiber module with internal heat recovery. Its performance was indicated by flux, performance ratio and evaporation efficiency. Two kinds of CEMD modules made from different membrane fibers were tested. A face‐centered central composite experimental design was conducted to investigate the influences of operating variables including cold‐feed temperature, hot‐feed temperature, and feed‐in flow rate on the performance. Within the studied experimental range, the maximum PR of 13.8 was obtained. A theoretical model based on governing transport equations was established to predict the process performance, and the model described the experimental data fairly well. In light of the model, possible ways to further increase PR were predicted. The dilute aqueous sugar solution was successfully concentrated 12‐fold to a final concentration of about 20 wt % by using CEMD process with a final PR of 8.2. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 1278–1297, 2013     

Heat transfer in the rectangular cross-flow flat-sheet membrane module for vacuum membrane distillation

This paper presents a study of heat transfer coefficients of boundary layers in a laboratory-scale rectangular cross-flow flat-sheet membrane module by using distilled water vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) experiments. Results show that the traditional heat transfer correlations, which are mostly employed in the membrane distillation literature, are not suitably used to predict the heat transfer process in the VMD system for the Reynolds numbers ranging from 300 to 1090. This study formulates a new semi-empirical heat transfer correlation by suggesting Knudsen-viscous mechanism governs the water vapour across the membrane. Compared to the feed flow rate, the feed temperature is the limit to the heat transfer. The heat transfer coefficients are strongly dependent on the physical properties of the feed solution, but less relied on the design of the membrane module.     

膜蒸馏脱盐过程膜润湿的研究进展

膜蒸馏（MD）适合在偏远地区小规模制备淡水,有脱盐率高、接近常压操作、可利用太阳能等优势。但MD膜润湿影响了装置的运行稳定性,是制约MD脱盐应用的重要因素之一。本文介绍了MD膜润湿的评价方法,包括测定透水压力、临界膜孔润湿深度及可视化在线监测膜润湿进程等;简述了膜污染、MD操作变量、膜蒸馏形式及不同结垢晶体各因素对膜润湿的影响;从防垢和强化通量、掌握合适的膜清洗周期、物理干预及提升MD膜性能等方面分析了抑制膜润湿的措施;并分析了一些脱盐实验时间较长的MD膜润湿情况;指出具有自清洁性的光催化膜及防垢性能更强的双疏膜和Janus膜,具有抑制MD膜润湿的巨大潜力。本文有助于对脱盐过程中MD膜润湿的预测和有效控制。     

液隙式热泵膜蒸馏海水淡化系统的热力性能分析

热泵膜蒸馏是一种新型的膜分离技术,在处理高浓度盐水方面具有很大的优势,而目前的热泵膜蒸馏系统存在渗透量较低、冷却水消耗量大等问题。为提高渗透量、减少冷却水的消耗,设计了一种新型液隙式热泵膜蒸馏的海水淡化系统,通过在Aspen Plus中自定义膜模块建立经过实验验证的系统仿真模型,研究了进料液温度、渗透侧温度及进料流量对系统膜通量及能效比等热力参数的影响。结果表明,渗透侧温度降低可引起渗透量增加和能效比减小,且在低渗透侧温度情况下渗透侧温度的改变对能效比影响更大。随着渗透侧温度变化,存在一个渗透侧温度使造水比最大且吨水能耗最小,研究工况下最大造水比可达3.42,最小吨水能耗为463 MJ/t,且该最佳渗透侧温度随进料液温度增加而增加。进料液流量增加可引起渗透量和能效比增加,引起吨水能耗升高和造水比降低,当进料液流量小于3 L/min时,进料液流量增加对吨水能耗和造水比的负面影响较显著,进料液温度为50℃时,料液流量从1.5 L/min增至3 L/min,造水比的降低幅度可达33.5%;料液流量从4.5 L/min增至6 L/min时,造水比的降低幅度降至10.6%。     

膜蒸馏脱盐中膜污染与膜润湿的研究进展

膜蒸馏作为一种脱盐的新兴技术受到广泛关注。然而,因为实际水质组分复杂,可能含有如表面活性剂、油类物质、易结垢盐和有机溶剂等污染物,导致一般疏水膜在长时间运行情况下极易发生膜污染或者膜润湿,最终造成膜通量或截留性能降低。本文首先简述了不同种类的膜污染和膜润湿的特点及形成原因,并分析了膜污染和膜润湿之间的区别和联系。对膜蒸馏过程中膜污染和膜润湿的监测和预测手段进行了简要介绍,最后针对膜蒸馏脱盐过程,重点介绍了近几年国内外预防膜污染和膜润湿的研究进展。研究者一般从污染物与疏水膜的相互作用力着手对疏水膜进行表面改性制备全疏膜和Janus复合膜,避免污染物在膜面的吸附以及抑制表面或孔道润湿。越来越多的研究人员采用致密亲水膜的渗透汽化脱盐来从根本上避免疏水膜带来的润湿。除此之外,对进料液进行预处理也能显著延迟膜的污染和润湿,如混凝/沉淀、膜过滤、煮沸、pH调控等,还可通过改变进料方式、辅助外加磁场等措施控制膜表面局部区域的流体力学状态,减少污染物的附着。适当的膜后处理措施也能恢复膜性能。最后,文章指出了解决膜蒸馏中膜污染和膜润湿的研究方向。     

A new enhancement technique on air gap membrane distillation

The most serious concern in the application of air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) configuration is the low permeate flux caused by an additional transport resistance owing to the air gap, by the temperature and concentration polarization and by the surface fouling. This paper presents an innovative design of a low-cost and high efficient membrane module with an advanced enhancement technique in an AGMD configuration, which not only yields a much improved permeate flux but also requires no additional facility for the enhancement. The new module design includes a tangent directional and rotational inlet turbulent flow of hot feed and a partial contact between the membrane and the cooling plate in a small air gap. The concrete structure of the module is introduced in detail in the paper. Using this new module the permeate flux can be obtained up to 119 kg/m²h for tap water when the temperature of the hot and cold water is 77 °C and 12 °C respectively, which is about a 2.5-fold improvement over the traditional AGMD technique at the almost the same conditions. Within the range of our experimental study, the optimum partial contact area ratio is about 75–80%. Mechanistically, the tangent and rotational inlet turbulent flow can accelerate the diffusive process of mass and heat, reduce the boundary layer thickness of temperature and concentration and wash the membrane surface so as to improve the temperature and concentration polarization near the membrane surface and to raise the efficiencies of mass and heat transfer. Because of the partial contact between the membrane and the cooling plate with a large area, the main heat transfer and permeate condensation in the gap both are carried out on the contact area, which is very different from either the common AGMD or DCMD (direct contact membrane distillation) so as to reduce the transport resistance in the gap and thus to raise the permeate flux significantly. The new enhancement technique is also applied for the desalination of 15 wt.% salt water, which shows the similar improvement in permeate flux.     

中空纤维空气隙式膜蒸馏海水淡化过程的性能模拟与优化

利用响应曲面法(RSM),以模拟标准海水(质量分数3.5%)为进水对中空纤维空气隙式膜蒸馏(AGMD-HF)海水淡化过程的影响因子和膜通量指标进行了模拟优化。通过面向中心复合设计法(CCD)实现了基于热料液进水温度、冷凝液进水温度和料液流量的实验优化设计,并建立了响应值与影响因子之间的二次多项式回归模型。方差分析(ANOVA)、RSM分析及实验响应值与预测值的对比验证了该模型对影响因子和膜通量模拟优化的可信度。进一步地,通过期望函数的引入确定了各影响因子最佳水平,并利用太阳能加热驱动过程实验进行验证。结果表明,ANOVA的决定系数R²达到0.986,p值则低于0.0001;实验膜通量与预测值平均误差仅为6.95%,产水电导率始终保持在10 μS·cm^-1以下,脱盐率稳定在99.99%以上;最佳影响因子水平分别为83.5℃、13.2℃和60.2 L·h^-1,在此条件下太阳能加热驱动过程膜通量达到6.47 L·m^-2·h^-1。该实验不仅为潜在可行的规模放大过程提供了可参照的操作参数,而且表明将太阳能引入AGMD-HF海水淡化过程具有很强的实际应用潜力。     

减压膜蒸馏浓缩盐水溶液的研究现状

减压膜蒸馏技术是一种新型膜分离技术,在许多领域中呈现出明显优势。综述了减压膜蒸馏技术浓缩盐水溶液的研究现状,分析了影响分离性能的相关因素以及该技术在处理浓盐水中的应用效果,指出了减压膜蒸馏技术浓缩盐水溶液的应用前景。     

Simulation of membrane distillation modules for desalination by developing user's model on Aspen Plus platform

This paper presents a simulation study of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) and air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) for desalination. Simulation models are built on Aspen Plus^® platform as user defined unit operations for these two types of modules, respectively. Large scale modules for practical industrial applications are simulated and studied for the effects of design and operation variables, as well as the importance of heat and mass transfers of each phase. For each type of modules with heat recovery design, the response surface method (RSM) is applied to develop the performance-variables quadratic model, followed by the multivariable optimization. Optimal designs can realize separation efficiencies, defined as the ratio of water produced to the feed, of 8.2% and 5.8% for DCMD and AGMD, respectively.     

膜蒸馏海水淡化研究进展及发展趋势

海水淡化是解决我国水资源短缺的重要措施之一。膜蒸馏海水淡化技术可以充分利用太阳能等低品位热源，具有成本低、设备简单、操作容易、能耗低等优点，在海水及苦咸水淡化方面应用前景广阔。     

Hydrophobic PVDF hollow fiber membranes with narrow pore size distribution and ultra-thin skin for the fresh water production through membrane distillation

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) hydrophobic asymmetric hollow fiber membrane was fabricated through the dry-jet wet phase inversion process. It is found that the PVDF hollow fiber has an ultra-thin skin layer and a porous support layer from the morphology study. The fully porous membrane structure has the advantage of decreasing the vapor transport resistance and enhancing the permeation flux. The fabricated PVDF membrane has a mean pore size of in diameter and a narrow pore size distribution. The rough external surface produces an advancing contact angle of 112±3^° with water. During direct contact membrane distillation (MD) of 3.5 wt% salt solution, PVDF hollow fibers produced a water permeation flux of (based on the external diameter of hollow fiber) and a NaCl rejection of 99.99% with a hot salt solution at 79.3 °C and cold distillate water at 17.5 °C. This performance is comparable to or superior to most of commercially available PVDF hollow fiber membranes, indicating that the newly developed PVDF may be suitable for MD applications.     

Hydrophobizing polyether sulfone membrane by sol-gel for water desalination using air gap membrane distillation

ABSTRACT

The hydrophobic polyether sulfone membranes were prepared by the sol-gel method to be applied in an air gap membrane distillation setup for desalination. The surface modifications were carried out using Trimethylsilyl chloride (TMSCl) and Methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) solutions. The membranes were characterized using Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Optical Contact Angle (OCA) methods. The effects of membrane preparation as well as operating conditions such as temperature difference, salt concentration, feed rotation speed, and cold-side temperature on membrane performance were investigated using central composite design method. It was found that feed temperature has the largest effect among the parameters on the permeation flux. The flow rate and salt rejection of the membrane in the optimum conditions were 4.47 Kg m^?2 h^?1 and 99.37%, respectively.     

疏水石墨烯膜的制备及其用于膜蒸馏脱盐的研究进展

膜蒸馏技术由于理论截盐率高、操作条件温和及对盐浓度灵敏度低等优势,在脱盐领域中展现出巨大潜力。近年来,人们开始关注石墨烯材料在膜蒸馏脱盐领域中的应用。本文首先概述膜蒸馏技术的基本原理及常用膜材料;接着介绍石墨烯的疏水性质和疏水石墨烯膜的制备;再详细综述石墨烯混合基质膜、石墨烯复合膜及石墨烯纯膜这三类疏水石墨烯膜在膜蒸馏脱盐中的应用;最后总结疏水石墨烯用于膜蒸馏脱盐面临的主要挑战及未来研究方向。     

气隙式膜蒸馏在溴化锂吸收式制冷系统中的应用

以1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-全氟癸基三乙氧基硅烷（PFDTES）为改性剂,采用表面接枝方法制备疏水性PFDTES-Al₂O₃管式复合膜,并将其应用于溴化锂吸收式制冷系统。通过LiBr/H₂O溶液的气隙式膜蒸馏实验,测试管式复合膜对溶液的分离性能。结果表明：通过PFDTES成功制备出疏水性PFDTES-Al₂O₃管式复合膜;膜蒸馏渗透通量随着操作压力、进料温度及进料流量的增大而增大,随着进料浓度的增大而减小;对于LiBr的截留率始终保持在99.99%以上。在膜蒸馏实验结果的基础上,进一步利用Aspen Plus软件模拟了基于PFDTES-Al₂O₃复合膜的新型溴化锂吸收式制冷系统的换热过程,研究该复合膜应用于溴化锂吸收式制冷系统的可行性。结果表明：性能系数（COP）随着LiBr/H₂O稀溶液浓度及流量的增大而减小,随着LiBr/H₂O稀溶液温度的升高而增大;并且LiBr/H₂O稀溶液温度及流量是主要的影响因素。在操作压力0.08MPa、LiBr/H₂O稀溶液流量86L/h、质量分数50%、温度＞70℃、冷侧流量120L/h和温度20℃的条件下,COP＞0.7,说明将PFDTES-Al₂O₃复合膜用于溴化锂吸收式制冷系统,不仅可以减小设备的体积,还能降低运行成本,具有较高的可行性。     

Application of Taguchi method in optimization of desalination by vacuum membrane distillation

This research focuses on desalination via vacuum membrane distillation (VMD). In order to enhance the performance of VMD in desalination and to get more flux, effects of operating parameters on the yield of distillate water were studied. Four parameters at three levels were selected: temperature (35, 45, and 55 °C), vacuum pressure (30, 80, and 130 mbar), flow rate (15, 30, and 60 mL/s) and concentration (50, 100, and 150 g/L). Taguchi method was used to plan a minimum number of experiments. The optimal levels thus determined for the four factors were: temperature 55 °C, vacuum pressure 30 mbar, flow rate 30 mL/s and concentration 50 g/L. The results show that increasing temperature and decreasing vacuum pressure improve permeate flux. However, the permeate flux increases with increasing flow rate initially and then reaches to a maximum value at 30 mL/s and then decreases with increasing the flow rate.     

膜蒸馏技术最新研究现状及进展

综述了新型分离技术——膜蒸馏技术的最新研究进展,对膜蒸馏的历史、分类,膜蒸馏用膜的制备、膜蒸馏过程中的传递现象、膜组件的优化设计及应用研究等进行了深入的评述,提出了今后亟待研究和解决的问题。     

焦耳效应强化气隙式膜蒸馏脱盐过程的实验研究

以膜蒸馏海水淡化为背景,通过对自制导电炭膜通入直流电产生焦耳效应,开展焦耳效应强化膜蒸馏氯化钠水溶液脱盐过程实验研究。结果表明,制备的煤基炭膜在100℃内具有良好的结构稳定性;在实验范围内,炭膜对氯化钠的截留率在99.96%以上;焦耳效应对膜蒸馏渗透通量的提高率最高可达60%,且低温时焦耳效应对膜蒸馏的强化效果更好、电转换效率更高;引入的焦耳热除用于水分汽化外,还可提高料液温度、改善温度极化、增加传质推动力;焦耳效应同时对膜蒸馏过程传质系数产生影响,在进料温度为50~80℃时,受努森扩散和分子扩散影响,电流为1A时传质系数值将减小,电流为3A和5A时传质系数值将增大;膜蒸馏过程引入焦耳效应不会产生氧化还原反应和额外膜结垢;在炭膜中引入电流不会破坏炭膜及其表面PDMS层的结构。本文研究内容丰富了膜蒸馏海水淡化过程的强化方法,也可为焦耳效应影响膜蒸馏过程的模拟研究及工业应用提供依据。     

A new model for mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation

The mass transfer process in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) for three kinds of membranes was measured. Water fluxes at different temperatures and the membrane distillation coefficients (MDC) for each membrane were obtained directly from experimental data. The fact that the MDC values of membranes with larger pore size increase with temperature indicates that Poiseuille flow plays an important role in the process of mass transfer through the membrane. Based on this conclusion, a three-parameter model, named the Knudsen diffusion-molecular diffusion-Poiseuille flow transition (KMPT) model, was developed to predict MDC and water flux for membrane distillation. The parameters of the KMPT model for each membrane employed in this study, by which MDC at various temperatures can be determined, were evaluated by a nonlinear regression. The values of MDC and water fluxes for each membrane predicted by KMPT model agree well with that obtained directly from the experiment results. A large contribution of Poiseuille flow to mass transfer was observed and can be attributed to the distribution of large pores in the membranes. The KMPT model also provides a method for estimation of the effect pore size using the ratio of the MDCs; the ratio of the Poiseuille flow to molecular diffusion MDC provides the best estimation.