IP Library Granted Patent US 12673299
Granted Patent B2
US 12673299 · App. 18/556,321 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Sheath-core conjugated fiber for supporter of water treatment separation membrane, supporter comprising same for water treatment separation membrane, water treatment separation membrane comprising same, and filter module comprising same

Inventors: Geon Sang Lee (Gumi-si, KR); Sung Geun Cho (Gumi-si, KR); Song Jung Han (Gumi-si, KR); Do Hyun Kim (Gumi-si, KR)
Assignee: TORAY ADVANCED MATERIALS KOREA INC.
B01D69/1071B01D71/56C02F1/44D01F8/14D04H1/435D04H1/5412D10B2505/04
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Patent No.
US 12673299
App. No.
18/556,321
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a sheath-core conjugated fiber for a supporter of a water treatment separation membrane, the fiber being harmless to the human body without the elution of heavy metals and having excellent color transparency and strength, a supporter comprising the same for a water treatment separation membrane, a water treatment separation membrane comprising the same, and a filter module comprising the same.

Claims (14)

1 . A sheath-core conjugated fiber for a supporter of a water treatment membrane, comprising a sheath and a core in a cross-sectional area ratio of 1:1.5 to 1:4.0,

wherein the sheath comprises a polyester resin for sheath,

wherein the polyester resin for sheath comprises a polycondensation product obtained by ester reaction and polycondensation reaction of an acid component; and a diol component,

wherein the acid component comprises 20 to 40 mol % of isophthalic acid (IPA) and the remaining amount of terephthalic acid (TPA),

wherein the diol component comprises 13 to 40 mol % of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1-1 below and the remaining amount of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1-4 below, or 0.1 to 5 mol % of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1-2 below and the remaining amount of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1-4 below:

wherein the polyester resin for sheath has a carboxyl group (—COOH) content of (1.0 to 4.0)×10 7 eg/g.

2 . A supporter for a water treatment separation membrane, comprising the sheath-core conjugated fiber of claim 1 .

3 . The supporter of claim 2 , wherein in the supporter, when a specimen which is cut from the supporter to a weight of 0.7 g is immersed in 1,000 g of deionized water (DI water) with a purity of 99.9% or higher for 100 hours and then taken out and the concentration of a heavy metal element eluted in the deionized water is measured, the elution amount of heavy metal is 1 ppm or less, and

wherein the heavy metal element has an atomic mass of 63 to 200 Da (dalton) and a density of 4.0 g/cm 3 or more.

4 . A water treatment separation membrane, comprising:

the supporter of claim 2 ;

a support layer which is formed on one or both sides of the supporter; and

an active layer which is formed on the surface of the support layer.

5 . The water treatment separation membrane of claim 4 , wherein the support layer comprises at least one selected from polysulfone polymer, polyacrylonitrile polymer and polyethersulfone polymer.