IP Library Granted Patent US 12673300
Granted Patent B2
US 12673300 · App. 18/440,083 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Composite semipermeable membrane, and spiral membrane element

Inventors: Tomotsugu Miyabe (Osaka, JP); Atsuki Hirabara (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
B01D69/12B01D63/10B01D71/56B01D71/68B01D2325/20
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Patent No.
US 12673300
App. No.
18/440,083
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite semipermeable membrane includes: a porous support including a porous resin layer; and a separation functional layer formed of a polyamide-based resin on the porous resin layer. The polyamide-based resin contains a resin component derived from a divalent polyfunctional amine and a trivalent or higher polyfunctional acid halide, a molar ratio of the trivalent or higher polyfunctional acid halide to the divalent polyfunctional amine is in a range of 0.65 to 1.00, and a terminal carboxyl group concentration is 0.01 or less. The composite semipermeable membrane has an amide intensity ratio of 0.60 or more, the amide intensity ratio being a ratio of an absorption peak intensity derived from C═O stretching vibration of an amide group to an absorption peak intensity derived from a repeating unit of the porous resin layer, when measuring the absorption peaks by an ATR-IR method.

Claims (19)

1 . A composite semipermeable membrane comprising:

a porous support including a porous resin layer; and

a separation functional layer formed of a polyamide-based resin on the porous resin layer,

wherein

the polyamide-based resin contains a resin component derived from a divalent polyfunctional amine and a trivalent or higher polyfunctional acid halide, a molar ratio of the trivalent or higher polyfunctional acid halide to the divalent polyfunctional amine is in a range of 0.65 to 1.00, and a terminal carboxyl group concentration is 0.01 or less, and

the composite semipermeable membrane has an amide intensity ratio of 0.60 or more, the amide intensity ratio being a ratio of an absorption peak intensity derived from C═O stretching vibration of an amide group to an absorption peak intensity derived from a repeating unit of the porous resin layer, when measuring the absorption peaks by an ATR-IR method.

2 . The composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 1 , wherein

the polyamide-based resin contains a resin component derived from m-phenylenediamine (MPD) and trimesic acid chloride (TMC), and

a molar ratio of TMC to MPD (TMC/MPD) is in a range of 0.65 to 1.00.

3 . The composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 1 , wherein

the porous resin layer is formed of a polysulfone-based resin, and

the absorption peak intensity derived from the repeating unit is an absorption peak intensity derived from stretching vibration of O—C—O.

4 . The composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a rejection of geosmin is 99.5% or more.

5 . The composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 4 , having a water permeability of 9.0 LMH/bar or more when evaluated using model water that simulates river water.

6 . A spiral membrane element comprising the composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 1 .

7 . A spiral membrane element comprising the composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 2 .

8 . A spiral membrane element comprising the composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 3 .

9 . A spiral membrane element comprising the composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 4 .

10 . A spiral membrane element comprising the composite semipermeable membrane according to claim 5 .