IP Library Granted Patent US 8,580,341
Granted Patent B2
US 8,580,341 · App. 12/470,606 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Method of making composite membrane

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Patent No.
US 8,580,341
App. No.
12/470,606
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a composite membrane comprising a porous base membrane and a polyamide coating disposed on said porous base membrane, said polyamide coating comprising a C 3 -C 8 cyclic carbonyl compound and a C 1 -C 8 amide compound, said amide compound comprising at least one N—H moiety. In addition the present invention provides a method of preparing a composite membrane comprising contacting under interfacial polymerization conditions an organic solution comprising a polyacid halide with an aqueous solution comprising a polyamine, said contacting being carried out on a surface of a porous base membrane, said organic solution further comprising a C 3 -C 8 cyclic carbonyl compound, said aqueous solution comprising a C 1 -C 8 amide compound, said amide compound comprising at least one N—H moiety.

Claims (16)

1. A method of preparing a composite membrane comprising:

contacting under interfacial polymerization conditions an organic solution comprising a polyacid halide with an aqueous solution comprising a polyamine, said contacting being carried out on a surface of a porous base membrane,

wherein

the organic solution further comprises about 0.5 wt % butyrolactone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 3 wt % acetamide; or

the organic solution further comprises about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 3 wt % formamide or about 3 wt % acetamide; or

the organic solution further comprises about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 5 wt % succinamide.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base membrane is selected from the group consisting of polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyester, polypheynyleneoxide, polyphenylenesulfide, polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylidine fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polycarbonate, polyetherketone, and polyetheretherketone.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base membrane is a porous polysulfone membrane.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic solution further comprises about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 3 wt % formamide, about 3 wt % acetamide, or about 5 wt % succinamide.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic solution further comprises about 0.5 wt % butyrolactone or about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 3 wt % acetamide.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said polyacid halide comprises trimesoyl chloride.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said polyamine comprises meta-phenylene diamine.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic solution further comprises about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 3 wt % formamide.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic solution further comprises about 2.5 wt % cyclohexanone, and the aqueous solution further comprises about 5 wt % succinamide.

10. A method of preparing a composite membrane comprising:

contacting under interfacial polymerization conditions an organic solution comprising an organic triacid chloride, an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, and cyclohexanone, with an aqueous solution comprising an aromatic diamine, water, and acetamide, said contacting being carried out on a surface of a porous polysulfone membrane, said cyclohexanone being present in an amount corresponding to about 2.5 weight percent of a total weight of the organic solution, said acetamide being present in an amount corresponding to about 3 weight percent of a total weight of the aqueous solution, said contacting being carried out at a temperature in a range from about 0° C. to about 80° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2018
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
To: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047502/0065 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2009
From: WANG, HUA; LU, SU; LI, HUA; RICE, STEVEN THOMAS; SURIANO, JOSEPH ANTHONY; ZHANG, BING; WANG, CHEN; COSTA, LAWRENCE CHARLES; HARROLD, STEVEN JOHN; OLSON, DAVID ALLEN; PENG, WENQING
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022724/0974 →