IP Library Granted Patent US 12,048,898
Granted Patent B2
US 12,048,898 · App. 17/434,215 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Hollow fiber membrane and method for producing hollow fiber membrane

Inventors: Takahito Nakao (Osaka, JP); Yasuki Terashima (Otsu, JP); Masanao Kohashi (Iwakuni, JP); Miharu Numoto (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOBO MC CORPORATION
B01D69/0871B01D67/0083B01D67/0088B01D69/02B01D69/081B01D69/082B01D71/16B01D2323/08B01D2323/12B01D2323/283B01D2325/04
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Patent No.
US 12,048,898
App. No.
17/434,215
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hollow fiber membrane that is a hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane, wherein a Raman value is 70% or more, and the Raman value is a ratio of a minimum value to a maximum value of peak intensities, which are intensities of maximum peaks in each of multiple Raman spectra obtained by Raman spectroscopy at multiple points in a membrane thickness direction of a transverse cross-section of the hollow fiber membrane in a state of being swollen with water.

Claims (16)

1. A hollow fiber membrane that is a hollow fiber semipermeable membrane, wherein

a Raman value is 70% or more, and

the Raman value is a ratio of a minimum value to a maximum value of peak intensities obtained by Raman spectroscopy measured at multiple points in a membrane thickness direction of a transverse cross-section of the hollow fiber membrane in a state after being immersed in water.

2. The hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein the Raman value is 70% or more and 95% or less.

3. The hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , comprising a material that contains at least any of a polymer containing cellulose, a polymer containing polysulfone, and a polymer containing polyamide.

4. The hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the hollow fiber membrane is 40 μm or more and 200 μm or less.

5. The hollow fiber membrane according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional inner shape of the hollow fiber membrane is a triangular shape.

6. A method for producing a hollow fiber membrane, comprising:

spinning by extruding a membrane-forming solution from a nozzle into a coagulation liquid via an air gap and pulling out a coagulation product of the membrane-forming solution from the coagulation liquid to obtain a hollow fiber membrane that is a hollow fiber semipermeable membrane; and

post-treatment in which the hollow fiber membrane obtained in the spinning is washed with water, and then subjected to at least a hot water treatment and a salt water treatment,

wherein

the membrane-forming solution comprises a solvent and a non-solvent, and a mass ratio of solvent/non-solvent in the membrane-forming solution is 40/60 to 70/30,

the coagulation liquid comprises a solvent and a non-solvent other than water, and the total content of the solvent and the non-solvent other than water in the coagulation liquid is 30 to 70% by mass,

a temperature of the coagulation liquid is 10 to 20° C., and

a temperature of the salt water treatment is 70° C. or more and 95° C. or less.

7. A hollow fiber membrane that is produced by the production method according to claim 6 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
To: TOYOBO MC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064505/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: NAKAO, TAKAHITO; TERASHIMA, YASUKI; KOHASHI, MASANAO; NUMOTO, MIHARU
To: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058070/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-036116 · Feb 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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