DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes

Abstract

Separation of the components of liquid mixtures is achieved by contacting a liquid mixture with a nonporous membrane having a fluoropolymer selectively permeable layer and imposing a pressure gradient across the membrane from feed side to permeate side. Unusually high transmembrane flux is obtained when the membrane is subjected to one or more process conditions prior to separation. These include (a) leaving some residual amount of membrane casting solvent in the membrane, and (b) contacting the membrane with a component of the mixture to be separated for a duration effective to saturate the membrane with the component.

Inventors:
; ;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
CMS Technologies Holdings, Inc., Newport, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1193398
Patent Number(s):
9079138
Application Number:
13/279,904
Assignee:
CMS Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Newport, DE)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0003561
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Nemser, Stuart M., Kosaraju, Praveen, and Bowser, John. Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Nemser, Stuart M., Kosaraju, Praveen, & Bowser, John. Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes. United States.
Nemser, Stuart M., Kosaraju, Praveen, and Bowser, John. Tue . "Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1193398.
@article{osti_1193398,
title = {Organic fluid permeation through fluoropolymer membranes},
author = {Nemser, Stuart M. and Kosaraju, Praveen and Bowser, John},
abstractNote = {Separation of the components of liquid mixtures is achieved by contacting a liquid mixture with a nonporous membrane having a fluoropolymer selectively permeable layer and imposing a pressure gradient across the membrane from feed side to permeate side. Unusually high transmembrane flux is obtained when the membrane is subjected to one or more process conditions prior to separation. These include (a) leaving some residual amount of membrane casting solvent in the membrane, and (b) contacting the membrane with a component of the mixture to be separated for a duration effective to saturate the membrane with the component.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

Works referenced in this record:

Multicomponent membranes for gas separations
patent, October 1980


Tube unit and process for its fabrication
patent, October 1996


Method of gasifying or degasifying a liquid
patent, March 1999


Non-porous gas permeable membrane
patent, June 1999


Designed selectivity gas permeable membranes
patent, June 2002


Method of producing nitrogen enriched air
patent, November 2002


Oil dehydrator
patent, February 2003


Separations with Highly Selective Fluoropolymer Membranes
patent-application, November 2011


Organic Fluid Permeation through Fluoropolymer Membranes
patent-application, April 2012


Super-Surface Selective Nanomembranes Providing Simultaneous High Permeation Flux and High Selectivity
patent-application, May 2014


High permeable PTMSP/PAN composite membranes for solvent nanofiltration
journal, May 2009


Effects of residual solvent on gas separation properties of polyimide membranes
journal, August 2008


Transport of Organic Solutes through Amorphous Teflon AF Films
journal, November 2005