WO1994008705A1 - Unite inorganique de filtration comportant au moins un reseau integre de circulation d'un milieu liquide a traiter et/ou du filtrat recupere - Google Patents
Unite inorganique de filtration comportant au moins un reseau integre de circulation d'un milieu liquide a traiter et/ou du filtrat recupere Download PDFInfo
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- the present invention relates to the technical field of molecular or particulate separation using separation elements, generally called membranes and made from inorganic materials.
- the object of the invention is, more precisely, to provide an inorganic filtration unit suitable for concentrating, sorting or extracting, molecular or particulate species contained in a liquid medium which exerts a given pressure on the membrane.
- the object of the invention finds a particularly advantageous application in the field of nano-filtration, 1 ultra-filtration, micro-filtration, filtration or reverse osmosis.
- patent FR 2 061 934 a mineral filtration unit consisting of stacked filtration elements.
- a first network of channels, parallel to each other of circular section, are arranged on the facing faces of two consecutive filtration elements.
- the surface of the channels is covered with a separating layer ensuring the filtration of a liquid medium circulating inside the first network of channels.
- the filtration elements are arranged to comprise a second network of channels of circular section extending in a direction perpendicular to that of the channels of the first network.
- the channels of the second network are intended to recover the filtrate having passed through the filtration elements from the separating layers.
- the channels of the two networks open onto the four sides of the filtration block thus formed.
- the sides of the block are intended to receive plates arranged to include independent pipes for supplying the liquid medium to be treated and for recovering the filtrate, adapted to communicate respectively with the first and second networks of channels.
- the use of such plates has drawbacks insofar as they require perfect sealing between the four sides of the block and the added plates.
- the plate mounting operation cannot be easily carried out during the block manufacturing process, which prohibits industrial manufacture of such a filtration block. It must also be considered that the one-piece nature of such a module means that it must be made from a porous material. This constraint makes the module not very efficient because of the thickness of the walls which it imposes.
- a module intended for the exchange of energy and capable of being applied to the field of filtration is formed from a one-piece porous element, inside which are arranged at least two independent networks of parallel layers of regularly crossed channels. The channels of each network are interconnected by pipes.
- Such a module which has been designed to constitute a heat exchanger, is ill-suited to provide a filtration function. Indeed, this module is made from a porous material, in the form of a one-piece element, leading to the production of an inefficient module due to the thickness of the walls, which causes a loss of heavy load. Furthermore, such a module may include reinforcing bridges forming continuities of material and designed to connect two opposite separating walls, in order to increase the mechanical resistance of the walls. It turns out that the use of such reinforcement bridges reduces the filtration capacity for the same surface used for material.
- the present invention aims to remedy the various drawbacks of Prior techniques by proposing an inorganic filtration unit designed, on the one hand, to comprise at least one and, preferably, two circulation networks which are sealed relative to each other, respectively for the liquid medium to be treated and the filtrate and, on the other hand, to present an optimized filtration capacity compared to the volume of material used.
- the object of the invention also aims to offer an inorganic filtration unit, designed to allow industrial manufacturing including in its manufacturing process, the realization of the supply lines of the liquid to be treated and the filtrate recovery lines.
- the filtration unit according to the invention comprises at least one porous, rigid, inorganic structure having first and second main faces, opposite one another, at least one cavity being provided in the porous structure at a distance from the two faces, delimiting supports.
- the porous structure comprises at least one channel with sealed walls opening onto the two faces and formed to pass through a support, with a view to forming a first sealed circulation network with respect to the cavity.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a filtration unit according to the invention.
- Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along the lines II - II of FIG. 1.
- Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to FIG. 2 and showing other embodiments of a filtration unit according to the invention.
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a filtration unit according to the invention.
- Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate a first embodiment of an inorganic filtration unit 1, in accordance with the invention, adapted to ensure the separation or filtration of molecules or particles contained in a liquid medium 2, of diverse nature, comprising a solid phase or not.
- the filtration unit 1 is composed of at least one rigid inorganic porous structure A interposed between an end element E and an end counter-element E '.
- the porous structure A has a first, and a second has 2 main faces opposite one another.
- each main face a, and a 2 is covered by at least one separating layer 3, intended to be in contact with the liquid medium 2 which is established between these faces and the end elements E and E '.
- the nature of the separating layer (s) 3 is chosen according to the separation or filtration power to be obtained and forms with the porous structure an intimate connection, so that the pressure P coming from the liquid medium 2 is transmitted to the porous structure A.
- the diameter of the pores of this or these layers 3 is considerably smaller than that of the porous structure.
- the ratio of the porous structure diameter A to layers 3 is of the order of 10 000.
- the porous structure A comprises means, such as a cavity 4 formed at a distance from the faces a, and a 2 and, adapted to recover the filtrate having passed through the porous structure A from the separating layers 3.
- the cavity 4 is arranged so as to leave subsist according to its extension plan which is considered to be parallel to the faces a, and a 2 , at least one support 6 ensuring a continuity of material between the opposite faces a ,, a 2 of the porous structure A.
- the porous structure A is formed by two plates or tiles A AnlagenA 2
- the cavity 4 is formed on at least one and, preferably, on the two faces placed in correspondence of the plates A, and A 2 .
- the support or supports 6 are arranged to delimit the cavity 4, so as to constitute a peripheral border 6 j intended to provide a perimeter contact surface between the two plates A, and A 2 .
- the cavity 4 is thus confined inside the porous structure A by opening for example, by passages not shown and produced at the edges of the porous structure in order to recover the filtrate.
- the peripheral edges 6 are in mutual contact and are used to allow the plates to bond to each other by means of a bonding product, such as a layer of glass or clay deposited on the edges and subjected to a heat treatment.
- a bonding product such as a layer of glass or clay deposited on the edges and subjected to a heat treatment.
- one or more supports 6 2 of a punctual nature, are produced in order to ensure a function which will be explained more precisely in the following description.
- the support (s) 6 are used to ensure the production of at least one and, in general, of a series of channels 8 opening onto the two faces a, and a 2 of the porous structure A, with a view to constituting a first network RI for circulation of the liquid medium 2, tight vis-à-vis the cavity 4 for recovering the filtrate.
- the channels 8 are thus made to pass right through, the porous structure A, being isolated from the cavity 4 due to their passage through the supports 6.
- the channels 8 are sealed using a suitable product identical or not to that having served to link the supports 6 together.
- the channels 8 can be sealed from a hot-melt polymer of the fluorinated or non-fluorinated type, a resin, enamels or glasses. It should be noted that the walls of the channels 8 can be sealed using an added non-porous element.
- the rigid porous structure A is associated, on at least one of its faces, for example a 2 , with at least one complementary porous rigid structure inorganic B.
- the porous structure B comprises a plate or a tile B, one of its faces b ,, of which is covered by a separating layer 3.
- Such a face b is intended to be in contact with the face a 2 of the structure A, by delimiting with the latter at least one chamber 10 formed to communicate with the channels 8.
- the chamber 10 is produced so as to leave at least one reinforcement in its plane of extension parallel to the faces of the structure a support 11 forming a continuity of material between the two main opposite faces of the plate B ,.
- the reinforcements 11 form at least part of a peripheral border of the plate B ,, so as to allow the confinement of the chamber 10 inside the porous structure.
- the cavity 4 communicates with the external face b 2 of the plate B ,, by means of at least one conduit 12 passing through the reinforcement 11, with a view to constituting a second circulation network R 2 , which is sealed or independent with respect to the first network R,.
- the filtrate collected in chamber 4 can be brought to the external face b 2 of the porous structure B ,.
- the conduits 12 have their surface or their wall sealed with the aid of an attached non-porous element or a sealant identical or not to that covering the walls of the channels 8, so as to obtain two circulation networks.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 it can be envisaged to produce a filtration unit comprising a stack of at least two and, in the illustrated example of three identical rigid inorganic porous structures A, B and C.
- the cavities 4 of the porous structures A, B and C communicate with each other by the conduits 12, while the chambers 10 of the porous structures A, B and C communicate with each other by the channels 8.
- the function of the networks R 1 and R 2 can be inverted so that the networks R 1 and R 2 ensure the circulation respectively of the filtrate and of the liquid medium to be treated.
- the end elements E, E ' can constitute metallic containment plates, their role is to allow the arrival and the exit of the fluid to be treated in the network R, and to collect the filtrate coming from the network R 2 .
- these push plates E and counter push E ' are made of an inorganic rigid material in which are formed pipes 13 for supplying and returning the liquid medium to be treated and one or more pipes 14 for recovering the filtrate.
- the inorganic thrust E and counter thrust E 'plates are made of an inorganic material of zero porosity.
- the inorganic filtration unit thus produced is formed by a stack of inorganic plates, for example in number of the order of 10 to 15, allowing its manufacture according to an industrial process.
- a brick by its design directly integrates the communication passages between the circulation network of the fluid to be treated and the filtrate recovery network by the use of supports 6 and reinforcements 11 which ensure the respective sealed passage of the channels 8 and conduits 12.
- the supports 6 and the reinforcements 11 assume an additional function which is that of ensuring the mechanical strength of each porous structure when the latter is working in compression.
- the cross section of the supports and reinforcements and their number are defined so that the surface of the porous structure, apart from the supports and reinforcements, deforms by an amount less than the breaking strain.
- the implementation of the reinforcements 11 and of the supports 6 on the opposite faces of the porous structures allows the latter to withstand a backwashing backpressure applied in the cavity or cavities 4.
- This opposite pressure with respect to to that of transfer makes it possible to take off the materials deposited on the separating layers 3.
- the supports 6 and the reinforcements 11 thus ensure a function of mechanical resistance of the porous structures and a function of sealed passage between the network of the liquid medium to be treated and the filtrate.
- the supports 6 and the reinforcements 11 can be facing each other or offset from one face to the other of a porous structure. These supports 6 or reinforcements 11 thus make it possible to reduce the surface of action of the pressure by limiting the force and, consequently, the bending applied.
- the geometry and the arrangement of the supports 6 and the reinforcements 11 therefore depend on the bending characteristics of the material of the porous structures and on the transfer and unclogging pressures. They can be arranged, in the form of peripheral strips, supplemented if necessary, by occasional supports or reinforcements 6 2 .
- the arrangement of the supports 6 and the reinforcements 11 requires that of the channels 8 and conduits 12. It can thus be provided to produce, for example, n passages aligned along at least one of the sides of the plate, combined or no to n passages aligned along at least one perpendicular axis.
- the conduits 12 and the channels 8 are produced along two opposite sides of the porous structure and are aligned in a direction substantially parallel to the sides.
- the filtration unit according to the invention is capable of concentrating, sorting or extracting molecular or particulate species contained in a liquid medium which exerts a given pressure on the membrane.
- the unit according to the invention can thus be used in the field of nano-filtration, ultra-filtration, micro-filtration, filtration or reverse osmosis.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP93922007A EP0623049B1 (fr) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | Unite inorganique de filtration comportant au moins un reseau integre de circulation d'un milieu liquide a traiter et/ou du filtrat recupere |
| JP50969394A JP3295428B2 (ja) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | 処理すべき液媒体及び/又は回収されたろ液の流動のための統合網状組織を少なくとも一つ含む無機ろ過ユニット |
| CA002123812A CA2123812C (fr) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | Unite inorganique de filtration comportant au moins un reseau integre de circulation d'un milieu liquide a traiter et/ou filtrat recupere |
| US08/244,616 US5554282A (en) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | Inorganic membrane filtration unit |
| AU51163/93A AU669935B2 (en) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | Inorganic filtering unit comprising at least one integrated network for the flow of a liquid medium to be treated and/or of the recovered filtrate |
| DE69323177T DE69323177T2 (de) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | Anorganische filterstruktur mit mindestens einem integralen kanalnetzwerk für die zu filternde flüssigkeit und/oder für das genommene filtrat |
| KR1019940701824A KR100300773B1 (ko) | 1992-10-09 | 1993-10-07 | 액체매질또는회수여과물순환용종합네트워크를구비한무기물여과유닛 |
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| FR9212379A FR2696653B1 (fr) | 1992-10-09 | 1992-10-09 | Unité inorganique de filtration comportant au moins un réseau intégré de circulation d'un milieu liquide à traiter et/ou du filtrat récupéré. |
| FR92/12379 | 1992-10-09 |
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| JP (1) | JP3295428B2 (fr) |
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| AT (1) | ATE175892T1 (fr) |
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| CA (1) | CA2123812C (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE69323177T2 (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES2131119T3 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2696653B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO1994008705A1 (fr) |
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| GB764911A (en) * | 1953-08-27 | 1957-01-02 | British Filters Ltd | Improvements in and relating to filters and filtering elements |
| FR2061934A5 (en) * | 1969-10-03 | 1971-06-25 | Commissariat Energie Atomique | Porous alumina filter |
| FR2182612A1 (en) * | 1972-03-16 | 1973-12-14 | Lorraine Carbone | Filtration cell - of moulded, monobloc construction |
| FR2262550A1 (fr) * | 1974-03-01 | 1975-09-26 | Lorraine Carbone | |
| EP0259109A2 (fr) * | 1986-08-29 | 1988-03-09 | Advanced Polymer Technology Inc | Membranes perméables permettant une densité de flux élevée et ayant une basse tendance à colmater ainsi que des procédés les utilisant |
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| FR2696653B1 (fr) | 1995-02-17 |
| CA2123812A1 (fr) | 1994-04-28 |
| AU5116393A (en) | 1994-05-09 |
| US5554282A (en) | 1996-09-10 |
| DE69323177T2 (de) | 1999-06-17 |
| JPH07501982A (ja) | 1995-03-02 |
| ATE175892T1 (de) | 1999-02-15 |
| KR100300773B1 (ko) | 2002-02-28 |
| JP3295428B2 (ja) | 2002-06-24 |
| ES2131119T3 (es) | 1999-07-16 |
| FR2696653A1 (fr) | 1994-04-15 |
| AU669935B2 (en) | 1996-06-27 |
| CA2123812C (fr) | 2004-06-22 |
| EP0623049A1 (fr) | 1994-11-09 |
| EP0623049B1 (fr) | 1999-01-20 |
| DE69323177D1 (de) | 1999-03-04 |
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