Permeation water

Acrylonitrile—methyl acrylate—iadene terpolymers, by themselves, or ia blends with acrylonitrile—methyl acrylate copolymers, exhibit even lower oxygen and water permeation rates than the iadene-free copolymers (110,111). Terpolymers of acrylonitrile with iadene and isobutjlenealso exhibit excellent barrier properties (112), and permeation of gas and water vapor through acrylonitrile—styrene—isobutjleneterpolymers is also low (113,114). 

A = 4.05 X lO " cm/(s-kPa)(4.1 X 10 cm/(s-atm)) and = 1.3 x 10 cm/s (4)//= 1 mPa-s(=cP), NaCl diffusivity in water = 1.6 x 10 cm /s, and solution density = 1 g/cm . Figure 4 shows typical results of this type of simulation of salt water permeation through an RO membrane. Increasing the Reynolds number in Figure 4a decreases the effect of concentration polarization. The effect of feed flow rate on NaCl rejection is shown in Figure 4b. Because the intrinsic rejection, R = 1 — Cp / defined in terms of the wall concentration, theoretically R should be independent of the Reynolds... 

In contrast to other polymers the resistance to water permeation is low due to the hydrolysis of the poly(vinyl acetate) (163,164). Ethylene copolymers have been developed which have improved water resistance and waterproofness. The polymer can be used in the latex form or in a spray-dried form which can be preblended in with the cement (qv) in the proper proportion. The compressive and tensile strength of concrete is improved by addition of PVAc emulsions to the water before mixing. A polymer-soHds-to-total-soHds ratio of ca 10 90 is best. The emulsions also aid adhesion between new and old concrete when patching or resurfacing. 

Osmotic Pinch Ejfect Feed is pumped into the membrane train, and as it flows through the membrane array, sensible pressure is lost due to fric tion effects. Simultaneously, as water permeates, leaving salts behind, osmotic pressure increases. There is no known practical alternative to having the lowest pressure and the highest salt concentration occur simultaneously at the exit of the train, the point where AP — AH is minimized. This point is known as the osmotic pinch, and it is the point backward from which hydrauhe design takes place. A corollary factor is that the permeate produced at the pinch is of the lowest quality anywhere in the array. Commonly, this permeate is below the required quahty, so the usual prac tice is to design around average-permeate quality, not incremental quahty. A I MPa overpressure at the pinch is preferred, but the minimum brine pressure tolerable is 1.1 times H. 

Corrosion-inhibiting primers based on this technology have been in continuous service since they were first utilized with nitrile epoxies in the late 1960s. These inhibitors function by passivating the aluminum. In this process, water permeating the adhesive bondline carries a certain amount of inhibitor to the oxide surface. 

To be effective, there must be a certain minimum concentration of inhibitor at the interface to be protected. Therefore, there must be sufficient inhibitor in the primer, and these inhibitors need to be soluble enough in water to enable transport of inhibitor to the oxide surface as water permeates the adhesive joint. However, too high of a solubility will rapidly deplete the primer layer of inhibitor resulting in a loss of protection. One of the fortuitous properties of zinc and strontium chromates is the limited solubility of these compounds in water (about 1.2 g/1 at 15°C [33]). 

In modeling an RO unit, two aspects should be considered membrane transport equations and hydrodynamic modeling of the RO module. The membrane transport equations represent the phenomena (water permeation, solute flux, etc.) taking place at the membrane surface. On the other hand, the hydrodynamic model deals with the macroscopic transport of the various species along with the momentum and energy associated with them. In recent years, a number of mathematical... 

A limitation to the more widespread use of membrane separation processes is membrane fouling, as would be expected in the industrial application of such finely porous materials. Fouling results in a continuous decline in membrane penneation rate, an increased rejection of low molecular weight solutes and eventually blocking of flow channels. On start-up of a process, a reduction in membrane permeation rate to 30-10% of the pure water permeation rate after a few minutes of operation is common for ultrafiltration. Such a rapid decrease may be even more extreme for microfiltration. This is often followed by a more gradual... 

Water Permeation of Nitrile Copolymers. While the AN content bears a direct relationship to the gas barrier, the water permeability presents quite an anomaly. If the water permeation of the commercial SAN films (25% AN) is measured, the rate is higher than that of polystyrene. Thus it appears that films with greater AN content have even higher water permeation rates. It was discovered, however, (I, 7) that as the AN content increases there is a shift in permeation, and the higher AN/S materials show water barriers of excellent quality. Table VIII... 

Water Permeation and Solute Separation through the Membrane. The measurements of water permeability of the 67 membranes prepared under different conditions were carried out by using an Amicon Diaflo Cell (effective membrane area, 13.9 cm2) under a pressure of 3 kg/cm2 at 25 °C. Some results are listed in Table 1067. It is apparent that much higher water absorption and permeability than the cellulosic membrane are characteristic of the 67 membranes prepared by both the casting polymerization and conventional casting. 

Table 10. Water permeation through poly(tetrahydropyran-2,6-diyliminocarbonyl) membrane under the pressure of 3 kg/cm2 at 25 °C67>6 ...

Membrane No. Thickness, mm Degree of hydration8 Water permeation, l/m2hr... 

Application 6.5. Effect of solute concentration on water permeation... 

Water Permeation Through a Blood Cell Membrane... 

H. Vromans and J. A. Van Laarhoven. Study on water permeation through rubber closures of injection vials. Int. J. Pharm., 79, 301 (1992). 

In the other three membrane processes, for example, in RO, a membrane is mounted in an apparatus so that a two-section compartment is formed. Contaminated water is pressurized and circulated through the high-pressure-solution compartment. Water permeates to the low-pressure side and is removed. The concentrated brine is removed separately. 

For this reason much work has been done at the ALZA Corporation and elsewhere to increase the water permeation rates by various technologies. For example, ALZA scientists utilized a composite membrane in the development of their first commercial product with this technology [21,22], In this system they first applied a CA membrane containing a high concentration of porosigens. A second dense membrane containing only CA was added. In this way the overall fluid permeability was increased, since the thickness of the dense portion of the film could be proportionately reduced. 

Murata, K., Mitsuoka, K., Hirai, T., et al. (2000) Structural determinants of water permeation through aquaporin-1. Nature 407, 595-605. 

Composition of the membrane PVA/PAcr.Ac Composition of liquid mixture ethanol-water Permeation rate / / (g m 2 h"1) T/ °C Separation factor Permeate activation energy Ea/ (kJ mol"1)... 

To measure the water permeation of various diffusion layer samples, Benziger et al. [245] placed the sample DL in a pressurized membrane filtration cell. Then water was slowly added to the cylinder in the filtration cell, and the amount of water that flowed through the DL was measured as a function of time. Once all the water was drained, the sample was weighed to determine... 

The study of the dynamical behavior of water molecules and protons as a function of the state of hydration is of great importance for understanding the mechanisms of proton and water transport and their coupling. Such studies can rationalize the influence of the random self-organized polymer morphology and water uptake on effective physicochemical properties (i.e., proton conductivity, water permeation rates, and electro-osmotic drag coefficients). 

For an isotropic tortuosity in three dimensions, = 1/3. 0 is the Heaviside step-function that accounts for the existence of a percolation fhreshold, A in the water-permeating network. A can be obtained from the specific law of swelling established for the membrane under consideration, as discussed in Section 6.7.4. The mean square radius of pores that contribute to the water flow in a local volume element with water content A is... 

Water Permeation through a silicon polycarbonate membrane into an inert gas stream and into GC port GC/FID 74.0 pg/L (74 ppb, w/v) No data Blanchard and Hardy 1986... 

Geong and coworkers reported a new concept for the formation of zeolite/ polymer mixed-matrix reverse osmosis (RO) membranes by interfacial polymerization of mixed-matrix thin films in situ on porous polysulfone (PSF) supports [83]. The mixed-matrix films comprise NaA zeoHte nanoparticles dispersed within 50-200 nm polyamide films. It was found that the surface of the mixed-matrix films was smoother, more hydrophilic and more negatively charged than the surface of the neat polyamide RO membranes. These NaA/polyamide mixed-matrix membranes were tested for a water desalination application. It was demonstrated that the pure water permeability of the mixed-matrix membranes at the highest nanoparticle loadings was nearly doubled over that of the polyamide membranes with equivalent solute rejections. The authors also proved that the micropores of the NaA zeolites played an active role in water permeation and solute rejection. 

The highest level, at structural scales >10 nm, is that over which long-range transport takes place and diffusion depends on the degree of connectivity of the water pockets, which involves the concept of percolation. The observed decrease in water permeation with decreasing water volume fraction is more pronounced in sulfonated poly(ether ketone) than in Nafion, owing to differences in the state of percolation. Proton conductivity decreases in the same order, as well. 

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