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2019年09月 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2019) Encouragement Award of Separation Process Division, Fundamental investigation on gas permeation mechanism of the facilitated transport membrane with metal containing ionic liquids as an oxygen carrier
2019年03月 先端膜工学研究推進機構春季講演会, ポスター賞, 金属錯体系イオン液体キャリア含有促進輸送膜の酸素透過機構に関する基礎的検討
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年09月 化学工学会秋季大会第50年会, 学生賞, 膜-透過分子間相互作用を考慮した多孔性セラミック膜の細孔構造評価
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年06月 公益社団法人 新化学技術推進協会, GSCポスター賞, アミノ酸イオン液体含有ゲル膜のワンステップ調製法の開発
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年05月 分離技術会 年会2018, 学生賞, Pt内包シリカナノチューブを利用した触媒膜の作製
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年03月 化学工学会学生発表会第20回, 優秀賞, グリセロール⾻格を有する温度応答性⾼分⼦の開発と正浸透プロセスへの応⽤
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年03月 化学工学会第83回年会, 優秀学生賞, アミノ酸イオン液体含有ゲル薄膜の創製とそのCO2透過機構の解明
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年03月 第83回化学工学会年会, 優秀学生賞, 金属錯体系イオン液体の酸素吸収速度におけるカチオンサイズの影響
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2018年03月 平成29年度一般社団法人先端膜工学研究推進機構活動報告及び春季講演会, ポスター賞, CO2分離膜への適用を指向した高強度無機/有機ハイブリッドネットワークイオンゲルのネットワーク形成機構に関する検討
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2017年11月 膜シンポジウム2017, 学生賞, 浸透圧補助低圧逆浸透法を用いた高濃縮膜プロセスの検討
国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2017年10月 第4回海水・生活・化学連携シンポジウム, 最優秀ポスター賞, FO膜法による海水淡水化に用いる温度相転移物質の再生に関する検討
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2017年09月 化学工学会第49回秋季大会, 分離プロセス部会ポスターセッションポスター賞, ニオブ酸ナノシート積層型分離膜のシートサイズが及ぼす膜性能への影響
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2017年05月 日本膜学会第(39年会), 学生賞, 温度相転移性正浸透駆動溶液の特異な浸透圧挙動に関する基礎的検討
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2017年04月 The 5th Asian Graduate Student Symposium on Membrane Engineering, The Best Student Oral Presentation Award at AGSM, Development of Novel Co(II) Containing Ionic Liquid as an Oxygen Carrier
国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 化学工学会第82回年会, 優秀学生賞 化学工学会第82回年会, ポリアミド活性層の表面改質が及ぼす正浸透膜法による糖液濃縮およびバイオエタノール生産への影響
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 日本海水学会若手会第8回学生研究発表会, 日本海水学会若手会 第8回学生研究発表会 優秀賞, 浸透圧補助低圧逆浸透法による海水濃縮技術に関する基礎的検討
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 公益社団法人 新化学技術推進協会第5回JACI GSCシンポジウム, 第5回JACI GSCシンポジウム ポスター賞, Amino acid ionic liquid-based ion gel membranes with high CO2 separation efficiency for ventilation application
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 第19回化学工学会学生発表会(豊中大会), 第19回化学工学会学生発表会 優秀賞, 有機キレートを用いた多孔性TiO2-ZrO2複合膜の作製と構造評価
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 化学工学会第48回秋季大会, 化学工学会秋季大会 優秀ポスター賞, Development of tough ion gel membrane containing a CO2 reactive ionic liquid by casting method
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 先端膜工学研究推進機構春季講演会, ポスター賞 先端膜工学研究推進機構春季講演会, イオン液体型キャリアを用いた酸素促進輸送膜の開発
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 The 4th Asian Graduate Student Symposium on Membrane Engineering (AGSM4), The 4th Asian Graduate Student Symposium on Membrane Engineering 優秀発表賞, High performance ion gel membrane for CO2/N2 separation
国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2016年 The 10th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society, The 10th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society ポスター賞, High CO2 separation Performance Double Network Ion Gel Membranes with Excellent Pressure Stability
国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2015年03月 化学工学会, 銅賞, 自己修復性有機‐無機ハイブリッドネットワークを有する高強度イオンゲルの創製
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2015年03月 先端膜工学機構, 先端膜工学機構 ポスター賞, CO2分離膜への応用を目指した反応性イオン液体の分子設計
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2015年 膜シンポジウム2015, 膜シンポジウム ポスター発表学生賞, Amino acid ionic liquids-based ion gel membranes with superior CO2 separation performance under pressurized ondition
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2015年 化学工学会第81年会本部大会(大阪), 第18回化学工学会 優秀学生賞, 圧力場でのCO2分離を指向した低粘性反応性イオン液体含有ゲル膜の創製
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2014年11月 ICMST, ICMST 優秀ポスター賞, Fundamental Investigation on Removal of Low Concentration Cesium from Radioactive Polluted Water with Reverse Osmosis membrane
国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2014年11月 膜シンポジウム, _学生賞, 耐圧性と迅速なCO2透過性を有する相互侵入高分子網目イオンゲルフィルムの開発
国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2014年03月 先端膜工学研究推進機構, 先端膜工学研究推進機構春期講演会ポスター賞, 高強度Double networkイオンゲルフィルムを用いた耐圧性CO2分離膜
日本国国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2013年09月 化学工学会, 化学工学会第45回秋季大会ポスター賞4, アミノ酸イオン液体を溶媒とする新規イオノゲルの創製と二酸化炭素分離膜への応用
日本国国内学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
2013年07月 Aseanian Membrane Society, The 8th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society, China Student Award, Preparation of Biomimetic Reverse Osmosis Membrane Using Phospholipid Bilayers and Gramicidin A via Electrostatic Interaction
中華人民共和国国際学会・会議・シンポジウム等の賞
Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) are used as a CO2 carrier in facilitated transport membranes (FTM) due to their high CO2 permselectivity. However, estimating the membrane performance of these FTMs is difficult because the viscosity of the AAIL increases with the CO2 absorption. Therefore, potential models were investigated to accurately estimate the CO2 permeability of an AAIL-based FTM. Herein, models were constructed to estimate the CO2 absorption amount and viscosity of the AAIL through simulations at various CO2 partial pressures and temperatures. Furthermore, the CO2 permeability of the AAIL-based FTM at various conditions were estimated based on the models and compared to the experimental data. Consequently, we reported a model that expressed the viscosity gradient of the AAIL in the FTM by dividing the membrane into small intervals to estimate the CO2 permeability with high accuracy.
2022年01月01日, Separation and Purification Technology, 280研究論文(学術雑誌)
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is an energy-efficient alternative to distillation and evaporation for the separation of mixtures containing organic liquids. Laminar membranes using nanosheets as building blocks have great potential for OSN; however, a swelling of the interlayer spacing causes a severe decrease in the separation performance. Here, we present laminar HNb3O8-based composite membranes fabricated by vacuum filtration on an anodic aluminum oxide support for OSN applications. The laminar HNb3O8 membranes and composite (graphene oxide (GO) and HNb3O8) membranes were found to possess stable structures in various alcohols without severe swelling. As a result, the HNb3O8-based membranes showed higher dye rejections than the GO membrane. Among the HNb3O8-based membranes, the layered GO/HNb3O8 membrane had superior dye rejections in methanol (89.6% for Evans blue, 73.4% for acid red 265, and 43.4% for methyl orange) compared with the GO membranes. Alcohol permeation tests implied that the molecular diameter, rather than the solvent viscosity, was the dominant factor in the superior performance of the layered GO/HNb3O8 membrane. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest a stable GO/HNb3O8 interlayer ranging from around 1.165 to 1.333 nm, and a dense heterolayer formation at the interface between the HNb3O8 and GO layers. This heterolayer formation performs important roles in alcohol permeation and separation of organic dyes. Furthermore, the layered GO/HNb3O8 membrane showed stable permeation of a model photoresist waste liquid for 6 weeks and an excellent rejection of the photoresist waste, over 91%. We propose that laminar HNb3O8-based membranes have great potential for OSN applications.
2021年12月15日, Journal of Membrane Science, 640研究論文(学術雑誌)
Two-dimensional (2D) laminar membranes are attracting much attention in organic solvent nanofiltration owing to the promising permeation and selective performance derived from their 2D ultrathin separation layer. However, owing to easy swelling (enlargement of interlayer spacing), controlling the interlayer spacing in organic solvents and stable solvent permeation are major issues for their application to organic solvent systems. In this study, laminar GO membranes were fabricated on a porous polyketone (PK) support membrane using triethanolamine (TEOA) as crosslinker (GO-TEOA/PK). The interlayer spacing (d) between GO sheets was characterized by X-ray diffraction. The TEOA crosslinker effectively suppressed swelling of the GO laminar structure. For GO-TEOA/PK, the variation in d corresponded well with the affinity between TEOA and each solvent, Ra(TEOA–solvent), as estimated using the Hansen solubility parameters. Furthermore, common linear correlation between the permeance of alcohols and the parameter combining affinity, viscosity, and equivalent molar diameter was clearly observed. Therefore, the affinity between crosslinker and solvent was an important factor in controlling interlayer spacing and solvent permeation in the laminar GO membranes containing crosslinker.
2021年12月01日, Separation and Purification Technology, 276研究論文(学術雑誌)
In this work, several types of ionic liquid (IL)-based thermosensitive draw solutions (DSs) were prepared for application in the forward osmosis (FO) process. The temperature dependence of the osmotic pressure of IL-based DS was investigated to examine the advantages of high-temperature membrane operation for regeneration and water recovery from the DS lean phase after liquid–liquid phase separation of DS with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST). From surface tension and dynamic light scattering measurements, it was found that the association of IL molecules and aggregation of IL associates occurred in hot water, which led to a decrease in the osmotic pressure of the IL-DS at elevated temperatures. The DS regeneration and water recovery using an RO membrane were examined using tetrabutylammonium 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonate with the largest temperature dependence on osmotic pressure. At elevated temperatures, the water flux and DS concentration in the concentrated solution increased effectively. The investigation demonstrated that high-temperature membrane operation is effective for the regeneration of LCST-type thermosensitive DS and water recovery.
2021年11月15日, Separation and Purification Technology, 275研究論文(学術雑誌)
An inorganic/organic micro-double-network (mu-DN) ion gel-based composite membrane with good mechanical properties and high CO2 permeance was developed in this study. The mu-DN ion gel was composed of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([C(4)mim][Tf2N]), a cross-linked polymer network, and silica nanoparticle clusters. The mechanical strength of the mu-DN ion gel was optimized to achieve a fracture energy of 636 kJ/m(3). The fabricated composite membrane with an ion gel layer thickness of 4.5 mu m shows a CO2/N-2 permselectivity of 23 and a CO2 permeance of 119 GPU. The gas permeance of the composite membranes was calculated by considering a series of diffusion processes, and the results were in good agreement with the experimental data. The calculation results obtained using the proposed model show high potential of our mu-DN ion gel to achieve much higher CO2 permeance.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2021年09月, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 60 (34), 12698 - 12708, 英語研究論文(学術雑誌)
A micro-double-network (mu-DN) ion gel membrane was fabricated using nonvolatile network precursors comprising a presynthesized cross-linkable polymer as the organic part, silica nanoparticles as the inorganic part, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([C(4)mim][Tf2N]). The mechanical properties of the ion gel were effectively improved through optimizing the molecular weight of the cross-linkable polymer and the organic/inorganic network composition. The mu-DN ion gel membranes exhibited the CO2 permeability of approximately 920 Barrer under atmospheric pressure, which is much higher than those of the classic double-network ion gel membranes fabricated using volatile network precursors (556 Barrer) and the supported ionic liquid membranes (617 Barrer). The membrane also has good pressure resistance and long-term stability. The mu-DN ion gel membrane formed by nonvolatile network precursors shows good mechanical properties and high CO2 separation performance, which make it a good candidate base material for developing high-permeance thin ion gel membranes.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2021年09月, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 60 (34), 12640 - 12649, 英語研究論文(学術雑誌)
Forward osmosis (FO) membrane process is expected to realize energy-saving seawater desalination. To this end, energy-saving water recovery from a draw solution (DS) and effective DS regeneration are essential. Recently, thermo-responsive DSs have been developed to realize energy-saving water recovery and DS regeneration. We previously reported that high-temperature reverse osmosis (RO) treatment was effective in recovering water from a thermo-responsive ionic liquid (IL)-based DS. In this study, to confirm the advantages of the high-temperature RO operation, thermo-sensitive IL-based DS was treated by an RO membrane at temperatures higher than the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the DS. Tetrabutylammonium 2,4,6-trimethylbenznenesulfonate ([N4444 ][TMBS]) with an LCST of 58◦C was used as the DS. The high-temperature RO treatment was conducted at 60◦C above the LCST using the [N4444 ][TMBS]-based DS-lean phase after phase separation. Because the [N4444 ][TMBS]-based DS has a significantly temperature-dependent osmotic pressure, the DS-lean phase can be concentrated to an osmotic pressure higher than that of seawater at room temperature (20◦C). In addition, water can be effectively recovered from the DS-lean phase until the DS concentration increased to 40 wt%, and the final DS concentration reached 70 wt%. From the results, the advantages of RO treatment of the thermo-responsive DS at temperatures higher than the LCST were confirmed.
2021年08月, Membranes, 11 (8)研究論文(学術雑誌)
In this study, we developed a novel forward osmosis (FO) simulation method for a multicomponent system (water, NaCl, and thermoresponsive ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-based copolymer draw solute) targeted for direct seawater desalination using a hollow fiber (HF) membrane module. Box complex method was applied to numerically solve the FO simulation model of a three-component system. A good agreement between experimental and simulation results obtained in various operation conditions allowed us to estimate not only the effect of NaCl and draw solution (DS) concentration on the resulting water permeate flow rate but also the osmotic pressure inside and outside of the HF membranes. From the analysis, the HF modules were designed to decrease the dilution of the draw solution (DS) inside the module due to water permeation. We validated the suggestion by simulation of the increase of the water permeation rate in the modified HF modules, which were designed for the smooth flow of the DS to decrease the DS dilution. The simulation was further verified by reasonable results indicating that the decrease of NaCl concentration in the feed water is also effective in increasing the water permeation rate in the current HF module.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2021年07月, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 60 (26), 9548 - 9559, 英語研究論文(学術雑誌)
The controlling factor of the CO2 permeance of an ion gel membrane containing a task-specific ionic liquid (tetraphosphonium prolinate) as the CO2 carrier was investigated. Tough double-network (DN) ion gel membranes with different thicknesses were fabricated, and their CO2 permeances were evaluated. The results showed that the CO2 permeance of the DN ion gel membrane was not inversely proportional to the membrane thickness, indicating that the CO2 permeance of the membrane was not controlled by diffusion. A theoretical analysis of the relationship between CO2 permeance and the thickness of the membrane revealed that the CO2 stripping rate at the permeate side greatly affected the CO2 permeance of the DN ion gel membrane. Therefore, increasing the decomposition reaction rate of the CO2-carrier complex would be the most important issue for achieving a high CO2 permeance of ion gel membranes containing a task-specific ionic liquid.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2021年05月, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 60 (19), 7397 - 7405, 英語研究論文(学術雑誌)
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials (nanosheets) are promising building blocks of functional membranes for molecular separation. The design of 2D nanochannels with a locally tuned interfacial layer is a key strategy for improving the separation performance. Here, we present a 2D laminar membrane with an interfacial dense heterolayer comprising HNb3O8 nanosheets (NbNs) and graphene oxide (GO) for application to a nanofiltration membrane, which we formed by a successive vacuum filtration process. Despite its simple double-layered structure, the GO/NbN membrane showed superior separation performance for Na2SO4 rejection (94.0%) to the GO membrane (58.1%) and NbN membrane (48.7%). The hydraulic resistance (Rm) of the layered GO/NbN membrane was approximately double the theoretical value, which was estimated by adding the Rm values of the two respective layers. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested a stable GO/HNb3O8 interlayer spacing with a minimum interaction energy of only 1.0 nm. We attribute the higher rejection with the layered GO/NbN membrane to a lower diffusivity of ions than in the GO membranes because of the narrower space and stronger interaction between nanosheet surfaces. We propose that the layered GO/NbN membrane has an interfacial dense heterolayer, which is fundamentally different from previously reported laminar membranes.
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021年03月04日, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4 (4), 3455 - 3466研究論文(学術雑誌)
Methyl gallate (MG) and ethyl ferulate (EF) with a benzene ring were separately used as aromatic organic chelating ligands (aOCLs) to prepare two versions of TiO2-ZrO2-aOCL composite sols via hydrolysis and polycondensation reactions with titanium(IV) isopropoxide (Ti(OC3H7)4) and zirconium(IV) butoxide (Zr(OC4H9)4). Thermogravimetric and FT-IR analysis of dry gels revealed that aromatic rings were present in the residual organic matter when the gel was fired under nitrogen at 300 °C. In X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, the TiO2-ZrO2 composite material prepared using these two aOCLs showed an amorphous structure with no crystalline peaks for TiO2 and ZrO2. In N2 adsorption/desorption measurements at 77 K, the TiO2-ZrO2 samples using the aOCLs as a template appeared porous with a larger specific surface area than TiO2-ZrO2 without aOCL. TiO2-ZrO2-aOCL composite membranes were prepared by coating and firing TiO2-ZrO2-aOCL sol onto a SiO2 intermediate layer using an α-alumina porous tube as a substrate. Compared with the TiO2-ZrO2 membrane, the TiO2-ZrO2-aOCL membranes had higher gas permselectivity. The TiO2-ZrO2-EF membrane showed a He permeance of 2.69 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 with permeance ratios of He/N2 = 10.6 and He/CF4 = 163, while the TiO2-ZrO2-MG membrane revealed a bit less He permeance at 8.56 × 10-7 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 with greater permeance ratios of He/N2 = 61.7 and He/CF4 = 209 at 200 °C. A microporous TiO2-ZrO2 amorphous structure was obtained by introducing aOCL. The differences in the side chains of each aOCL could possibly account for the differences in the microporous structures of the resultant TiO2-ZrO2-aOCL membranes.
2020年12月01日, Membranes, 10 (12), 1 - 21, 英語, 国際誌研究論文(学術雑誌)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Metal-containing ionic liquids (MCILs) composed of a cobalt(II) Schiff base complex and ionic-liquid-based axial ligands (ligand ILs) are potential O2 absorbents. To determine the design criteria of MCILs with both highly selective O2 absorbability and low viscosity, the relationship between the physicochemical properties and chemical structure of the MCILs was investigated. The measurement of the amount of O2 absorbed in MCILs with various ligand ILs indicated that O2 reactivity is determined by the electron density of the Co atom of the MCILs. The electron density of the Co atom could be controlled by the σ electron donation ability of the ligand ILs. Moreover, the viscosity of the MCILs was strongly affected by the interaction among the MCIL molecules caused by the π electron system. This interaction was weakened by the equatorially coordinating Schiff base and the ligand ILs within the chemical structure. Therefore, to develop MCILs with both high O2 reactivity and low viscosity, suppression of the interaction caused by the π electron system without decreasing the electron density of the Co atom is important.
2020年11月15日, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 318[査読有り]
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. In this study, we fabricated porous polyketone (PK) support membranes with high pressure resistance and low structural parameter (S) by surface modification with aromatic compounds for osmotically driven membrane process applications. The effects of surface modification of PK using aromatic compounds on the membrane structure, mechanical properties, and membrane performance were investigated. Based on an estimation of the affinity between PK and aromatic compounds using Hansen solubility parameters and mechanical properties, m-phenylenediamine (MPD) was selected as an appropriate chemical modifier for PK membranes. The PK support membranes modified with MPD (PK-MPD) had a dense structure on the bottom side. The thickness and porosity of the PK membranes were changed by the treatment temperature. As a result, polyamide (PA)/PK-MPD thin film composite membranes showed superior pressure resistance in reverse osmosis. PA/PK-MPD modified at 110 °C possessed the highest pressure resistance of 21 bar, which was 3.5 times higher than that of the PA/untreated PK membrane, while maintaining a high water flux of 19.4 L m−2 h−1 in FO. This performance overcame the trade-off relationships between pressure resistance and FO flux and between pressure resistance and S value.
2020年11月15日, Separation and Purification Technology, 251[査読有り]
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Metal-containing ionic liquids (MCILs) composed of a cobalt(II)–salen complex and ionic liquid-based axial ligands (ligand ILs) can chemically absorb O2 and act as O2 carriers in facilitated transport membranes. O2 and N2 permeation tests using supported MCIL membranes with various MCILs revealed that the effective diffusion coefficients of N2 and O2–MCIL complexes did not follow to the trend expected by power law theories against viscosity (e.g. the Stokes–Einstein equation), because the MCILs are not in normal liquid state due to the strong intermolecular interaction, but instead showed a tendency predicted by the free volume theory. This means the MCILs behave as a solid rather than a liquid, and N2, O2, and the O2–MCIL complexes would diffuse through the free volume of the MCILs. The solubility selectivity and the diffusion selectivity of the supported MCIL membrane decreased and increased, respectively, with the increase on MCIL molecular wight (free volume). Thus, there was trade-off relationship between the solution selectivity and the diffusion selectivity. It was suggested that the most important criteria for designing MCILs for highly selective O2 permeation in supported MCIL membranes is the use of an O2-absorbable metal complex without the strong intermolecular interaction.
Elsevier BV, 2020年10月01日, Separation and Purification Technology, 248, 117018 - 117018[査読有り]
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© 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers Reverse osmosis (RO) is commonly used to concentrate solutions in food preparation and environmental applications among others. Limitations on the applied pressure, which must be higher than the osmotic pressure of the feed solution, determine the concentration that can be achieved by RO. Recently, an osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) system that can be operated even with low applied pressure has been suggested as a new concentration process. In this study, we performed concentration tests on a multistage OARO system that used two types of hollow fiber (HF) membrane modules made from cellulose triacetate with different numbers of HFs. Water permeated through the membrane and the concentration increased as it progressed through the modules, even when using concentrated NaCl solutions (1.0 and 2.0 M) with low applied pressures (10 and 15 bar). The concentration increased in each of ten stages in a multistage concentration test. Water flux and concentration ratio were strongly influenced by the internal concentration polarization in the modules.
2020年10月, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 162, 117 - 124[査読有り]
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This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. We have previously reported tough inorganic/organic nanocomposite (NC) ion gels composed of silica particles and poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMAAm) networks and a large amount of ionic liquid. In this study, the network structure and toughening mechanism of NC ion gels were investigated. The NC ion gels showed characteristic mechanical properties; i.e. the stress was significantly increased at a highly elongated state. In addition, the NC ion gels showed an almost elastic mechanical property, which was completely different from that of our other developed inorganic/organic tough ion gels named double-network (DN) ion gels. It was found from structural observation that secondary silica nanoparticles dispersed well in the NC ion gel. It was also found that some of the secondary silica nanoparticles had a ring-like structure which would incorporate PDMAAm chains. From the silica particle content dependency on stress-strain curves of inorganic/organic NC ion gels, it was inferred that the secondary silica particles could serve as a movable cross-linker of PDMAAm chains in the NC ion gel.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2020年04月, RSC Advances, 10 (24), 14451 - 14457, 英語[査読有り]
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This journal is © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Inorganic/organic double network (DN) ion gels, which are composed of an inorganic silica particle network, an organic poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMAAm) network, and a large amount of ionic liquid, showed excellent mechanical strength of over 25 MPa compression fracture stress at an 80 wt% ionic liquid content. The excellent mechanical strength of these inorganic/organic DN ion gels was attributed to the energy dissipation of the inorganic/organic DN structure. It has been considered that the energy dissipation in inorganic/organic DN ion gels is caused by the internal fracture of the silica particle network, which is preferentially fractured by deformation. However, no studies aiming to investigate the internal fracture of the silica particle network in inorganic/organic DN ion gels have been conducted by direct approaches. In this study, the internal fracture of the silica particle network in the inorganic/organic DN ion gel was directly evaluated by a small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique. The synchrotron SAXS measurements conducted under a uniaxial loading-unloading process demonstrated that the aggregation size of the silica particle network irreversibly decreased with uniaxial stretch. Based on these results, it was clarified that the energy dissipation of the inorganic/organic DN ion gels was attributed to the internal fracture of the silica particle network.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2020年03月07日, Soft Matter, 16 (9), 2363 - 2370, 英語[査読有り]
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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. A hollow fiber-type facilitated transport membrane composed of an ionic liquid-based polymer network gel layer with amino acid as the CO2 carrier and a porous polysulfone support membrane was developed. A polymerized ionic liquid-based gel layer with glycinate was the best amino acidate examined in this study. Filtering the gel particles by the support membrane, a gel layer with a thickness of about 1 μm could be formed on the inner surface of the support. The developed membrane showed promising potential for CO2 capture from air because of its high CO2 permeance of about 1400 GPU and excellent CO2/N2 selectivity of more than 2000 under atmospheric pressure with CO2 pressure of 0.1 kPa at 30 °C. Because the developed membrane showed significant diffusion resistance in the pores of the support membrane, it was suggested that the performance of the composite membrane could be improved by optimizing the support membrane structure.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2020年02月05日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (5), 2083 - 2092, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Membranes assembled by two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets have high potential for advanced molecular separation. The intercalation of nanomaterials into the laminar membrane is a promising strategy to control the nanochannel structure. We present 2D niobate nanosheet (NbN)-Graphene oxide (GO) composite membranes fabricated by simple vacuum filtration. The effect of the weight ratio of NbN/GO on the membrane structures and performances is investigated. The NbN-rich membranes have a more stable structure in the wet condition and a membrane structure with a larger channel size compared with GO-rich membranes. Especially, NbN55-GO45 (weight ratio of NbN/GO = 55/45) shows a superior water permeability of 20 L m−2 h−1 bar−1, which is around 6 times higher than an NbN membrane (NbN100) and 2 times higher than a GO membrane (GO100), while maintaining good rejection abilities of an anionic dye (nearly 100% for Evans blue) and salt (60% for Na2SO4). Different models for the water pathway through nanochannels can be classified according to the composite ratio of the NbN-GO membranes.
ELSEVIER, 2020年02月01日, Journal of Membrane Science, 595, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers It is well known that facilitated transport membranes (FTMs) containing CO2 carriers have high CO2 permeability and excellent permselectivity of CO2 over other light gases. The major challenge in developing FTMs for practical applications is the formation of a separation layer containing CO2 carriers on a support membrane. In this research, we prepared composite membranes by forming a dense gel layer containing glycine as the CO2 carrier on polysulfone (PSf) and ceramic (α-alumina) support membranes. Because of the smaller pore size of the PSf support membrane, the gel layer formed on the PSf membrane was thinner and had higher CO2 permeance than that formed on the alumina membrane. However, the CO2 permeabilities of the FTMs formed on the two support membranes showed different temperature dependences; the FTM formed on PSf membrane had higher CO2 permeability at elevated temperatures of more than ca. 350 K and lower CO2 permeability at low temperatures up to ca. 350 K than the FTM formed on alumina support. The different temperature dependences on the CO2 permeability resulted from the different properties of the gel layer formed on the support membranes. Improvement of the CO2 permeability of FTMs could be enabled by selecting an adequate support membrane.
ELSEVIER, 2020年01月, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 153, 284 - 293, 英語[査読有り]
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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. Tough micro-double-network (μ-DN) ion gels, composed of interpenetrating inorganic and organic networks swollen with 80 wt % of an ionic liquid, were fabricated in an open system using nonvolatile materials: silica nanoparticles for the inorganic network, a cross-linkable polymer for the organic network, and an ionic liquid. The cross-linkable copolymer, poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-N-succinimidyl acrylate) synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, was cross-linked in situ with a diamine to form the organic network. On the application of load, the inorganic network was partly destroyed resulting in substantial energy dissipation, but the organic network acted as hidden length to suppress the macroscopic destruction of the μ-DN ion gel. The modulus, fracture strength, and strain-to-break of the μ-DN ion gels were tuned by varying the cross-linking degree of the organic network, which could be controlled by changing either the succinimidyl acrylate content of the cross-linkable polymer or the cross-linkable polymer concentration in the precursor solution.
2020年, Macromolecules, 53 (19), 8529 - 8538[査読有り]
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© 2020, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan. To examine the potential of ion gels as materials for CO2 separation membranes, inorganic/organic double-network ion gel (DN ion gel) membranes with different ionic liquid (IL) contents were fabricated. The composition of the inorganic and organic networks was optimized to maximize the mechanical strength of the DN ion gel. The DN ion gel with an inorganic/organic network composition of 0.35 mol/mol showed the maximum mechanical strength because the inorganic and organic networks sufficiently acted as sacrificial bonds and hidden lengths, respectively. Using DN ion gel membranes with different IL contents prepared with the optimized precursor solution, the relationship between the CO2 permeability and IL content of the DN ion gel membranes was examined. The DN ion gel membrane with 95.2 wt% IL had a CO2 permeability of 1380 barrer, which was ~67% of the theoretical maximum predicted for the pure IL membrane. The CO2 permeability of the DN ion gel membrane exponentially increased with increasing IL content and approached the theoretical maximum. DN ion gels with high strength can be used to develop maximum-performance IL-based CO2 separation membranes by giving the membrane the maximum IL potential.
2020年, Polymer Journal, 53 (1), 137 - 147[査読有り]
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Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. To control the properties of Co(II)(salen)-based metal-containing ionic liquids (MCILs) for use as O2 absorbents, the effects of the MCIL chemical structures on viscosity, O2 absorption amount, and complex-formation reaction rates between O2 and MCILs were investigated. The chemical structures of the MCILs were systematically changed by coordinating the ligand ILs composed of phosphonium cations with different alkyl-chain lengths and N-methylglycinate or bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anion to Co(salen). A series of investigations indicated that intermolecular hydrogen bonding and entanglement of the alkyl chain affected the viscosity of the MCILs. Furthermore, small MCILs afforded large O2 absorption amounts, high O2/N2 absorption selectivities, and fast O2 absorption reaction. From a numerical calculation of the overall MCIL O2 absorption rate, it was clarified that the dominant mass-transfer resistance was the diffusion of the O2-MCIL complex in the MCIL. Based on these results, the design criteria of the MCILs for an efficient O2 absorbent were revealed.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2019年12月26日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (51), 23304 - 23316, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Organic chelate ligand (OCL)-templated TiO2–ZrO2 nanofiltration membranes were fabricated. Three types of OLCs, isoeugenol (ISOH), 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN), and ethyl acetoacetate (EAA) were examined for use in the preparation of a TiO2–ZrO2 thin separation layer. All employed OCLs were completely decomposed and removed with firing at 500 °C under air, but OCL-templated TiO2–ZrO2 composite materials maintained their amorphous structure after firing. ISOH- and DHN-templated TiO2–ZrO2 composite powder samples were more microporous with a higher BET specific surface area than ordinary pure TiO2–ZrO2 composite material without OCL. On the other hand, EAA-templated TiO2–ZrO2 had a less-microporous structure similar to that of non-templated TiO2–ZrO2 powder. The average pore sizes of ISOH-, DHN-, and EAA-templated membranes were 2.0, 2.0, and 1.4 nm, respectively, while that of a non-templated TiO2–ZrO2 membrane was 1.4 nm. ISOH and DHN were more effective as an OCL for changing the characteristics of ordinary TiO2–ZrO2 composite materials. The molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of OCL-templated TiO2–ZrO2 membranes was 600–1000 g/mol, and water permeability was 3.7–11.4 l/(m2 h bar) (LMH/bar). OCLs could be useful for improvements in the water permeability of porous ceramic membranes that retain their solute rejection or separation characteristics.
ELSEVIER, 2019年12月01日, Journal of Membrane Science, 591, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Niobate nanosheet membranes were fabricated by vacuum filtration using niobate nanosheets prepared by the hydrothermal method (HT-NbO membranes) and the exfoliation method (EX-NbO membranes). Membrane structure, water permeance and separation performance for these membrane types were measured and compared. Both membrane types had a dense structure and retained high structural stability in water via chemical cross-linking between sheets. The difference of the intercalated molecules and interaction between nanosheets affected the interlayer distance of the membranes. As a result, higher water permeance but lower rejection of polyethylene glycol, Na2SO4 and Acid Red 265 was observed for EX-NbO membranes than for HT-NbO membranes. This is due to the formation of larger nanochannels in EX-NbO membranes. A model of a water pathway through nanochannels based on void structure proposed for the HT-NbO membranes can also be applied for EX-NbO membranes.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2019年07月15日, Separation and Purification Technology, 219, 222 - 229, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 American Chemical Society. Solution concentration processes such as evaporation, freeze concentration, and reverse osmosis are commonly used in food processing and environmental applications. However, these processes are frequently examined to lower energy costs and improve concentration ratios. This study performed concentration tests and theoretical calculations for osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) using a pilot-scale hollow-fiber membrane module. In the concentration test using NaCl solution, water flux and concentration ratio were measured with changing flow rate, concentration, and applied pressure. Water permeation and solution concentration were achieved, even using concentrated salt solutions (0.5 and 1.0 M), with applied pressure of 8-12 bar, which was lower than the osmotic pressure (25 bar for 0.5 M NaCl; 50 bar for 1.0 M NaCl). The calculation results were in good agreement with the experimental results, and the validity of the calculation model was confirmed. Analysis revealed that the concentration gradient and concentration polarization in the module changed with operating conditions, and these factors affected the water flux and the concentration ratio.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2019年04月, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (16), 6721 - 6729, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Thermo-responsive ionic liquids (ILs) were examined as draw solutions in forward osmosis (FO) membrane process. We synthesized several ILs to understand the relationship between the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance of ILs and the osmolality and phase diagram of the IL aqueous solutions. An increase in the hydrophobicity led to a decrease in the osmolality because of the formation of IL-based aggregates in water. At the critical aggregation concentration (CAC), the osmolality was drastically changed. Above the CAC, the water-rich phase appeared after liquid–liquid separation at elevated temperature. The osmolality, phase separation temperature, viscosity, and water-drawing ability of the IL-based draw solution could be controlled by controlling the chemical structure and hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance of ILs. The IL with small molecular weight and low viscosity showed the comparable water permeability as the NaCl aqueous solution and the possibility of repeated use. Prevention of the IL leakage through FO membrane is a future subject.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2019年01月15日, Journal of Membrane Science, 570-571, 93 - 102, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Tough and stretchable inorganic/organic double network ion gels containing gemini-type ionic liquids with two OH groups in the di-cation, which can work as multiple hydrogen bond-based weak cross-linkers of the gel networks, are developed.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2019年, RSC Advances, 9 (21), 11870 - 11876, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis. Tough gel membrane composed of a large amount of an ionic liquid and an inorganic/organic composite double-network (inorganic/organic DN ion gel membrane) was examined to remove toluene vapor from toluene vapor/N2 mixed gas. The DN ion gel membrane with 80 wt% of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide showed higher toluene vapor permeability (more than 30,000 barrer) and toluene vapor/N2 permselectivity (690) than the supported ionic liquid membrane. The toluene vapor permeability and toluene vapor/N2 permselectivity were maintained under pressurized condition. It was confirmed that the toluene vapor permeation was limited by intramembrane diffusion of the dissolved toluene vapor.
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2018年11月22日, Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia), 53 (17), 2840 - 2851, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The hydrothermal pretreatment of rice straw generates a liquid fraction that contains low concentrations of sugars, as well as fermentation inhibitors which are not favourable for efficient bioethanol production. For the development of a forward osmosis (FO) process to concentrate sugars and remove fermentation inhibitors, we fabricated polyamide-polysulfone (PA-PSf) membranes treated with NaClO solution. The NaClO treatment improved the water permeability (A value) and the permselectivity of fermentation inhibitors against sugars. Maximum separation of xylose from furfural and acetic acid was achieved when the treated membranes had A values of 5.5–7 L m−2 h−1 bar−1. Using an optimized membrane with A value of approximately 6 L m−2 h−1 bar−1, a liquid fraction from hydrothermally pretreated rice straw was concentrated in a one-step FO process to increase sugar concentrations and decrease fermentation inhibitor concentrations. The ethanol concentration and yield (ethanol/total sugar) by xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae reached 18.0 g/L and 0.40, respectively, which were much higher than those obtained with commercial FO membranes. These results clearly indicate the possibility of introducing a simple and low-cost FO process into bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass by incorporating NaClO treatment to FO membrane.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2018年11月15日, Journal of Membrane Science, 566, 15 - 24, 英語[査読有り]
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Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. Tough inorganic/organic composite network gels consisting of a partially developed silica-particle network and a large amount of an ionic liquid, named micro-double-network (μ-DN) ion gel, are fabricated via two methods. One is a one-pot/one-step process conducted using a simultaneous network formation via sol-gel reaction of tetraethyl orthosilicate and free radical polymerization of N,N-dimethylacrylamide in an ionic liquid. When the network formation rates of the inorganic and organic networks are almost the same, the μ-DN structure is formed. The second method is simpler and involved the use of silica nanoparticles as the starting material. By controlling the dispersion state of the silica nanoparticles in an ionic liquid, the μ-DN structure is formed. In both μ-DN ion gels, silica nanoparticles partially aggregate and form network-like clusters. When a large deformation is induced in the μ-DN ion gels, the silica-particle clusters rupture and dissipate the loaded energy. The fracture stress and Young's modulus of the μ-DN ion gel increase as the size of the silica nanoparticles decreases. The increment in the mechanical strength would have been caused by the increase in the total van der Waals attraction forces and the total number of hydrogen bonding in the silica-particle networks.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2018年09月11日, Langmuir, 34 (36), 10622 - 10633, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets show promise for the development of water treatment membranes with extraordinary separation properties and the advantages of atomic thickness with micrometer-sized lateral dimensions. Stacked graphene oxide (GO)-based membranes can demonstrate unique molecular sieving properties with fast water permeation. However, improvements to the structural stability of the membranes in water to avoid problems such as swelling, disruption of the ordered GO layer and decreased rejection are crucial issues. This study reports the fabrication of stacked GO nanosheet membranes by simple vacuum filtration using triethanolamine (TEOA) as a crosslinker and mild reducing agent for improved structural stability and membrane performance. Results show that GO membranes modified with TEOA (GO-TEOA membranes) have a higher structural stability in water than unmodified GO membranes, resulting in improved salt rejection performance. Furthermore, GO-TEOA membranes show stable water permeance at applied pressures up to 9 bar with Na 2 SO 4 rejection of 85%, suggesting the potential benefits for water treatment applications.
MDPI, 2018年01月01日, Membranes, 8 (4), 130, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Highly robust ion gels, termed double-network (DN) ion gels, composed of inorganic/organic interpenetrating networks and a large amount of ionic liquids (ILs), are fabricated. The DN ion gels with an 80 wt% IL content show extraordinarily high mechanical strength: more than 28 MPa of compressive fracture stress. In the DN ion gel preparation, a brittle inorganic network of physically bonded silica nanoparticles and a ductile organic network of polydimethylacrylamide (PDMAAm) are formed in the IL. Because of the different reaction mechanisms of the inorganic/organic networks, the DN ion gels can be formed by an easy and free-shapeable one-pot synthesis. They can be prepared in a controllable manner by manipulating the formation order of the inorganic and organic networks via not only multistep but also single-step processes. When silica particles form a network prior to the PDMAAm network formation, DN ion gels can be prepared. The brittle silica particle network in the DN ion gel, serving as sacrificial bonds, easily ruptures under loading to dissipate energy, while the ductile PDMAAm network maintains the shape of the material by the rubber elasticity. Given the reversible physical bonding between the silica particles, the DN ion gels exhibit a significant degree of self-recovery by annealing.
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2017年12月20日, Advanced Materials, 29 (47), 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 American Chemical Society. A highly tough ionic liquid (IL)-based gel membrane with a specific inorganic/organic composite network is fabricated. Owing to the inorganic/organic composite network, the composite ion gel membrane with 80 wt % of IL shows excellent pressure resistance. The mechanical and gas permeation properties of the composite ion gel membrane can be controlled by changing the inorganic/organic network composition as well as the cross-linking degree of the organic polymer network. Although the mechanical and gas permeation properties show a trade-off relationship with the normal ion gel, the composite ion gel membrane, which has a relatively low composition of loosely cross-linked organic polymer network, exhibited not only high CO2 permeability but also high mechanical strength. The composite ion gel membrane with an optimized network composition achieved CO2 permeability of approximately 1850 barrer and a CO2/N2 selectivity of 20 for more than 300 h at 50 °C under humid conditions.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017年11月08日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (44), 12763 - 12772, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. The juice from sweet sorghum cultivar SIL-05 (harvested at physiological maturity) was extracted, and the component sucrose and reducing sugars (such as glucose and fructose) were subjected to a membrane separation process to purify the sucrose for subsequent sugar refining and to obtain a feedstock for repeated bioethanol production. Nanofiltration (NF) of an ultrafiltration (UF) permeate using an NTR-7450 membrane (Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, Japan) concentrated the juice and produced a sucrose-rich fraction (143.2 g L−1 sucrose, 8.5 g L−1 glucose, and 4.5 g L−1 fructose). In addition, the above NF permeate was concentrated using an ESNA3 NF membrane to provide concentrated permeated sugars (227.9 g L−1) and capture various amino acids in the juice, enabling subsequent ethanol fermentation without the addition of an exogenous nitrogen source. Sequential batch fermentation using the ESNA3 membrane concentrate provided an ethanol titer and theoretical ethanol yield of 102.5–109.5 g L−1 and 84.4–89.6%, respectively, throughout the five-cycle batch fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4741. Our results demonstrate that a membrane process using UF and two types of NF membranes has the potential to allow sucrose purification and repeated bioethanol production.
SPRINGER, 2017年08月01日, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101 (15), 6007 - 6014, 英語, 国際誌[査読有り]
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© 2017 American Chemical Society. Fly ashes generated by the incineration disposal of radioactive pollutants contain a large amount of radionuclide, such as 137Cs. The radioactive cesium can be removed from these ashes by water washing. However, this method produces a large amount of radioactive contaminated wastewater. In this study, we investigated the effect of coexistent ions on 137Cs+ rejection of polyamide RO membrane in the decontamination of wastewater with low level radioactivity. The 137Cs+ rejection increased with the increase of monovalent cations concentration, while it decreased with the increase of bivalent cations concentration. However, the effect of bivalent cations was diminished by coexistent monovalent cations in the treatment of model wastewater that simulated the washing water of radioactive fly ashes. In addition, the polyamide RO membrane had a high resistance for long-term radiation of 137Cs. Thus, a polyamide RO membrane shows sufficient performance in the decontamination of wastewater with low level radioactivity.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017年06月14日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (23), 6864 - 6868, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 Taylor & Francis. Four kinds of amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) with different cyclic amino acids were synthesized and used as CO2 carriers of facilitated transport membranes (FTMs) to investigate the effect of their chemical structure on the CO2 permeability. The cyclic AAILs showed low viscosities after CO2 absorption. The CO2 permeability of the FTM containing the cyclic AAIL with greater electron density showed better CO2 permeability owing to the higher CO2 absorbability and low viscosity. Because the viscosities of the investigated AAILs were relatively low, the dominating factor of the CO2 permeation resulted from the electron density of the amino group.
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2017年01月22日, Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia), 52 (2), 209 - 220, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 Taylor & Francis. Low viscosity ionic liquids (ILs) composed of a cation with methoxy group and an aprotic heterocyclic anion (AHA) with highly nucleophilic amino group were synthesized and examined as a CO2 carrier of facilitated transport membranes. Due to the low viscosity of the AHA-type ILs after CO2 absorption, the AHA-type IL-based membrane showed high CO2 permeability (ca. 3900 barrer) with 200 of CO2/CH4 selectivity under dry condition at 323 K, which was much higher than that of amino acid ILs-based membrane (ca. 150 barrer with ca. 50 of CO2/CH4 selectivity).
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2017年01月22日, Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia), 52 (2), 197 - 208, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. This work focused on separating low concentrations of CO2(500–1000 ppm) from humid mixtures of CO2/N2using an amino acid ionic liquid (AAIL)-based ion gel membrane. The effects of relative humidity (RH), CO2partial pressure, and temperature on the CO2separation performance were investigated. At 303 K, RH 70%, and a CO2partial pressure of 0.1 kPa, the ion gel membrane showed high CO2permeability (around 52,000 barrer) and CO2/N2selectivity (8100), both of which were considerably higher than those observed using a conventional facilitated transport membrane (FTM). Changes in RH were found to slightly affect the CO2permeation properties of the ion gel membrane, while the CO2separation performance of the conventional FTM was strongly dependent on RH, decreasing sharply at RH <50%. Enhanced CO2permeability of the ion gel membrane was observed with decreasing CO2partial pressure, indicating a facilitated transport mechanism. Moreover, increasing the temperature at a constant RH was found to enhance CO2permeability, while CO2/N2selectivity remained constant. The outstanding and stable performance of the AAIL-based ion gel membrane demonstrated its potential for CO2separation from gas mixtures containing low concentrations of CO2across a wide RH range around room temperature.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017年, Journal of Membrane Science, 525, 290 - 297, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 Elsevier B.V. A poly(methacryloylamino propyl trimethylammonium chloride)/poly(dimethylacrylamide) (PMAPTAC/PDMAAm) double-network (DN) ion-gel membrane containing triethyl(2-methoxymethyl)phosphonium indazole ([P222(1O1)][Inda]) was fabricated via a casting method, displaying excellent mechanical strength and high CO2separation performance. Changes in the cross-linker loading of the PMAPTAC network were found to significantly impact the CO2separation performance of the ion-gel membrane. For instance, as the cross-linker loading was decreased from 4 to 0.5 mol.%, the CO2permeability and CO2/N2selectivity increased from 2254 to 7569 Barrer and from 130 to 210, respectively. The network structure and mechanical properties of the fabricated ion gels was also strongly dependent on the cross-linker loading of the PMAPTAC network, with excellent strength obtained at decreased loadings. The CO2transport properties of the DN ion-gel membranes were substantially improved by increasing the [P222(1O1)][Inda] content, which was mainly attributed to two cooperative factors: (1) carrier content increase, resulting in a large driving force for the diffusion of the CO2-complex and (2) decrease of the polymer network content, resulting in lower diffusion resistance. The proportional enhancement of CO2permeance with reducing ion-gel membrane thickness implied that diffusion is the rate-determining step of CO2permeation.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017年, Journal of Membrane Science, 530, 166 - 175, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Niobate nanosheets are assembled into thin membranes by a vacuum filtration. The nanosheet membranes have a dense and stable structure in water via chemical cross-linking and show higher permeance and salt rejection compared with graphene oxide membranes. A water pathway model based on the void structure is presented to explain the membrane performances.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2017年, Chemical Communications, 53 (56), 7929 - 7932, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Novel metal-containing ionic liquids (MCILs) with O2 absorbability were synthesized by mixing a N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine cobalt(II) (Co(salen)) complex and ionic liquid-based ligands. The couple of anions of the ionic liquid-based ligands, trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium N-methylglycinate and trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, coordinated to Co(salen) complex and gave negative charge to the neutral Co(salen). The negatively chaged Co(salen) complex with the ionic liquid-based ligands and the bulky trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium cation allowed to form Co(salen) complex-based MCILs. The MCILs could chemically and selectively absorb a large amount of O2 and could function as an O2 carrier in supported MCIL membranes. The O2 permeability of the MCIL-based facilitated O2 transport membranes were higher than those of conventional fixed-O2 carrier membranes as well as polymer membranes. The fast O2 transportation could be realized from the high diffusivity of the O2 complex, which was formed via the reaction between MCIL and O2, owing to the liquidity of the MCILs.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017年, Journal of Membrane Science, 541, 393 - 402, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2017 Elsevier B.V. A novel ion gel membrane composed of a specific inorganic/organic composite network and a large amount of room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) was fabricated. Owing to the rigid and fragile inorganic component, the ion gel had very high mechanical strength. Even though the RTIL content was 80 wt%, the ion gel withstood more than 10 MPa of compressive stress. Owing to the high mechanical strength and good RTIL-holding property of the ion gel, the ion gel membrane had excellent pressure resistance, which could be used under pressurized conditions of more than 600 kPa for the trans-membrane pressure difference. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the ion gel membrane containing more than 70 wt% of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetracyanoborate ([C2mim][B(CN)4]) showed higher CO2 permeability than supported liquid membranes (SILMs). A comparison of the CO2 permeability of the composite ion gel membrane with 80 wt% of [C2mim][B(CN)4] (ca. 2600 barrer) with the theoretically predicted maximum CO2 permeability of an [C2mim][B(CN)4]-based membrane (2910 barrer) indicated that the composite network showed a deficit of only 10% of the maximum CO2 permeability. The [C2mim][B(CN)4]-based inorganic/organic composite membrane showed better CO2 separation performance than previously reported RTIL-based CO2 separation membranes and the obtained performances were beyond Robeson's upper bound.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017年, Journal of Membrane Science, 544, 252 - 260, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2016 American Chemical Society. Global warming is occurring because of emission of greenhouse gases due to human activities. Capture of CO2 from fossil-fuel industries and absorption of CO2 for natural gas sweetening are crucial industrial tasks to address the threat from greenhouse gases. Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) are used for reversible CO2 capture. In this study, the effect of CO2 chemisorption on tetramethylammonium glycinate ([N1111][GLY]), tetrabutylammonium glycinate ([N4444][GLY]), and 1,1,1-trimethylhydrazinium glycinate ([aN111][GLY]) were analyzed using density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) studies. Density functional theory studies predicted different reaction pathways for CO2 absorption on [GLY]- and [aN111]+. The activation energy barriers for CO2 absorption on [GLY]- and [aN111]+ are 52.43 and 64.40 kJ/mol, respectively. The MD results were useful for mimicking the reaction mechanism for CO2 absorption on AAILs and its effect on physical properties such as the fractional free volume, diffusion coefficient, and hydrogen bonding. Dry and wet conditions were compared to identify factors contributing to CO2 solubility and selectivity at room temperature and elevated temperature. Hydrogen bonding between ion pairs was used to understand the increase in viscosity after CO2 absorption. The MD studies revealed that glycinate and related products after CO2 absorption contribute the most to the increase in viscosity. (Graph Presented).
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016年12月15日, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120 (49), 27734 - 27745, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. This paper reports the CO2 solubility, density, viscosity, and electrical conductivity for a kind of amino acid ionic liquid (AAIL), tetrabutylphosphonium L-prolinate ([P4444][Pro]). The physical properties of [P4444][Pro] showed the ordinary temperature dependency, i.e. the density and viscosity decreased and the electrical conductivity increased with a temperature rising. One mole of [P4444][Pro] absorbed a 0.970 mol of CO2 at atmospheric pressure of CO2 and 333.2 K, and desorbed only ∼17% of the absorbed CO2 at 393.2 K. NMR spectra revealed that a CO2 molecule formed a complex with [Pro]−, and [P4444]+ had a little effect on the CO2 absorption. The CO2 solubility increased steeply at lower pressures of CO2 < 0.1 MPa and very gradually in the higher pressure range from 0.1 to 6 MPa at 333.15 K. Other tetrabutylphosphonium AAILs with (S)-2-methylprolinate ([P4444][MePro]) and glycinate ([P4444][Gly]) showed the similar pressure dependencies. The contributions of physical and chemical absorptions to the total CO2 solubility were analyzed to discuss the effect of anion on the high-pressure CO2 solubility. [P4444][Pro] and [P4444][Gly] showed the higher physical and chemical CO2 absorptions (in molarity scale) in the present AAILs, respectively.
ELSEVIER, 2016年07月25日, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 420, 89 - 96, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) composed of different sizes and numbers of amino groups, including tetrabutylammonium glycinate, tetramethylammonium glycinate, and 1,1,1-trimethylhydrazinium glycinate, were synthesized as CO2 carriers for facilitated transport membranes. The physical properties of the fabricated AAILs, such as density, viscosity, and N2 and CO2 absorption capacities, were measured, and the fractional free volume was calculated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results showed that the molar and fractional free volumes decreased with decreasing AAIL size, which caused increased CO2 absorption and decreased N2 absorption. In addition, the CO2 absorption increased with higher numbers of amino groups in the AAILs. The gas permeation properties of facilitated transport membranes containing the synthesized AAILs were investigated. The small AAILs with two amino groups showed better CO2 permeability and N2 barrier properties under humid conditions. We propose that ionic liquids optimized as CO2 carriers for facilitated transport membranes under humid conditions should have high amino-group density, which could be realized by decreasing the molecular size and introducing more amino groups in the molecule.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016年04月, Journal of Membrane Science, 503, 148 - 157, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2016 American Chemical Society. The viscosities of ionic liquids (ILs) that chemically react with CO2 and contain an aprotic heterocyclic anion (AHA) change very little after CO2 absorption, whereas the viscosities of other kinds of reactive ILs increase dramatically after CO2 absorption. This unique property has overcome a major problem with IL-based facilitated transport membranes (FTMs), namely, the low CO2 diffusivity caused by the extremely high liquid viscosity. This problem is especially severe at low temperature. In our preliminary experiments, the AHA IL tetrabutylphosphonium 2-cyanopyrrolide ([P4444][2-CNpyrr]) was studied in a FTM and it exhibited good CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity. [P4444][2-CNpyrr] does not react as strongly with CO2 as other reactive ILs, however, and its viscosity is still somewhat high. The CO2 separation performance of an IL-based FTM is expected to be better if a lower viscosity IL is used that binds CO2 more strongly. In this work, several AHA ILs were studied and their CO2 reactivity and viscosity were calculated using molecular simulation. The IL triethyl(methoxymethyl)phosphonium pyrrolide ([P222(1o1)][pyrr]) was predicted to have the highest reactivity and the lowest viscosity of the investigated AHA ILs, suggesting that its use in a FTM will lead to much higher CO2 permeability than previously reported IL-FTM systems such as [P4444][2-CNpyrr]).
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016年03月16日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 55 (10), 2821 - 2830, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2015 American Chemical Society. Tons of radioactive molecules were spread over the environment by the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station accident in Japan. Reverse osmosis (RO) is an important process for removing radionuclides from polluted water. The ion concentration of this radioactive polluted wastewater is extremely low compared with that of seawater or normal wastewater. The salt rejection of polyamide RO membranes is known to drastically decrease for feed solutions with extremely low salt concentrations. In this study, the effects of Cs+ concentration on the rejection of polyamide RO membrane were investigated for the efficient removal of 137Cs+ from the polluted water. To clarify the reason for the decrease in rejection, ζ-potential measurements, CO2 bubbling effects, and usage of CsHCO3 salt were investigated. It is shown that this rejection reduction was caused by HCO3- derived from dissolved CO2 in the feedwater. In addition, methods to avoid decreases in rejection are discussed.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2015年09月09日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (35), 8782 - 8788, 英語[査読有り]
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© The Royal Society of Chemistry. A tough and thin double-network gel membrane containing amino acid ionic liquids as a CO2 carrier exhibited superior CO2 permeability and stability under pressurized conditions.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2015年07月20日, Chemical Communications, 51 (71), 13658 - 13661, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. We investigated the effect of different membrane polymeric materials on the relationship between membrane pore size and development of membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Membranes with different pore sizes were prepared using three different polymeric materials, cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and the development of membrane fouling in each membrane was evaluated by batch filtration tests using a mixed liquor suspension obtained from a laboratory-scale MBR. The results revealed that the optimal membrane pore size to mitigate membrane fouling differed depending on membrane polymeric material. For PVDF membranes, the degree of membrane fouling decreased as membrane pore size increased. In contrast, CAB membranes with smaller pores had less fouling propensity than those with larger ones. Such difference can be attributed to the difference in major membrane foulants in each membrane; in PVDF, they were small colloids or dissolved organics in which proteins are abundant, and in CAB, microbial flocs. The results obtained in this study strongly suggested that optimum operating conditions of MBRs differ depending on the characteristics of the used membrane.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2015年03月01日, Applied Surface Science, 330, 351 - 357, 英語[査読有り]
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© 2014 American Chemical Society. Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) are gaining attention because of their potential in CO2 capture technology. Molecular dynamics simulations of AAILs tetramethylammonium glycinate ([N1111][Gly]), tetrabutylammonium glycinate ([N4444][Gly]), and 1,1,1-trimethylhydrazinium glycinate ([aN111][Gly]) and their corresponding mixtures with water were performed to investigate the effect of water concentration on the cation-anion interactions. The water content significantly influenced the free volume (FV) and fractional free volume (FFV) of the AAILs that varied with the hydrophobic and hydrophilic nature of the ion pairs. Under dry conditions, the FFV increased with increasing cation molecular sizes, indicative of proportional adsorption of any inert gases, such as N2, as consistent with experimental observations. Furthermore, the polarity of the cation played an important role in FFV and hence the diffusion of the AAILs. Density functional theory calculations suggested that hydrophilic [aN111][Gly] featured stronger interactions in the presence of water, whereas the hydrophobic IL showed weaker interactions. The carboxylate group of glycinate displayed stronger interactions with water than the cation. The computational study provided qualitative insight into the role of FV of the AAILs on CO2 and N2 absorption and suggests that [aN111][Gly] has CO2 adsorption capacity in the presence of water superior to that of other studied AAILs. (Figure Presented).
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2015年01月08日, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119 (1), 263 - 273, 英語[査読有り]
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A series of amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) composed of different cations of different sizes, including trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium glycinate, tetrabutylphosphonium glycinate and triethyl(pentyl)phosphonium glycinate have been synthesized for the carrier of CO2 facilitated transport membrane. Their physical properties, including their viscosity, density, molar volume and N2 absorption amount were investigated. The amount of N2 absorption decreased as the size of the cation of the AAIL decreased. Facilitated transport membranes containing these AAILs were prepared, and their CO2 and N2 permeabilities were measured. The N2 permeabilities were systematically investigated both experimentally and theoretically with the aim of improving the selectivity of the CO2 permeation of the AAIL-based facilitated transport membrane. As expected, the CO2 permselectivity was improved using triethyl(pentyl)phosphonium glycinate, which contained the smallest cation of the AAILs investigated in this study. We have proposed a methodology for improving the CO2 selectivity of AAIL-based facilitated transport membranes based on reducing their N2 permeabilities. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2014年03月15日, Journal of Membrane Science, 454, 155 - 162, 英語[査読有り]
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Novel ion-gel films containing an amino acid ionic liquid were fabricated by free radical polymerization of vinyl monomers. These high strength materials demonstrated superior CO2 permeability and separation performance. © 2014 The Partner Organisations.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2014年02月20日, Chemical Communications, 50 (23), 2996 - 2999, 英語[査読有り]
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Task-specific ionic liquid (IL)-based facilitated transport membranes were prepared with tetrabutylphosphonium amine-functionalized glycinate or 2-cyanopyrrolide ILs. CO2 permeabilities and viscosity and CO 2 absorbance of ILs were evaluated. Viscosities of glycinate- or methylglycinate-containing ILs drastically increased with CO2 absorption, probably from hydrogen bonding between their CO2 complexes. The temperature dependence of the CO2 permeability of the IL-based membranes was opposite to that of the viscosity of the corresponding ILs. The CO2 permeability at low temperature under dry conditions was improved by using tetrabutylphosphonium 2-cyanopyrrolide, which barely forms hydrogen bonds among its CO2 complexes. However, above 363 K, the tetrabutylphosphonium 2-cyanopyrrolide-based membrane had a lower CO2 permeability than the tetrabutylphosphonium glycinate-based membrane because tetrabutylphosphonium 2-cyanopyrrolide absorbed less CO2. The major factors controlling CO2 permeability of task-specific IL-based facilitated transport membranes appear to be the viscosity of the CO2 complex (which is the most important factor) and the amount of CO2 absorbed. © 2014 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2014年02月12日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (6), 2422 - 2431, 英語[査読有り]
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We investigated the solidification rate of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes during preparation by the nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) method. A new apparatus for quantitatively measuring membrane stiffness during phase separation was developed. In this apparatus, a polymer solution placed on a stage moves upward and the surface of the polymer solution contacts a sphere attached to the top of a needle. The displacement of a blade spring attached to the needle is then measured by a laser displacement sensor and converted to the surface repulsive force of the polymer solution. The effects of polymer concentration, composition of coagulant, molecular weight of polymer, and addition of hydrophilic additives were investigated. The solidification rate increases with increasing polymer concentration and molecular weight and decreases with the addition of solvent to the coagulation bath. The addition of hydrophilic additives causes rapid uptake of nonsolvent into the polymer solution and had the largest effect on solidification rate. Based on these results, two correlation groups between the solidification rate of the polymer solution and the mechanical strength of the ultimate membrane were identified. This is the first work to directly and quantitatively measure the solidification rate during nonsolvent-induced phase separation. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2013年07月01日, Journal of Membrane Science, 438, 77 - 82, 英語[査読有り]
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This paper presents numerical procedures for a coupled scheme that combines immersed boundary and discrete element methods to simulate two-dimensional fluid and particle motion. We simulated the dead-end, constant-flux microfiltration of dispersed particles and investigated the effect of hydrodynamic interactions between the fluid and particles on the transmembrane pressure. The permeation of a single particle through a pore was first simulated to obtain the fundamental characteristics of transmembrane pressure behavior. The effects of the particle dispersion volume fraction and the pore size on the transmembrane pressure were then investigated. The results show that the transmembrane pressure increases and fluctuates even in the absence of membrane fouling when a particle penetrates the pore. Transmembrane pressure behavior is also significantly affected by the number of particles within the pore and the location of particles around the pore. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013年03月27日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 (12), 4650 - 4659, 英語[査読有り]
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Facilitated transport membranes are effective for gas separations but they have some disadvantages, such as leakage of the carrier solution under pressure and volatilization of solvents from the membrane. In this study, a novel gas separation membrane, a facilitated transport ion-gel membrane, with high permselectivity, high stability and high pressure tolerance was fabricated using a gelled ionic liquid with a selective-transport carrier for the target gas. Imidazolium type-ionic liquids, silver salts, and low molecular weight gelators were used to fabricate the ion-gel membrane. Gas absorption isotherms of the ion-gels were measured and studied using a theoretical model considering both physical and chemical absorption. It was found during absorption tests that some gelators deactivated the function of silver ions as a propylene carrier. In addition, gas permeation through ion-gel membranes was analyzed by applying an absorption model that accounted for the decrease in diffusivity caused by gelation of the ionic liquid. Theoretical analysis indicated that the fabricated ion-gel membranes transported propylene via a facilitated transport mechanism and thus facilitated transport ion-gel membranes were successfully fabricated. This is the first report describing the fabrication of facilitated transport ion-gel membranes. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2013年03月05日, Journal of Membrane Science, 431, 121 - 130, 英語[査読有り]
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Membrane technology has been widely applied for environmental protection such as water treatment and CO2 reduction. Thus, there is increasing interest in the membrane field in Japan. The first membrane center (Center for Membrane and Film Technology, MaF Tech center) was established at Kobe University in 2007. This center is the only center focusing on membrane technology in Japan. In this paper, academic research activities and projects in Japan, and the cutting-edge research carried out at the MaF Tech center are briefly reviewed.
DIAGNOSIS PRESS LTD, 2013年02月, Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 27 (1), 3478 - 3484, 英語[査読有り]
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To reduce membrane fouling of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, we adopted layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. LbL assembly has received attention as a means of preparing ultrathin layers of composite membranes. In addition, it can suppress membrane fouling due to its hydrophilicity. In this study, we deposited polyelectrolytes on a commercial RO membrane via LbL assembly and especially investigated the effect of layer number on membrane properties. The obtained membranes exhibited antifouling properties, such as high water permeability and high ion rejection, against various hydrophobic foulants. In addition, membrane hydrophilicity increased and surface roughness became smooth as layer number increased. We also found an optimum layer number that admitted highest water permeability. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation measurements revealed that the polyelectrolyte multilayer indeed suppresses foulant adsorption. Protein conformational change was low on the polyelectrolyte film surface, compared with that on the polyamide layer.© 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER, 2012年10月08日, Separation and Purification Technology, 99, 1 - 7, 英語[査読有り]
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Amino acid ionic liquid-based facilitated transport membranes with tetrabutylphosphonium amino acid ionic liquids with glycine, alanine, proline and serine as the anion were prepared and their CO 2 permeation properties were evaluated from the physical and physicochemical properties of the amino acid ionic liquids. A tetrabutylphosphonium proline-based facilitated transport membrane showed an excellent CO 2 permeability of 14,000 Barrer, twice that of the others investigated, and a CO 2/N 2 selectivity of 100 at 373K under dry conditions. Thermogravimetric measurement showed that the tetrabutylphosphonium proline had a relatively high water-holding ability compared with the other amino acid ionic liquids investigated. The strong water holding ability of tetrabutylphosphonium proline realized the large absorption amount of CO 2 and established a large concentration gradient for the CO 2-complex across the membrane. The large concentration gradient provided a large driving force for CO 2-complex transport through the membrane and increased CO 2 permeability. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2012年10月01日, Journal of Membrane Science, 415-416, 168 - 175, 英語[査読有り]
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Supported liquid membranes incorporating amino acid ionic liquids remarkably facilitate CO2 permeation under dry and low humid conditions. © 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2012年06月14日, Chemical Communications, 48 (55), 6903 - 6905, 英語[査読有り]
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Microfluidic liquid-liquid extraction of the ethyl ester of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA-Et) with silver ions was investigated using slug flow and a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion as specific flow patterns possessing large interfacial areas. To compare the extraction rates of both systems, slug flow and a W/O emulsion with similar specific interfacial areas were prepared. Extraction rates for the systems were the same at 298 K. However, at 268 K, slug flow had a faster extraction rate than the W/O emulsion. Theoretical calculation follows the results for both systems at 298 K and for the slug flow system at 268 K, suggesting that the emulsion stabilizer inhibits complex formation between DHA-Et and silver ions at the O/W interface. A reduction in extraction rate was observed in the slug flow system at 268 K when the emulsion stabilizer was used. Slug flow can be prepared without stabilizer, offering advantages over emulsions in microfluidic extraction. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011年06月01日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 50 (11), 6915 - 6924, 英語[査読有り]
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A new type of double emulsion droplets is fabricated by combining the methods of microfluidic emulsification and macroscopic phase separation within individual aqueous droplets (see picture). This monodisperse double emulsion is promising for bioencapsulation in aqueous capsules and the release/absorption of aqueous solutes. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2011年02月07日, ChemPhysChem, 12 (2), 263 - 266, 英語, 国際誌[査読有り]
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The liquid-liquid extraction dynamics of an ethyl ester of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA-Et) with silver ion was investigated. The kinetic model was derived according to the following stepwise processes: Diffusion of DHA-Et across the organic film, complex-formation between DHA-Et and silver ion at the interface, and diffusion of extracted complex across the aqueous film. The kinetic parameters for the complex-formation reaction were determined from the investigation with the stirred transfer cell. With the proposed model and determined parameters, we predicted the uptakes of DHA-Et for the extraction system utilizing a slug flow prepared by a microchip. The calculated uptakes showed good correlation to the experimental data. The theoretical investigation suggested that the fast equilibration realized for the slug flow extraction system was due to the large specific interfacial area of the slug caused by the presence of wall film and the thin liquid film caused by the internal circulation. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
WILEY, 2010年08月, AIChE Journal, 56 (8), 2163 - 2172, 英語[査読有り]
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To prepare hollow microcapsules composed of native DNA, we developed a templating method using porous calcium carbonate microparticles as sacrificial templates. At first, DNA was adsorbed onto calcium carbonate microparticles, and then the adsorbed DNA was covalently cross-linked with each other by using ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether. After the dissolution of the templates, the resultant DNA capsules ranged from 1.5 to 8 μm in diameter, according to ionic strength. The low cross-linked and highly cross-linked DNA capsules exhibited enzymatic degradability and permeability that was dependent on the molecular weight of macromolecular solutes, respectively. This method has the potential to be used for the preparation of various single-component polymer capsules. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2010年03月05日, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 356 (1-3), 126 - 133, 英語[査読有り]
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Five kinds of asymmetric poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) hollow fiber membranes with considerable different porosities at the inner and outer surfaces of the membrane were prepared via thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method and applied for propylene absorption as gas-liquid membrane contactors. A commercial microporous poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) hollow fiber membrane was also used as a highly hydrophobic membrane. Experiments on the absorption of pure propylene into silver nitrate solutions were performed and the effects of membrane structure, inner diameter, silver nitrate concentration and absorbent liquid flow rate were investigated at 298 K. PVDF membranes prepared by using nitrogen as bore fluid had lower inner surface porosity than the membranes prepared with solvent as bore fluid. Except the membrane with a skin layer at the outer surface, propylene absorption flux was inversely proportional to the inner diameter of the hollow fiber membrane, and propylene absorption rate per fiber was almost the same. Propylene flux increased with increasing the silver nitrate concentration and also with increasing the absorbent flow rate. A mathematical model for pure propylene absorption in a membrane contactor, which assumes that the membrane resistance is negligibly small and the total membrane area is effective for gas absorption, was proposed to simulate propylene absorption rates. Experimental results were satisfactorily simulated by the model except for the membrane having a skin layer. The model also suggested that propylene is absorbed in silver nitrate solutions accompanied by the instantaneous reversible reaction. This paper may be the first experimental and theoretical study on propylene absorption in membrane contactors. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER, 2010年01月01日, Journal of Membrane Science, 346 (1), 86 - 97, 英語[査読有り]
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The synergistic extraction of samarium (Sm(III)) using two different main extractants and three organic phosphine oxides as synergist was examined. A synergistic effect was observed when dibutylmonothiophosphoric acid (DBTPA) was used with tri-n-butylphosphine oxide (TBPO) or dibutylphosphate (DBOBPO). The order of extractability was TBPO > DBOBPO. On the other hand, the extractability of samarium in the DBTPA + tri-n-butylphosphate (TBOPO) system was not significantly greater than the extractability of samarium in the DBTPA system. An antagonistic effect was observed when dibutylphosphoric acid (DBPA) was used as the main extractant and TBPO as the synergist. The extractability of samarium in the DBOBPO/TBOPO system was almost the same as that of samarium in the TBPO system. This difference in the extractabilities observed when using different synergists with the two main extractants probably resulted from the balance between the association abilities of the synergist and the main extractant. This could be explained by the basicity of the oxygen atom in the synergists and the coordination ability of the synergist with the samarium/main extractant complex. This was in turn due to the coordination number of the aforementioned complex. © 2009 The Society of Chemical Engineers,Japan.
SOC CHEMICAL ENG JAPAN, 2009年08月20日, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 42 (8), 563 - 569, 英語[査読有り]
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We developed a novel membrane reactor consisted of a CO shift catalyst and a membrane for selective CO2 separation. First, we successfully developed novel facilitated transport membranes with excellent performances exceeding our target values, i.e. CO2 permeance of 1x10-4 mol/(m2skPa) and CO2/H2 selectivity of 100 at 160 °C. The developed membrane maintained high performances for more than 400 hours. Second, we developed CO shift catalysts, which had high activity for the CO shift reaction at 160 °C. Among the catalysts developed in this study, precious metal-based catalysts had quite high activities. By combining the developed membrane and catalyst, a membrane reactor-type CO converter was fabricated. By using the CO converter, CO and CO2 concentrations in feed gas (14.8 and 7.4 %, respectively) were drastically reduced. Observed CO and CO2 concentrations at the feed-side exit of the CO converter were 5 ppm and 0.3 %, respectively. © The Electrochemical Society.
2009年, ECS Transactions, 17 (1), 589 - 598, 英語[査読有り]
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A novel micromixer with simple construction and excellent mixing performance is developed. The micromixer is composed of two stainless steel tubes with different diameters: one is an outer tube and another is an inner tube which fits in the outer tube. In this micromixer, one reactant fluid flows in the mixing zone from the inner tube and the other flows from the outer tube. The excellent mixing performance is confirmed by comparing the results of a Villermaux/Dushman reaction with those for the other micromixers. The developed micromixer has a mixing cascade with multiple means and an asymmetric structure to achieve effective mixing. The excellent mixing performance of the developed micromixer suggests that serial addition of multiple phenomena for mixing will give us an efficient micromixing. © 2009 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, 2009年, Lab on a Chip, 9 (12), 1809 - 1812, 英語[査読有り]
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We demonstrate a simple, unique method for preparing microcapsules with holes in their shells. Cross-linked polymelamine microcapsules are prepared by the phase-separation method. The holey shell of each microcapsule is synthesized on the surface of an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion droplet where a water-soluble polymeric surfactant and an oil-soluble surfactant are competitively adsorbed. The water-soluble polymeric surfactant provides a reaction site for shell formation. The oil-soluble surfactant molecules seem to self-assemble while the shells are being formed, so holes appear where they assemble. The critical degree of surface coverage of an emulsion droplet by the water-soluble polymeric surfactant needed to form the holey shells is determined to be 0.90 from theoretical calculations in which competitive adsorption is considered. Theoretical consideration suggests that the size and quantity of the holes in the microcapsule shells are controlled by the composition of the surfactants adsorbed on the surface of an emulsion droplet. This theoretical consideration is confirmed by experiments. The prepared microcapsule with controllable macroholes in its shell has the potential to be used for controlled release applications and can be used to fabricate a microcapsule that encapsulates hydrophilic compounds. © 2008 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2008年12月02日, Langmuir, 24 (23), 13287 - 13298, 英語[査読有り]
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The removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) ions from aqueous solutions was studied by sorption onto microcapsules prepared by copolymerizing ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) and styrene (ST). The microcapsules were prepared by an in situ radical polymerization method by adding the extractant compound, 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester, and the monomers to the continuous aqueous phase. The extractant was immobilized within the microcapsules (MCs) which presented a spherical shape with rough surface. High productions of MCs with an important retention of extractant were achieved. Microcapsules constituted by a copolymer of 65% EGDMA and 35% ST presented best capacity of sorption of both metals. These MCs presented sufficient degree of cross-linking and a suitable balance of hydrophilic-hydrophobic character. The experimental data from chemisorption of metals onto the microcapsules fitted well the applied pseudo-second-order kinetics model. The alkylphosphonic extractant presented a higher rate constant and a higher equilibrium sorption capacity for Cd(II) than for Cu(II) at the pH used in this study. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2008年11月03日, Separation and Purification Technology, 63 (3), 517 - 523, 英語[査読有り]
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Monodisperse polymelamine microcapsules were prepared by phase separation method. Control of microcapsule diameter was investigated using the uniform-sized oil-in-water emulsion droplets as the capsule core. The monodisperse emulsion droplets were prepared using the Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membrane emulsification technique. The effects of the diameter of the oil droplet and concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), which is a typical emulsifier in SPG membrane emulsification, on microencapsulation were investigated. The microcapsules were aggregated when oil droplets with small size were microencapsulated at high SDS concentration. To reduce the SDS concentration, the creamed emulsion was used. The monodisperse polymelamine microcapsules were successfully prepared by using the creamed emulsion. The microcapsule diameter was almost similar to the diameter of the encapsulated oil droplet. The coefficient of variation values was about 10% for all microcapsules prepared in this study. Control of microcapsule diameter was achieved in the range of 5-60 μm. © Springer-Verlag 2008.
SPRINGER, 2008年06月, Colloid and Polymer Science, 286 (6-7), 787 - 793, 英語[査読有り]
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Extraction of lanthanum, samarium and erbium into a microcapsule containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (EHPNA) is studied. The extraction kinetic model used to predict uptake curves is based on the interfacial reaction model accompanied by intraparticle diffusion expressed by Fick's law. The uptakes are analyzed using the kinetic model with the separately determined complex formation rate constants and the intraparticle diffusion coefficient. The rate constants used in the calculation are determined from the analysis of the kinetics data for the liquid-liquid extraction system under a low-extractant concentration. The effects of pH and metal concentration on the metal uptakes into the microcapsule are successfully predicted with the determined rate constants. From the results, it is confirmed that the extraction mechanism of metal ions into the microcapsule is same to that for a liquid-liquid extraction system. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2008年05月15日, Chemical Engineering Journal, 139 (1), 93 - 105, 英語[査読有り]
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The effect of heating rate on the liquefaction of a microcrystalline cellulose particle was investigated by using a batch type reactor with a temperature controller. Experiments were carried out over the temperature range of 443-553 K. The temperature profile of the heating was controlled to obtain a proportional relationship with time. Heating rates ranged from 0.0167 to 0.167 K/s. The resulting concentration profiles of cellulose, oligosaccharides, monosaccharides and pyrolysis products were analyzed using a theoretical model which considered temperature variation during the reaction. The calculated results exhibit a reasonable fit to the experimental data. The predicted cellulose concentration profiles over a wide range of heating rates indicate that liquefaction of cellulose is affected when the heating rate is below 1 K/s. It is concluded that consideration of the heating process is necessary in the modeling of liquefaction when using reactors which cannot achieve fast heating. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, 2008年04月, Chemical Engineering Journal, 137 (2), 328 - 338, 英語[査読有り]
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In this study, we investigate a process for liquefaction of cellulose with hot compressed water as a pre-treatment for a compact gasification process of cellulose. Experiments were carried out using a batch reactor with a temperature controller. The temperature profile for heating was controlled in a proportional relationship with time. Cellulose was drastically decomposed and liquefied when the maximum temperature was set at over ∼ 513 K. It decomposed to oligosaccharides, monosaccharides and pyrolysis products such as glyceraldehydes and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde. Theoretical treatment was investigated by considering the following stepwise processes: decompositions of I. cellulose to oligosaccharides, II. oligosaccharides to monosaccharides and pyrolysis products and III. monosaccharides to pyrolysis products. In these steps, step I is a heterogeneous reaction consists of: (a) Diffusion of water monomer to a cellulose surface and (b) Hydrolysis reaction of water monomer with a cellulose molecule at the surface. The temperature dependence of the rate constants was expressed by the Arrhenius relationship. The calculated result showed good correlation to the experimental data. The results suggest that it is possible to estimate the decomposition of cellulose by hot compressed water in a batch reactor that requires slow heating process. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
SPRINGER, 2008年04月, Journal of Materials Science, 43 (7), 2179 - 2188, 英語[査読有り]
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By utilizing a microreactor, extraction of ethyl ester of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA-Et) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA-Et) from an organic solution into an aqueous silver nitrate solution has been investigated. Slug flow preapared by using a T-shape microreactor was used to extract DHA-Et and EPA-Et. Utilizing slug flow created large specific interfacial area between aqueous and organic phases, and ultra fast extraction has been achieved. Extraction of both DHA-Et and EPA-Et took less than 20 s to reach equilibrium. In all of the experiments, the amount of DHA-Et or EPA-Et extracted was the same to that expected from the batch experiment. These facts indicate that the microreactor system can realize an ultra-fast examination system of extraction equilibrium. In addition, by maintaining the temperature quite low, a drastic improvement of extraction ratio is exhibited under a low silver nitrate concentration condition. That is, it can easily cut down silver nitrate by utilizing a microreactor. This is preferable for the practical operation. Copyright © 2007 The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan.
SOC CHEMICAL ENG JAPAN, 2007年12月20日, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 40 (12), 1076 - 1084, 英語[査読有り]
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The fundamental investigation on extraction of Pd(II), Pt(IV), Cr(VI), Cu(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) from an aqueous solution by using microcapsules containing a metal extractant was investigated. As extractants, 2-ethythexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (EHPNA) and tri-n-octylamine loaded with hydrochloric acid (TOA-HCI) were used. The extractants were successfully encapsulated in the microcapsules during the in situ microencapsulation process. The extractability of the metals into the microcapsules was estimated from the extraction isotherm of the metals. According to the Langmuir model, the saturation amount of metal extracted and the extraction equilibrium constant were determined. The microcapsules containing EHPNA and TOA-HCl were suitable for the extraction of base metals and precious metals, respectively. It is anticipated that a reactor in which two columns packed with each microcapsule containing EHPNA and TOA-HCl are connected in series would be useful for separation and recovery of precious metals from base metals. Copyright © 2007 The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan.
SOC CHEMICAL ENG JAPAN, 2007年01月19日, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 40 (1), 31 - 35, 英語[査読有り]
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The extraction mechanism of metals into a microcapsule that contains an organophosphorus extractant is estimated from a theoretical calculation. It is assumed that the metal extraction progresses according to the following stepwise processes: (i) diffusion of metal ions to the surface of a microcapsule across the aqueous film,(ii) complex formation reaction of a metal ion and an extractant existing on the surface of a microcapsule, and (iii) intraparticle diffusion of the formed complex toward the center of a microcapsule. Considering the assumed mechanism, an extraction kinetic model is derived based on the interfacial reaction model accompanied by diffusion, as expressed by Fick's law. The uptakes of metal by extraction are analyzed with the proposed model. The calculated results are fit to the experimental uptakes, except for the results under high metal-loading conditions. From the comparison of determined complex-formation rate constants with those for the liquid-liquid extraction system, the validity of the proposed extraction mechanism is evaluated. © 2007 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2007年01月03日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 46 (1), 255 - 265, 英語[査読有り]
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Various water-soluble polymers were used to examine an alternative emulsifier for poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride), used in the preparation of crosslinked polyurea microcapsules. Microcapsules were successfully prepared by using the water-soluble polymers with large molecular weight alternating copolymers, namely poly(olefin-maleic anhydride), poly(olefin-maleic acid), and poly(acrylic acid). On the other hand, no microcapsule resulted from olefin-maleic acid with small molecular weight alternating copolymers. From these results, the following guidelines were obtained for the selection of polymeric surfactants suitable for crosslinked polyurea microcapsule. A polymeric surfactant must have maleic acid or a carboxyl group in order to form a crosslinked polyurea microcapsule membrane. Furthermore, to form a stronger capsule membrane it is desirable to have a maleic anhydride group. It is also important for membrane formation that the polymeric surfactant has a suitable molecular weight.
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2007年, Journal of Microencapsulation, 24 (4), 349 - 357, 英語[査読有り]
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The liquefaction mechanism of solid cellulose particles in hot compressed water is estimated experimentally and theoretically. Experiments are carried out using a batch reactor that equips a temperature controller. The heating profile is controlled to make a proportional relationship with time. Cellulose is drastically decomposed and liquefied when the maximum temperature is set over ∼513 K. It decomposed to oligosaccharides, monosaccharides, and pyrolysis products such as glyceraldehydes and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde. The concentration of oligosaccharides and monosaccharides shows maximal values for the maximum temperature set. The theoretical treatment of cellulose decomposition is investigated for stepwise processes of decomposition from (1) cellulose to oligosaccharides, (2) oligosaccharides to monosaccharides and pyrolysis products, and (3) monosaccharides to pyrolysis products. The theoretical equation derived for the proposed mechanism inserts the temperature variation with Arrhenius relationship. The concentration profiles on maximum temperature are calculated numerically. The calculated results show a reasonable correlation to the experimental data. © 2006 American Chemical Society.
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006年07月05日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45 (14), 4944 - 4953, 英語[査読有り]
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The extraction mechanism of metal ions in wide concentration ranges of extractant is investigated. Not only in the low extractant concentration range but also in the high concentration range, the extraction rate is affected by aqueous conditions such as pH and metal concentration. Furthermore, the rate is increased with an increase in the extractant concentration below about 2500 mol/m3 and adversely decreased over ∼2500 mol/m3. It is suggested that, in a high extractant concentration range, diffusion resistance of the extracted complex through liquid organic laminar film strongly affects the overall extraction rate. The extraction mechanism is evaluated using a modified interfacial reaction model considering an increase in the viscosity of the organic phase with an increase in extractant concentration by applying the Wilke - Chang equation and Lima's equation. As the result, both extraction mechanisms in the ranges of low and high extractant concentrations are the same in each other, which suggests that the proposed model is reasonable. © 2006 American Chemical Society.
2006年02月01日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45 (3), 1105 - 1112, 英語[査読有り]
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It is studied the uptake of Zn(II) and Cu(II) from acid aqueous solutions using microcapsules containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester, a non-specific extractant, as an alternative method for metals separation in place of current techniques as ion-exchange solid resins or solvent extraction. The microcapsules employed in this study were prepared by an in situ radical polimerization method. The amount of extractant held within each microcapsule was determined by potentiometric titration. Many experimental tests were carried out to measure the hydrometallurgical capacity of the microcapsules to remove these metallic ions from the aqueous solutions. © 2006 Sociedad Chilena de Química.
2005年12月, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 50 (4), 711 - 714[査読有り]
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The sorption behavior of gallium and indium into a microcapsule containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester is investigated. The effects of pH and metal concentration on sorption rate are investigated to estimate the sorption mechanism. The initial sorption rates are compared to the corresponding initial extraction rates measured for the solvent extraction system. The initial sorption rate varied with pH and metal concentration, following the solvent extraction system. Furthermore, the rate-determining step was evaluated from the activation energy. The activation energy of sorption is obtained as 48.9 kJ/mol for gallium and 30.7 kJ/mol for indium. These values indicate that both chemical reaction and diffusion processes affect the rate-determining step. These results suggest that metal sorption proceeds following sequential processes: diffusion of metal ions through aqueous film, complex formation on the surface of microcapsule, and diffusion of metal complexes through the pores. That is, the global sorption rates were controlled by both complex-formation reaction and intraparticle diffusion. © 2005 American Chemical Society.
2005年03月30日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 44 (7), 2266 - 2272[査読有り]
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This research was conducted to clarify the membrane formation mechanism of cross-linked polyurea microcapsules by phase separation method, especially the role of polymeric surfactant, such as poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride) (poly(E-MA)) at the interface of O/W emulsion. It was found that poly(E-MA) was necessary for the formation of cross-linked polyurea membrane. The addition of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) prohibited the membrane formation reaction at the interface, even in the case of poly(E-MA) concentration enough for polymeric microcapsule formation. From the results in this study, poly(E-MA) was found to be adsorbed on the O/W emulsion and provide the reaction site for the membrane formation of polymeric microcapsules. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2004年05月, Journal of Microencapsulation, 21 (3), 241 - 249, 英語[査読有り]
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The characteristics of adsorption of gallium and indium were measured by using a column, in which microcapsules containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester were packed. Firstly, adsorption isotherms for gallium and indium in the microcapsules were measured and analyzed according to Freundlich adsorption isotherm model, from which the saturation capacities were obtained and the operation lines for both metals were determined. Then, breakthrough curves for 5 mol/m3 gallium and/or indium solution were measured using the column packed with the microcapsules. The effects of flow rate and pH of the feed solution on the characteristics of metal adsorption were investigated. When the flow rate decreased, the adsorption capacity of gallium became smaller, but that of indium was not changed at all. By selecting the pH of the feed solution, the separation of gallium from indium was achieved. However, the separation of indium from gallium was not completely achieved. In stripping operation, it was possible to separate both metals adsorbed in the column by selecting the hydrogen-ion concentration of the stripping solution. The breakthrough curves in the 5th run did not differ so much from that in the 1st run, whereby the loss of the extractant in the microcapsules was only about 0.01%. The theoretical equation of the breakthrough curve was established. The experimental data for each system were correlated to the calculated lines based on the predictive equation. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
2002年11月01日, Separation and Purification Technology, 29 (2), 121 - 130, 英語[査読有り]
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In this study, we investigate the mutual separation of lanthanoids by using a column packed with the microcapsules containing acidic organophosphorus compound as an extractant. It is found that adsorption and elution of lanthanoids are briefly achieved by selecting pHs of the feed aqueous solution. The mutual separation of lanthanoids is investigated using the adsorption column connected to the development column containing microcapsules. With selecting pHs of the eluent, each metal is separated mutually in more than 95% of purity. In addition, a numerical solution of breakthrough curve for an adsorption of rare-earth metal ions is derived.
2002年09月10日, Desalination, 144 (1-3), 249 - 254, 英語[査読有り]
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The separation of gallium and indium was investigated using a column in which microcapsules containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester were packed. First, adsorption isotherms were measured and analyzed according to the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model, from which the saturation capacities and the operation lines were determined. Then, breakthrough curves were measured at several flow rates and pH's of the feed solution. When the flow rate decreased, the adsorption capacity of gallium also decreased, but that of indium did not change. By selecting the appropriate pH, the separation of gallium from indium was achieved. Specifically, it was possible to separate the two metals by selecting the hydrogen-ion concentration in the stripping operation. Even after the fifth cycle of adsorption and stripping, the loss of the extractant in the microcapsules was only about 0.01%. The theoretical equation for the breakthrough curve was established. The experimental data were correlated to the lines calculated using the predictive equation.
American Chemical Society, 2002年07月24日, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 41 (15), 3669 - 3675, 英語[査読有り]
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For the purpose of developing new technologies of extraction and separation of metals, we have investigated the way of using microcapsules. In this study, the microcapsules containing several organophosphorus compounds as extractants (HR) were prepared by in situ polymerization technique and their characteristics were investigated. The extractant held within microcapsules was not leaked out at pH below 4, hence the microcapsules are useful for the extraction of cationic metal ions. In this study, we investigate the extraction behavior of gallium and indium as objective metal sources. The extraction equilibria were clarified by a slope-analysis method. Those for gallium and indium using the microcapsules containing di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) and 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2- ethylhexyl ester (EHPNA) were determined as follows: Ga3+ +2(HR)2 = GaR3 HR + 3H+ In3+ +5/2 (HR)2 = InR3 2HR + 3H+ The extraction equilibrium for the microcapsule containing diisostearyl-phosphoric acid (DISPA) was determined as follows: (Ga,In)HSO42+ +5/2(HR)2 = (Ga,In)HSO4R2 .3HR + 2H+ The extraction equilibrium constants and separation factors were also determined for each system. The maximum adsorption capacities of the metals in the microcapsule containing EHPNA were determined with the Langmuir isotherm model and determined as 4.49 × 10-4 and 3.22 x 10-4 mol/g-MC for gallium and indium, respectively.
2002年02月, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 35 (2), 178 - 185, 英語[査読有り]
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A numerical solution of the breakthrough curve for the adsorption of rare-earth metal ions in a column packed with EHPNA-microcapsules was derived. The solution is obtained from considering the irreversible equilibrium expressed by the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model, representing both fluid and solid mass-transfer resistance as a linearized rate expression and using a differential mass balance for a point in the column while neglecting axial dispersion. The numerical solution so obtained is simple and can easily predict the shape of the breakthrough curves. Experimental data for rare-earth metal ions are presented and discussed using the theory.
2002年, Solvent Extraction Research and Development, 9, 51 - 57[査読有り]
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In this study, we measured the extraction equilibria of lanthanoids with microcapsules containing acidic organophosphorus compound as an extractant and discuss their mutual separation by using a column packed with the microcapsules. The extraction equilibria of lanthanoids into the microcapsules containing 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (EHPNA) were elucidated and the extraction equilibrium constants were calculated by slope-analysis method. It was suggested that the lanthanoid ions are extracted in the microcapsules in a high loading state. Furthermore, the adsorption behavior of lanthanoids into the column packed with the microcapsules containing EHPNA was observed. It was found that adsorption and elution of lanthanoids are briefly achieved by selecting pH of the feed aqueous solution. However, it was impossible to separate them only in adsorption or elution operation. So, the mutual separation of lanthanoids was investigated using the adsorption column connected to the development column containing microcapsules. By selecting pH of the eluent, each metal was separated mutually in more than 95% of purity. The metal ions in the eluent from the development column could be concentrated by treating it with a column packed with the microcapsules containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (D2EHPA). Considering these information, it will be possible to design a continuous extracting, separating and concentrating reactor of lanthanoids using a column packed with the microcapsules. Copyright © 2002 The Society of Chemical Engineers.
Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 2002年, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 35 (6), 574 - 581, 英語[査読有り]
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1. 新規水チャネル型FO膜の創製 1-1.環状ペプチド分子集合体チャネル膜の創製(松山、吉岡、佐伯):環状ペプチド分子集合体を導入した平面脂質二分子膜について、FO膜としての性能を確認するとともに、環状ペプチド内の官能基が水分子の拡散性や透過性に影響を及ぼすことを明らかにした。1-2.高分子液晶垂直配向チャネル膜の創製(彌田、稲田):液晶性ブロックコポリマー(BCP)をFO膜として使うための複合膜化を検討した。新規購入の超音波ホモジナイザーで乳化したアルギン酸ナトリウム層(犠牲層)をガラス基板上に作製し、その上にBCP薄膜を製膜し、水中でBCP薄膜を犠牲層から剥離させ支持膜に重ねることで複合膜を作製する手法を開発した。1-3.革新的ロバスト無機ゼオライトFO膜の創製(松方):ZSM-5膜を用いて、無機FO膜の正浸透膜特性を説明する透過モデルの検討を進めた。また、高い透過性と塩阻止率を両立する無機FO膜の設計指針を得る検討を継続した。1-4.計算機科学による高機能FO膜開発支援 (吉岡):MD計算によりチャネル内表面特性が水および塩の拡散性に及ぼす影響を評価した。親水的なチャネル入り口が高透水性に寄与するが、疎水化されたチャネル内では塩の拡散性が大きくなることが明らかとなった。 2. 新規刺激応答性駆動溶液(DS)の創製(小野、高橋) 熱応答性イオン液体の温度依存的浸透圧発現機構の解析を基に、相図、粘度、浸透圧、相分離性をより最適化したイオン液体DSを設計した。また、イオン液体を利用した膜の調製と膜骨格にイオン液体構造を導入する技術についても開発した。 3.FO膜透過とDS再生を含む連続システムによるFS評価とFO膜システムの実証(松山、神尾、中川) FO膜分離、DS連続再生、RO膜によるDS回収を一体化した小型連続FOシステムを構築し、海水淡水化を想定した連続運転条件検討を行った。
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イオン液体含有高強度ダブルネットワークゲル(DNイオンゲル)の高強度発現に寄与するネットワークの影響について検討した。本研究では、DNイオンゲルを高強度化するために、無機ネットワークと有機ネットワークの組成最適化を行い、高イオン液体含有量のDNイオンゲル膜を作製し、その機械的強度について評価を行った。また、無機ネットワークの内部破壊に伴うエネルギー散逸に寄与する無機粒子間相互作用に関する検討、および無機ネットワークの改良による強度向上についても検討を行った。 DNイオンゲルの優れた機械的強度は、ゲル内部に形成される無機ネットワークの内部破壊に伴うエネルギー散逸に起因する。本研究では、無機ネットワークと有機ネットワークの組成を種々変化させることによりDNイオンゲルを作製し、その機械的強度を評価した。その結果、TEOS/DMAAmが0.35 mol/molの最適組成比で調製したDNイオンゲルが従来に比べて約4倍の破壊エネルギー(1500 kJ/m3)を有することを明らかにした。また、TEOS/DMAAm比が0~0.35 mol/molまでの強度向上は無機ネットワーク組成増大に伴うエネルギー散逸量の増大に起因し、0.35 mol/mol以上での強度低下は有機ネットワークの分子量の低下に起因することを明らかにした。 また、無機ネットワークの内部破壊に伴うエネルギー散逸量に関して、水素結合性を有する双生イオン液体を含有するDNイオンゲルの力学特性を評価し、双性イオン液体による無機粒子間架橋により、DNイオンゲルの機械的強度は有意に増大することを明らかにした。この結果より、エネルギー散逸には無機粒子間の水素結合が主に寄与していることを明らかにした。加えて、無機ナノ粒子としてシリカとチタニアの複合粒子を用いることで、DNイオンゲルの機械的強度を有意に増大できることも明らかにした。
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本研究では、究極の省エネルギー水処理技術の開発に向けて、独創的かつ革新的なフォワードオスモシス(FO)膜及び駆動溶液(DS)の創製を行った。新規FO膜については、高透水性かつ高イオン阻止性を両立する生体機能模倣型ウォーターチャネルFO膜、荷電反発機能を有するミクロ相分離ハイドロゲルFO膜、及び耐溶剤性や高機械強度を有するロバスト無機FO膜の創製に成功した。新規な再生可能DSとしては、光応答性DS、及び二酸化炭素と温度応答性を有するDSの創製に成功した。
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固くて脆い1stネットワークと柔らかくて良く伸びる2ndネットワークから成る高強度ダブルネットワークを有するCO2反応性イオン液体含有高強度ゲルを創製した。ネットワーク組成や架橋度を調整したイオンゲル膜の圧縮破断応力は25MPa以上であり、優れた耐圧性を確認した。 高強度ゲル化により薄膜形成が可能となり、最薄で58ミクロンの薄膜調製に成功した。また、大量のイオン液体をゲル膜内に含有させることができ、優れたゲル内拡散性を付与することが出来た。イオン液体を約80wt%含有するゲル膜はCO2分圧10kPa、373Kにて10000barrer以上のCO2透過係数と150以上のCO2/N2選択性を示した。
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正浸透膜法による次世代型のゼロエネルギー海水淡水化の実現を目指し、高浸透圧の発現と磁性回収を両立する機能性微粒子の開発を行った。作製した磁性粒子は、10回以上の磁場回収試験後も良好な再分散性を示した。しかしながら、粒子分散液の浸透圧は海水の2/3程度であった。次いで開発したポリアミン型駆動溶液は、海水以上の高い浸透圧発現に成功し、さらには温度相転移による再生が可能であることを示した。これらFO膜の水輸送に関して理論的な解析を行った結果、FO膜の固有パラメータ(A、B、S値)を用いることにより、異なる駆動溶液の水流束を予測可能なモデル式を提案した。
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本研究では、エネルギーコストの極端に低い廃水・汚染水浄化濃縮技術の開発を目的として、自然エネルギー源である海水と汚染水間の浸透圧差を利用した自発的水透過を生じる革新的正浸透(FO)膜の創製を行った。新規FO膜としては、高い透水性能と高いイオン阻止能の双方を両立する膜を目指して、水のみを選択的に透過可能な生体模倣型ウォーターチャネル膜、並びに荷電反発機能を有するミクロ相分離ハイドロゲル膜の2つの方向から検討を行った。さらに、FO膜プロセスの実用化では避けることができない課題である膜ファウリングについても評価を行った。
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本研究では新規な異型構造膜(中空糸膜および平膜)を新規に作製し、その有機物ファウリングやバイオファウリングに及ぼす影響を明らかとした。凹凸構造を有する中空糸膜を作製し、アルギン酸ナトリウムを用いたファウリング実験を行ったところ、このような凹凸構造の付与はファウリングの抑制に非常に効果的であることがわかった。またPDMSの鋳型を用い、異型構造として規則的なナノパターンを有するPES平膜の作製を行った。Pillar, Hole, Lineの3種類のパターン形成について検討を行った。Pillar構造を有する膜において最も効果的にバイオフィルムの形成が抑制できることを見出した。
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イオン交換により金属を吸着捕集可能な微粒子を内包するマイクロカプセルの創製を試みた.マイクロカプセルへの微粒子の内包については,カプセル壁に多数の穴が開いたかご状マイクロカプセルをあらかじめ調製し,その内部で微粒子を生成させた.また,カプセル内で形成可能なことを確認した微粒子に対し,金属イオンと反応可能な官能基を有する高分子鎖を微粒子表面上に修飾することにより,微粒子に金属吸着能を付与した.調製した微粒子はメラミンを骨格とする既報のイオン交換樹脂と同等のイオン交換能を有することを確認した.
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