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HWAHAK KONGHAK,
Vol.27, No.1, 1-6, 1989
고분자 분리막 제조조건에 대한 산소 및 질소의 투과현상에 대한 연구
The Study on Permeability and Selectivity of Oxygen and Nitrogen by Preparing Conditions of Polymeric Membranes
Silicone rubber, Polyurethane과 Cellulose acetate를 평막으로 제조하여 산소 및 질소의 투과현상을 알아 보았다. 각 평막에 대하여 산소 및 질소기체를 투과할 때 투과량이 압력차에 따라 선형으로 증가하고 막두께에 반비례하였으며 Silicone rubber막에서의 산소 질소의 투과도는 각각 390, 170 Barrers이었으며 선택도는 2.3이었다. Polyurethane 막에서는 1.5, 0.39 Barrers이었으며 선택도 3.8이었다. 특히 Polyurethane 막은 용매로 클로로포름을 사용하여 진공건조하였을 때 그렇게 하지 않았을 때에 비하여 10배 정도의 더 큰 투과량을 보였다. Cellulose acetate 막은 수분제거시 냉동조건를 이용했을 때만 Knudsen flow를 보이나 투과도에는 거의 차이가 없었다.
Permeabilities and selectivities of oxygen and nitrogen were studied using 3 flat polymeric mem-branes:silicone rubber, polyurethane, and cellulose acetate. Flow rate of permeates linearly increased with increasing pressure differences and was inversely proportional to membrane thickness. In silicone rubber membrane permeabi-lities of oxygen and nitrogen were 390 and 170 Barrers, respectively and selectivity of oxygen to nitrogen gas was 2.3. In polyurethane membrane permeabilities of oxygen and nitrogen were 1.5 and 0.39 Barrers, respectively and selecti-vity was 3.8. In addition the flow rate of permeates of the polyurethane membrane which was made using chloroform as solvent and vacuum drying was 10 times as large as those obtained from the polyurethane membranes made without using chloroform and vacuum drying. Only in freeze-dried cellulose acetate membranes the fluxes of oxygen and nitrogen were proportional to pressure differences. But the cellulose acetate membrane could not be used for oxy-gen/nitrogen separation process because the permeability of oxygen was almost the same as that of nitrogen.