WO2001066249A2 - Fibers to immobilize ion exchange resins - Google Patents
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- B01J47/00—Ion-exchange processes in general; Apparatus therefor
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- B01J47/12—Ion-exchange processes in general; Apparatus therefor characterised by the use of ion-exchange material in the form of ribbons, filaments, fibres or sheets, e.g. membranes
- B01J47/127—Ion-exchange processes in general; Apparatus therefor characterised by the use of ion-exchange material in the form of ribbons, filaments, fibres or sheets, e.g. membranes in the form of filaments or fibres
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- the present invention relates generally to the immobilization of ion exchange resins, and more particularly to wicking fibers having an ion exchange resin disposed on an exterior surface thereof for, among other things, selectively removing dissolved materials contained within a fluid.
- Ion exchange is a process that removes detrimental ions (e.g., lead, copper, and so forth) from water and replaces them with less damaging ions .
- Ion exchange can most simply be described as the interchange of ions present in a liquid with those present on an insoluble solid with which the liquid comes into contact.
- the insoluble solid ion exchange particle takes the form of a synthetic ion exchange resin bead.
- each resin bead is a porous polymer matrix containing many ion exchange sites both on the bead surface and within the matrix.
- Ion exchange can only take place between ions of the same charge, namely anions for anions and cations for cations. Therefore, resins have to be charge specific, with some resins specifically designed for anion exchange, and others for cation exchange. Anion exchange resins have positively-charged exchange sites with anions attached, and cation exchange resins have negatively- charged exchange sites with cations attached.
- the resin sites are usually regenerated with low affinity cations, usually sodium or hydrogen ions. As virtually all other cations have a greater affinity for the exchange sites, the sodium or hydrogen ions are readily exchanged off the resin.
- the process for anion exchange is similar, except anion • resins are regenerated with chloride or hydroxyl ions.
- ions can have different electric charges, which has an impact on the ion exchange at the molecular level.
- a monovalent ion has a single charge, divalent ions have two charges, trivalent ions have three charges, and so on.
- the net charge on a resin bead must remain neutral, so one divalent ion of greater affinity will displace two lower affinity monovalent ions.
- two monovalent ions are required to displace one divalent ion.
- the ion exchange resin is more selective for divalent and trivalent ions than for monovalent ions.
- the regeneration of ion exchange resins is conventionally accomplished through the introduction of regenerating ions in concentrations much greater than those found in the untreated water. In a concentrated solution, the resin will be more selective for the monovalent ions . This overabundance of low affinity ions allows them to displace higher affinity ions by sheer kinetic brute force.
- an apparatus for removing a dissolved material contained within a fluid comprising: at least one fiber; wherein the at least one fiber is comprised of an elongated fiber having multiple lobes with a longitudinally extending internal cavity including an opening from the internal cavity to an outer fiber formed between adj acent lobes ; wherein the at least one fiber has at least one material disposed on an external surface thereof; wherein the at least one material has a high affinity for the dissolved material and is capable of removing the dissolved material from the fluid.
- an apparatus for chelating an ionic species contained within a fluid comprising: at least one fiber; wherein the at least one fiber is comprised of an elongated fiber having multiple lobes with a longitudinally extending internal cavity including an opening from the internal cavity to an outer fiber formed between adjacent lobes; wherein the at least one fiber has at least one material disposed on an external surface thereof; wherein the at least one material has a high affinity for the ionic species and is capable of chelating the ionic species .
- a method for removing a dissolved material contained within a fluid comprising: providing at least one fiber, wherein the at least one fiber is comprised of an elongated fiber having multiple lobes with a longitudinally extending internal cavity including an opening from the internal cavity to an outer fiber formed between adjacent lobes, wherein the at least one fiber has at least one material disposed on an external surface thereof, wherein the at least one material has a high affinity for the dissolved material; and passing the fluid through the at least one fiber; wherein the at least one material removes the dissolved material from the fluid.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a wicking fiber which is suitable for practicing the invention
- FIG. 2 is a graphical illustration of the results of a copper breakthrough analysis.
- the present invention is useful for removing dissolved material contained in a fluid material.
- the present invention is based on the use of complex cross-section fibers to entrap and hold various materials, such as but not limited to ion exchange resins, and chromatographic materials such as, but not limited to metal affinity chromatography media, and the like.
- the present invention employs a class of fibrous materials which have the ability to hold an impregnated material due to the nature of their unique cross-section. These fibers can be made into a variety of configurations, either of the woven or nonwoven varieties.
- suitable fibers include, without limitation, elongated fibers having multiple lobes with a longitudinally extending internal cavity including an opening from the internal cavity to the outer fiber formed between adjacent lobes .
- Apparatus For The Continuous Capturing And Removal Of Gas Molecules ⁇ and issued to Rohrbach et al . describes a filtration method and device which continuously removes several gas phase contaminants from an air stream through the use of partially hollow wicking fibers impregnated with a selected liquid which can capture the gas phase contaminants .
- a filter media is composed of a plurality of wicking fibers each of which comprise a strand with a hollow region impregnated with any of a variety of liquid phase absorbing systems made from the combination of a carrier liquid and soluble complexing/degrading agent or agents.
- the filter media may be made from any of a variety of fibers which can rapidly transport a liquid phase by the nature of either their geometry or their chemical composition. Geometries may include multilobal cross-sectional configurations, porous hollow fibers, porous or striated fibers or tightly bundled microfibers, all of which exhibit the property of wicking fluid from an external source .
- the impregnated or pregnant fibers can either be formed into fibrous mats, sheets, or webs by any number of conventional methods, or alternatively, the pregnant fibers can be mechanically incorporated (e.g., disposed) onto and/or within a conventional fibrous mat, sheet, or web (typically comprised of a plurality of entangled non- woven fibers) .
- the resulting fibrous mat whether comprised of, or incorporating, pregnant fibers is a low density, high pore volume material (e.g., 50% pore volume for fibers) .
- the high pore volume is preferred so as to allow the proper level of fluid flow through the fibrous mat without a significant pressure drop occurring.
- the fiber 10 has a cross-section with a central core 12 and three (or alternatively four) T-shaped lobes 14 that terminate on an external wall member 16.
- the legs of the lobes 14 intersect at the core 12 so that the angle between the legs of the adjacent lobes 14 is from about 80° to 130°.
- the thermoplastic polymer is typically a polyamide, a polyester, a polyolefin or a combination thereof.
- the fiber 10 as illustrated in the FIGURE is formed as an extruded strand having three hollow interior longitudinally extending cavities 18 each of which communicates with the outer strand surface by way of longitudinally extending slots 20 which are defined between the outer ends of the T-shaped lobes 14.
- the extractant 22 for capturing dissolved material for example, is applied in any number of conventional methods to at least a portion of one or more surfaces of the cavities 18.
- the extractant 22 can include ion exchange resins, immobilizing agents, chelating agents, and so forth.
- the wicking fibers of the present invention are capable of immobilizing an extractant within the microchannels (e.g., cavities) of the wicking fiber without the use of adhesives or binders. This entrapment is very strong, as mechanical vibration and air flow studies have indicated. It has been shown that carbon particles entrapped within the wicking fiber can withstand extremely high liquid flow rates exceeding 500 bed volumes per minute .
- an extractant or other like material is disposed on an external surface of the wicking fibers of the present invention, and more preferably in the cavities of the wicking fiber.
- ⁇ extractant ⁇ as used herein, it is meant any material that is capable of removing another material contained in a fluid or solid.
- the extractant preferably captures, chelates, or immobilizes various materials, such as, but not limited to ionic species, and the like.
- liquid chelators i.e., chelating agents
- EXAMPLE Wicking fiber in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, was impregnated with Moc-45, a selective ketoxime copper extractant.
- the fiber used in this example was in the form of a nonwoven fabric made from polypropylene polymer and has a weight basis of approximately 3 ounces per cubic yard. A sheet of this fabric (50 cm X 18 cm) was immersed in the Moc-45 liquid extractant in order to wet thoroughly. The excess liquid was removed from the fabric by compressing the wetted mat and allowing the excess fluid to drain away by gravity. The impregnated fiber mat was then allowed to air dry in a hood under airflow for a period of approximately 16-18 hours.
- the purpose of the drying step was to remove excess volatile kerosene carrier from the metal extractant mixture .
- the impregnated wicking fiber fabric was then laid over a polypropylene screen mesh support and rolled tightly into a tube or ⁇ Jellyroll ⁇ .
- the tightly rolled tube was then inserted into a glass Kontes column (2.3 cm X 25 cm) , and the glass column was then fitted with inlet and outlet tubing connectors to allow introduction of a fluid process stream.
- the final weight of impregnated wicking fiber in the column was calculated to be 12.48 g.
- the wicking fiber bed occupied a space of 2.3 cm diameter by a bed height of 17 cm, yielding a volume of about 104 cubic cm.
- the column freeboard was approximately 33 cubic cm.
- the final calculated fabric loading was approximately 0.127 g of Moc-45 extractant per cubic cm of bed volume .
- Copper breakthrough analysis was performed by passing an aqueous solution of 2 g/1 copper sulfate over the. column packed with the Moc-45-impregnated wicking fiber, described above. The copper solution was pumped over the column at flow rates of 20 to 45 bed volumes/hour, and copper in the effluent stream was measured by UV absorbance at 254 nm. Results of one breakthrough analysis are shown in Figure 2. Following loading of the metal extractant with copper, the column was washed with water, and then the copper was stripped from the extractant using a solution of 1/8 M sulfuric acid in water. Following the acid stripping, the column was neutralized with water to prepare the extractant for another round of loading.
- any type of material that is used to selectively remove a dissolved material, such as an ionic species (e.g., anions and/or cations) from a fluid can be used, such as, but not limited to ion exchange resins, chelating agents, immobilizing agents, and the like.
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