AN AQUEOUS -SOLVENT BASED PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING OF SUPPORTED ION SELECTIVE MEMBRANES

• Main Authors: RAMANAN HARIKRISHNAN, MACDONALD RUSSELL JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.12.2015
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

A membrane, for example an ion exchange membrane, is made by preparing a curable liquid using at least one aqueous solvent. The curable liquid is continuously cast onto a substrate to form a membrane precursor. The membrane precursor is continuously cured to form a membrane. Optionally, the curable...