Catalysis Today, Vol.25, No.3-4, 255-262, 1995
Immobilization of Polymers on Cellulose-Acetate Membranes
Using models of dead-end filtration theory, the kinetics of forming dynamic layers of sulfate lignin (SL) and sodium carboxymethylcellulose (Na-CMC) onto CA membranes during cross-flow filtration of dilute solutions of polymers was studied. It was found for both polymers (compact SL and linear Na-CMC), that the polymer layer with the least hydraulic resistance, which yields a small reduction in membrane water permeability (10-20%), but a significant increase in salt rejection, is formed, if the process kinetics corresponds to J-V linear dependence predicted by the model of ’blocking a pore by a single particle’. The results obtained may be used to define the optimum conditions for immobilizing the available catalytic active polymers on regular semipermeable membranes during the membrane filtration process.