A filter for the filtration of a fluid includes or is composed of a support element made of a porous ceramic material, the element exhibiting a tubular or parallelepipedal shape including, in its internal portion, a set of adjacent channels separated from one another by walls of the porous inorganic material, in which at least a portion of the channels and/or the external surface are covered with a porous separating membrane layer for contacting the fluid to be filtered circulating in the channels and making possible the tangential or frontal filtration of the fluid. The layer is made of a material including a mixture of silicon carbide and of at least one compound chosen from silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride, the content by weight of elemental nitrogen, with respect to the content by weight of SiC in the material constituting the porous separating membrane layer, is between 0.02 and 0.15.

The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to systems, apparatus, and methods for fluid purification (e.g., water) with a ceramic membrane. For example, the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to a cross-flow fluid filtration assembly comprising (a) membrane housing comprising a plurality of hexagonal prism shaped membranes (b) an inlet configured to receive the contaminated fluid and to channel a contaminated fluid to the first end of the plurality of hexagonal prism shaped membranes, and (c) an outlet configured to receive a permeate released from the second end of the plurality of hexagonal shaped membranes. The present disclosure also relates to a cross-flow fluid filtration module comprising a fluid path defined by a contaminated media inlet chamber, a fluid filtration assembly positioned in a permeate chamber and a concentrate chamber.

A high-flux silicon carbide ceramic filter membrane and a preparation method thereof are provided. In the preparation method, a separation layer is directly coated at a time on the basis of a support, that is, after the support is sintered, the separation layer is directly coated and then sintered for carbon removal. In the present disclosure, a sintering process and a coating formula are optimized to prevent fine silicon carbide particles from entering micropores of a support due to capillary filtration and film formation during coating, such that a separation layer with an average pore size of 0.2 m or less can be directly coated on a silicon carbide support with an average pore size of 10 m or more, and fine silicon carbide particles can be effectively prevented from entering micropores of the support during the coating.

The present invention relates to a method of making a monolith having a plurality of channels extending therethrough, the method comprising,

providing a suspension of polymer-coated particles in a first solvent;

extruding the suspension from a primary orifice, while passing one or more second solvents from a plurality of secondary orifices arranged within the first orifice, into a third solvent, whereby a monolith precursor is formed from the polymer and particles,

and sintering the monolith precursor to form a monolith.

The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to systems, apparatus, and methods for fluid purification (e.g., water) with a ceramic membrane. For example, the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to a cross-flow fluid filtration assembly comprising (a) membrane housing comprising a plurality of hexagonal prism shaped membranes (b) an inlet configured to receive the contaminated fluid and to channel a contaminated fluid to the first end of the plurality of hexagonal prism shaped membranes, and (c) an outlet configured to receive a permeate released from the second end of the plurality of hexagonal shaped membranes. The present disclosure also relates to a cross-flow fluid filtration module comprising a fluid path defined by a contaminated media inlet chamber, a fluid filtration assembly positioned in a permeate chamber and a concentrate chamber.

The invention provides a porous hybrid matrix membrane support having at least one porous mesh layer of mesh densified to form a membrane mesh support and at least one porous filament layer of filaments that are generally non-woven, densified to form a membrane filament support. The filament layer is densified to provide a sufficiently small crevice depth in the membrane filament support that can help protect a membrane layer on the membrane filament support from rupturing. The membrane mesh support and the membrane filament support with micro-smooth surfaces can be integrally joined by diffusion bonding to resist separation across the adjoining surfaces. The combined, diffusion bonded support of both types of layers provide structural support sufficient for high pressures and provide substantial uniform permeability across the face of the structural support.

A method for making a graphene membrane includes applying a suspension of graphene platelets in a fluid onto a porous substrate, and applying a pressure differential to force the fluid through the substrate to yield a filtered fluid while retaining the graphene platelets on the substrate. The graphene platelets and the substrate form the graphene membrane.

A monolithic separation membrane structure (100) comprises a base material layer (211) and a first filtration layer (212). The first filtration layer (212) contains an aggregate material having a principal component of alumina and an inorganic binder having a principal component of titania. The thickness of the first filtration layer (212) is less than 150 micrometers.

The present disclosure relates to embodiments of a method for manufacturing a ceramic material comprising the steps of (a) homogenizing aluminum oxide, niobium pentoxide and solvent; (b) ultrasonicating the blend obtained in step (a); (c) adding an aliquot of the prepared suspension to the empty cavity of a mold, particularly between the polymeric mold and the metal mold; (d) immersing the mold into a coolant liquid-containing bath for sufficient time to ensure that all parts are completely frozen; (e) removing the ceramic body from the mold; (f) removing the solidified phase by means of sublimation hence obtaining a green tube; and (g) sintering the green tube, so as to obtain a solid structure. The present disclosure further relates to embodiments of a ceramic material and its use to manufacture a microfiltration membrane and/or a membrane support for fluid separation.

A composite body comprising a porous layer (1) made from oxide particles connected to one another and partially to a substrate, containing at least one oxide of the elements Al, Zr, Ti or Si, and comprising a further porous layer (2) at least on one side, having oxide particles connected to one another and partially to the layer (1) and containing at least one oxide of the elements Al, Zr, Ti or Si, wherein the oxide particles in the layer (1) have a greater average particle size (d.sub.50 is 0.5 to 4 m) than the oxide particles in the layer (2) (d.sub.50 is 0.015 to 0.15 m), characterised in that a polymer coating (PB) is provided on or above the layer (2), containing one or more polysiloxanes. A method for producing corresponding composite bodies and to the use thereof.