The present invention relates to an organic solvent-soluble copolymerized polyester, a composition for forming an ultrafiltration membrane including the same, and a high water-permeability reverse osmosis membrane prepared therefrom. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polyester that has a high solubility in organic solvents at room temperature and thus can be used to produce ultrafiltration membranes at low cost, a composition for forming an ultrafiltration membrane including the same, and a high water-permeability reverse osmosis membrane prepared therefrom, wherein the reverse osmosis membrane has a reduced production cost and high water permeability.

Disclosed are a wet non-woven fabric, the use of the wet non-woven fabric as a supporting layer of a water treatment membrane, a method for preparing the wet non-woven fabric, and a water treatment membrane containing the wet non-woven fabric. The wet non-woven fabric has an average pore size of no greater than 20 .Math.m, a maximum pore size of no greater than 40 .Math.m, and a maximum pore size/average pore size ratio of no less than 1 and no greater than 12.

The invention relates to a polymeric fabric comprising an outer functional layer having hydrophobic and oleophobic characteristics made of a first compound, and a second functional layer having hydrophobic characteristics made of a second compound, wherein the first and the second compound differ from each other. Further the outer functional layer at least partly coats the second layer. Additionally, the invention relates to a method of producing a polymeric fabric and an apparatus for producing a polymeric fabric.

A filtering film includes a porous substrate and a membrane disposed on the porous substrate. The membrane includes a plurality of fibers of one or more bio-degradable materials. The fibers have an average diameter of about 50 nm to about 3 μm. The one or more bio-degradable materials has a melt flow index of at least 5 g/10 min at 210° C. at a load of 2.16 kg.

The separations membrane system includes a substrate, a microporous layer, and a selective layer. The microporous layer may be disposed over the substrate. The selective layer may be disposed over the microporous layer, thereby sandwiching the microporous layer between the selective layer and the substrate. The microporous layer includes a thermoplastic material. The selective layer includes a polyamide structure of 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine and/or 1,3,5-Benzenetricarbonyl chloride.

A cation-exchange membrane using a polyolefin-based substrate with reduced swelling of an ion-exchange resin and a low electrical resistance is provided. The cation-exchange membrane of the present invention includes a substrate made of polyolefin-based woven fabric, and a sulfonic acid group-containing cation-exchange resin. A portion of the cation-exchange membrane other than the substrate has 23 mass % or more to 35 mass % or less of polyvinyl chloride.

The present invention provides enthalpy exchanger elements (E, E′) and enthalpy exchangers comprising such elements. Furthermore, the invention discloses a method for producing such enthalpy exchanger elements and enthalpy exchangers, comprising the steps of a) providing an air-permeable sheet element (1); b) laminating at least one side (1a, 1b) of the sheet element (1) with a thin polymer film (3, 4) with water vapor transmission characteristics; and c) forming the laminated sheet element (1) into a desired shape exhibiting a three-dimensional corrugation pattern (5, 5, . . .).

A filter medium is provided. The filter medium according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a second support body and a nanofiber web layer which are sequentially stacked on each of both surfaces of a first support body, and is a filter medium having a flow path through which a filtrate filtrated in the nanofiber web flows in the direction of the first support body, wherein the nanofiber web has a basis weight of 30 g/m2 or less, the first support body has a basis weight of 250 g/m2 or more, and a thickness of 90% or more of the total thickness of the filter media. Accordingly, even in a backwash process performed at high pressure, as the shape, structural deformation, and damage of the filter medium can be minimized, the use period can be extended. In addition, as the flow path is smoothly secured at high pressure applied at the time of filtration and/or backwashing, the filtration water is quickly discharged to the outside from the inside of the filter medium or the backwashing efficiency is very excellent, and accordingly it is possible to be applied in various ways in various water treatment fields.

A supported carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane is made by contacting a film of a carbon forming polymer on a polymer textile to form a laminate. The laminate is then heated to a temperature for a time under an atmosphere sufficient to carbonize the film and polymer textile to form the supported CMS membrane. The supported CMS membrane formed is a laminate having a carbon separating layer graphitically bonded to a carbon textile, wherein the carbon separating layer is a continuous film. The supported CMS membranes are particularly useful for separating gases such as olefins from their corresponding paraffins.

The present invention relates to a porous sheet product, to a filter element comprising the porous sheet product, to a method for producing the porous sheet product, to a method for producing the filter element, and to the use of the sheet product and of the filter element.