DEVICE FOR HEAT-TREATING INNER SURFACE OF BRAID FOR REINFORCING HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR WATER TREATMENT WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL STRUCTURE

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure. The device includes a heating core; a heater coupled to the heating core; a temperature sensor passing through the heater; a cylindrical housing through which the heater and the sensor pass; a heat shield tube placed between the heating core and the housing and coupled to the heating core; a clamping nut connecting the heat shield tube and the housing; a mounting board on which a lower portion of the housing is fixed; and a temperature controller.

Claims

1. A device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure, the device comprising: a heating core 100 which includes a heating part having a reduced diameter at an upper end thereof and an engaging part formed at a lower end portion thereof, and is made of a material of copper or a copper alloy; a heater coupled to the heating core to heat the same and receive a power through a heater electric wire coated with a braid; a temperature sensor which vertically passes through a center of the heater, and comes into contact with an inner lower end of the heating core by an upper end thereof; a cylindrical housing through which the heater electric wire and the sensor electric wire vertically pass, and includes a male screw part formed on an upper outer circumference thereof, and an insulator mount groove formed in an upper inner portion thereof; a vertically long cylindrical heat shield tube which includes a core engaging jaw bent inward at an upper end thereof to surround the heating core and to be engaged to an upper portion of the engaging part, and an engaging flange made of stainless steel, which is formed at a lower end thereof with being bent outward to connect the heating core and the housing with being spaced apart from each other; a clamping nut which has a shape whose inside is vertically penetrated, covers the lower end of the heat shield tube and the upper end of the housing, and includes a shield tube engaging jaw formed at an upper end thereof to be engaged to the engaging flange of the heat shield tube, and a female screw part formed on a lower inner circumference thereof to be screwed with the male screw part of the housing, thereby connecting and fixing the heat shield tube coupled with the heating core and the housing with each other; a mounting board which includes a housing fixing part formed at a center thereof in a cylindrical shape, into which a lower portion of the housing is inserted and fixed, and a bracket which protrudes from both sides of the housing fixing part to mount the device on a weaving machine; and a temperature controller which receives the power from an outside, is connected with the heater and the temperature sensor through the heater electric wire and the sensor electric wire, and is configured to set a target temperature of the heating core, receive a temperature signal of the heating core detected by the temperature sensor, and supply or shout off the power to the heater in order to uniformly maintain the temperature of the heating core, so as to control an operation of turning on or turning off the heater and a voltage to be supplied to the heater.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the heating core includes a heater coupling groove formed therein in a shape whose lower end is open, and an engaging part formed around the lower end thereof, the heater has an upper end which is inserted into the heater coupling groove from the lower portion of the heater core to come into contact with the heating core and heat the heating core, and a lower end which is enclosed by an insulator, and is connected with the heater electric wire passing through the insulator to receive the power to generate heat, the temperature sensor has an upper end which vertically passes through a center of the heater to come into contact with the heater coupling groove of the heating core, and a lower end which passes through the insulator, and the housing has an insulator mount groove into which the insulator is inserted and mounted.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the heating core includes an engaging part formed at a middle portion thereof, and an extension part which has a reduced diameter and extends downward from the engaging part, wherein the extension part has a sensor insertion groove whose lower end is open, the heater is formed so as to surround the lower extension part of the heating core to heat the heating core, and is surrounded by an insulation tube which protrudes downward through inside of the heat shield tube, wherein a lower end of the insulation tube is enclosed by an insulator through which the heater electric wire passes, the temperature sensor has an upper end which is inserted into the sensor insertion groove of the heating core to come into contact with an upper portion of the sensor insertion groove, and a lower end which is mounted in the insulator through which the sensor electric wire passes, and the insulation tube and the insulator are inserted and mounted in the insulator mount groove of the housing.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the heating part of the heating core has a chromium plated layer on a surface thereof so as to provide a smooth surface roughness.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention.

[0025] FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention.

[0026] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention.

[0027] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a state of heat-treating the inner surface of the braid during weaving by using the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention.

[0029] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a braid manufactured by using the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention

[0030] FIG. 7 is photographs illustrating actual products for comparing a braid manufactured by the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention with a braid manufactured by a conventional method.

[0031] FIG. 8 is views for comparing braid manufactured by the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention with the braid manufactured by the conventional method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] Terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as limited to a conventional or lexical meaning, and should be understood as appropriate notions by the inventor based on that he/she is able to define terms to describe his/her invention in the best way to be seen by others.

[0033] Therefore, embodiments and drawings described herein are the most preferable embodiment of the present invention and not exhaustive in terms of the technical idea of the present invention, and it will be understood that various modifications and equivalents may be made to take the place of the embodiments at the application point of the present invention.

[0034] Hereinafter, preferable embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0035] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention.

[0036] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, a device 1 for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment (hereinafter, also briefly referred to as a heat treatment device) according to the present invention includes a heating core 100, a heater 200, a temperature sensor 300, a housing 400, a heat shield tube 500, a clamping nut 600, a mounting board 700, and a temperature controller 800.

[0037] Herein, the heating core 100 is configured to apply heat to the inner surface of the braid during weaving the braid in a weaving machine (not illustrated in the drawings), and may be made of a material of copper (Cu) or a copper alloy having a higher thermal conductivity than silver (Ag).

[0038] In this case, the heating core 100 is formed in a form of a vertical bar, and includes a heating part 110 having a reduced diameter formed at an upper end thereof, so as to substantially apply heat to the braid through the heating part 110. It is most preferable that the heating part 110 has a diameter of 0.5 to 30 mm and a length of 5.0 to 30 mm.

[0039] The heating core 100 includes a heater coupling groove 120 formed therein in a shape whose lower end is open, into which a heater 200 is inserted and coupled as described below, and an engaging part 130 having an enlarged diameter formed around the lower end thereof.

[0040] Meanwhile, the heating part 110 of the heating core 100 has a chromium plated layer 111 on a surface thereof so as to provide a smooth surface roughness so that the braid may be smoothly removed during weaving the braid.

[0041] The heater 200 is connected to the heating core 100 in such a manner that an upper end thereof is inserted into the heater coupling groove 120 from the lower portion of the heater core 100, and in the embodiment of the present invention, may be formed in a vertically long cylindrical shape of which lower end portion extends downward and is enclosed by an insulator 250.

[0042] In addition, the heater 200 is connected with a heater electric wire 210 coated with a braid, and receives a power through the heater electric wire 210 to generate heat. The heater electric wire 210 passes through the insulator 250 to be drawn out to an outside.

[0043] That is, the heater 200 generates heat, and the generated heat is transmitted to the heating core 100, then the heat transmitted to the heating core 100 is applied to the braid through the heating part 110.

[0044] The temperature sensor 300 is used for detecting a heating temperature of the heating core 100 and is formed in a rod shape, wherein an upper end thereof vertically passes through a center of the heater 200 to come into contact with the heater coupling groove 120 which is the nearest surface to the heating part 110, and a lower end thereof passes through the insulator 250 and is connected to the sensor electric wire 310 then drawn out to the outside.

[0045] The housing 100 is formed in a cylindrical shape whose inside is vertically penetrated, so that the heater electric wire 210 and the sensor electric wire 310 pass therethrough to protect the heater electric wire 210 and the sensor electric wire 310, and includes an insulator mount groove 420 formed in an upper inner portion thereof, into which another insulator 250 that encloses the lower end of the heater 200 is inserted and mounted.

[0046] In addition, the housing 400 has a male screw part 410 formed on the upper outer circumference thereof.

[0047] The heat shield tube 500 is formed in a cylindrical body having a vertical length, and is made of a stainless steel (SUS) material having the lowest thermal conductivity among the ferrous metals and excellent in mechanical strength and mechanical workability.

[0048] In this case, the heat shield tube 500 includes a core engaging jaw 510 bent inward at an upper end thereof. The heating core 100 is inserted from the lower portion of the heat shield tube 500, and the upper portion of the engaging part 130 is engaged to the core engaging jaw 510.

[0049] In addition, the heat shield tube 500 has an engaging flange 520 formed at a lower end thereof with being bent outward to be coupled with the clamping nut 600 to be described below, and allows the heating core 100 to be connected and fixed to the clamping nut 600 with being radially spaced apart from the housing 400 and the clamping nut 600.

[0050] Meanwhile, the heater 200 is inserted into the heat shield tube 500, and the lower end thereof protrudes below the heat shield tube 500.

[0051] The clamping nut 600 is configured to apply a connection force between the heating core 100 and the housing 400, and has a shape whose inside is vertically penetrated.

[0052] In this case, the clamping nut 600 includes a shield tube engaging jaw 610 formed at an upper end thereof with protruding inward, so that the upper end of the engaging flange 520 of the heat shield tube 500 is engaged thereto, and a female screw part 620 formed on a lower inner circumference thereof so that the male screw part 410 of the housing 400 is screwed thereto.

[0053] That is, the clamping nut 600 is inserted on the heat shield tube 500 from the above to cover the lower end of the heat shield tube 500 and the upper end of the housing 400, and is coupled to the housing 400 by the female screw part 620 screwed with the male screw part 410 thereof, so as to press and fix the heat shield tube 500 by the shield tube engaging jaw 610 engaged to the upper surface of the engaging flange 520 thereof during being screwed therewith.

[0054] In this case, the clamping nut 600 is longitudinally spaced apart from the heating core 100 through the heat shield tube 500 similar to the housing 400, and allows the heat shield tube 500 and the heating core 100 to be connected and fixed with each other.

[0055] The mounting board 700 is adapted to mount the heat treatment device 1 according to the present invention on the weaving machine (not illustrated), and includes a housing fixing part 710 formed at the center thereof in a cylindrical shape, into which a lower portion of the housing 100 is inserted and fixed, and a bracket 720 which protrudes from both sides of the housing fixing part 710 to mount the device on the weaving machine through the housing fixing part 710.

[0056] In this case, a shape of the bracket 720 is not particularly limited and may have various shapes according to the type and shape of the weaving machine, and it is preferable that the bracket is installed at the upper end of the weaving machine.

[0057] The heater controller 800 is configured to control an operation of the heater 200 with being applied with a power from the outside, and is installed outside the housing 400 to be connected with the heater electric wire 210 and the sensor electric wire 310 which are drawn out through the housing 400 and the housing fixing part 710.

[0058] The temperature controller 800 is configured to set a target temperature of the heating core 100 depending on the heat generated by the heater 200 and adjust the voltage to be supplied to the heater 200. The temperature sensor 800 receives a temperature signal of the heating core 100 detected by the temperature sensor 300 and controls to supply or shout off the power to the heater 200 based on the set temperature, such that it is possible to control an operation of turning on or turning off the heater 200 and adjust the voltage to be supplied to the heater 200.

[0059] Meanwhile, the device 1 for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention may have a configuration including a heating core 100, a heater 200, and a temperature sensor 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 4.

[0060] For this purpose, the heating core 100 includes an engaging part 130 formed at a middle portion thereof, and an extension part 140 which has a reduced diameter and extends downward from the engaging part 130, wherein the extension part 140 has a sensor insertion groove 141 whose lower end is open.

[0061] In addition, the heater 200 may be formed in a short cylindrical shape that surrounds the lower extension part 140 of the heating core 100.

[0062] In addition, the insulation tube 260 surrounds the heater 200, wherein the upper portion of the insulation tube 260 surrounds the heater 200 and the lower portion thereof passes through the heat shield tube 500 protrudes downward. The lower end of the insulation tube 260 is enclosed by the insulator 250. The heater electric wire 210 passes through the insulator 250 and is connected to the temperature controller 800.

[0063] In this case, the insulation tube 260 and the insulator 250 are inserted into the insulator mount groove 420 of the housing 400.

[0064] The temperature sensor 300 is formed in a rod shape, and the upper end thereof is inserted into the sensor insertion groove 141 of the heating core 100 and comes into contact with a portion which is the nearest surface to the heating part 110 of the heating core 100, and the lower end thereof is mounted in the insulator 250. The sensor electric wire 310 passes through the insulator 250 and is connected to the temperature controller 800.

[0065] In this case, the clamping nut 600 is inserted on the heat shield tube 500 from the above to cover the lower end of the heat shield tube 500 and the upper end of the housing 400, and is coupled to the housing 400 by the female screw part 620 screwed with the male screw part 410 thereof, so as to press and fix the heat shield tube 500 by the shield tube engaging jaw 610 engaged to the upper surface of the engaging flange 520 thereof during being screwed therewith. In this case, the clamping nut 600 is longitudinally spaced apart from the heating core 100 through the heat shield tube 500 similar to the housing 400.

[0066] Meanwhile, a type of the heater 200 is not particularly limited, and may employ any one of a typical ceramic, a heating cable, a high frequency or ultrasonic wave heater so long as it can generate a required heat.

[0067] Hereinafter, an operation of the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0068] When manufacturing a braid by using the device 1 for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention, during a braid is weaved using knitted yarns 11 made of filament yarns or drawing textured yarns, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the knitted yarns 11 are weaved on the outer circumference of the heating core 100. During weaving the braid, the heating core 100 applies heat to the knitted yarns and the inner surface of the weaved braid, and the inner surface of the braid is melted by the heat to cause a contraction to a predetermined degree.

[0069] That is, when a power is applied from the temperature controller 800 to the heater 200 through the heater electric wire 210, heat is generated by the heater 200, and the generated heat is transmitted to the heating core 100 to heat the heating part 110. Then, the inner surface of the weaved braid is melted by the heat of the heating part 110, such that a braid 10 having the heat treated inner surface may be obtained as illustrated in FIG. 6.

[0070] Meanwhile, in the present invention, when applying the heat by the heater 200 as described above, it is possible to maintain a uniform temperature of heat generated in the heating core 100 at all times, which may be achieved by the temperature sensor 300 and the temperature controller 800.

[0071] That is, an optimum heating temperature of the heating core 100 required in the hollow fiber reinforcing membrane is set in the temperature controller 800. During heating of the heating core 100, the temperature sensor 300 normally detects the temperature of the heating core 100, such that it is possible to control the heating core 100 to generate heat of a uniform heating temperature based on the detected temperature.

[0072] In detail, when the heating core 100 is heated by the heater 200, if the temperature of the heating core 100 rises excessively above the set temperature, the temperature sensor 300 transmits the detected temperature to the temperature controller 800, and the temperature controller 800 shuts off the power supplied to the heater 200, thereby decreasing the temperature of the heating core 100.

[0073] On the other hand, when the temperature of the heating core 100 drops below the set temperature due to the shutting off the power as described above, the temperature sensor 300 transmits the detected temperature to the temperature controller 800, and the temperature controller 800 increase the temperature of the heating core 100 based on the detected temperature.

[0074] In addition, when the temperature of the heating core 100 drops even though the power is supplied to the heater 200, the temperature controller 800 increases the voltage supplied to the heater 200 to raise the temperature of the heater 200 and the heating temperature of the heating core 100 according thereto.

[0075] That is, in the device 1 for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention, it is possible to uniformly maintain the temperature of the heating core 100 in accordance with working conditions at all times. Therefore, it is easy to adjust the optimum temperature depending on the physical properties required in the hollow fiber reinforced membrane.

[0076] Further, the device 1 for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention has a configuration in which the heating core 100 and the clamping nut 600, as well as the heater 200 and the clamping nut 600 are spaced apart from each other through the heat shield tube 500 made of stainless steel. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the heat of the heating core 100 and the heater 200 from being lost to the outside through the clamping nut 600, and thereby improving thermal efficiency

[0077] Herein, for example, thermal conduction will be described below.

[0078] The thermal conduction may be represented by the following equation.

P=Q/t=kA(T.sub.HT.sub.C)/L

[0079] Wherein P represents thermal conduction,

[0080] T.sub.H represents a temperature of a high-temperature heat storage tank

[0081] T.sub.C represents a temperature of a low-temperature heat storage tank

[0082] A represents a contact area of a portion where heat is transmitted

[0083] L represents a thickness of conveyed plate (a length of pike)

[0084] Q represents an energy transmitted in a form of heat

[0085] T represents a time at which heat is transmitted

[0086] K represents thermal conductivity

[0087] As can be seen from the above equation, the smaller the contact area A of the portion where the thermal conductivity k is low and the heat conduction occurs, and the longer the thickness L of the plate, the lower the thermal conductivity.

[0088] In order to prevent the heat of the heating core 100 from being transmitted to the clamping nut 600, the heat shield tube 500 made of a stainless steel having the lowest thermal conductivity in only a degree of 4% of copper and 22% of steel with a high mechanical strength is installed between the heating core 100 and the clamping nut 600, such that the contact area A with the heating core 100 is minimized and the heat transfer path L is increased. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the heat of the heating core 100 from being transmitted to the clamping nut 600, thereby further improving the thermal efficiency.

[0089] In addition, heat of the heating core 100 is prevented from being transmitted to the clamping nut 600 due to the heat shield tube 500, thereby preventing a safety accident such as burns at the time of an operation such as a replacement of the knitted yarn.

[0090] FIG. 7 is photographs illustrating actual products for comparing a braid manufactured by the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment with a temperature control structure according to the present invention with a braid manufactured by a conventional method, and FIG. 8 is views for comparing braid manufactured by the device for heat-treating an inner surface of a braid for reinforcing a hollow fiber membrane for water treatment according to the present invention with the braid manufactured by the conventional method.

[0091] Referring to FIG. 8 together with FIG. 7(a) that illustrates the braid using the conventional steel wire core and FIG. 7(b) that illustrates the braid according to the present invention, it can be seen that the conventional braid, which is weaved without using the braid inner surface heat treatment device 1 according to the present invention has a smaller inner diameter and has a lower roundness of the inner and outer diameters than the braid of the present invention due to the collapsed inner and outer surfaces. In particular, it exhibits that there are a plurality of loops 30 and mows 40 present on the inner surface of the braid.

[0092] In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 8(b), the braid has a membrane thin film 50 coated on the surface thereof with an irregular thickness.

[0093] Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8(c), the membrane liquid penetrates into the inner surface of the braid to narrow the inner diameter thereof.

[0094] On the other hand, the braid 10 weaved using the heat treatment device 1 according to the present invention has a larger inner diameter, and an excellent roundness of the inner and outer diameters, in particular, there is no loop and mow at all while having uniform inner and outer surfaces.

[0095] In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 8(e), the braid has a membrane thin film 50 coated on the surface thereof with a regular thickness, and the inner surface texture of the braid 10 becomes dense.

[0096] That is, as described above, the braid 10 obtained as described above has an enlarged inner diameter to increase a flow rate of contaminated water when passing through the membrane film (not illustrated in the drawings), thereby resulting in an increase in purification efficiency of the contaminated water per a unit area of the membrane film. As a result, the water permeability may be improved to reduce costs required for manufacturing a contaminated water purification apparatus.

[0097] In addition, since the texture of the inner surface of the braid 10 becomes dense and the inner surface becomes strong, thereby increasing the pressure resistant strength. Therefore, when an external impact is applied to the braid or the braid is used for a long period of time, the membrane film is deformed and contracted due to an increase in the pressure at the time of passing through the membrane film, such that the water permeability of the membrane film is significantly reduced. In this case, since the pressure resistant strength is large, the deformation and contraction are prevented, thereby enhancing the water permeability and filtration reliability and increasing the service life of the hollow fiber enforcement membrane.

[0098] In addition, the roundness of the inner diameter of the braid 10 is increased and the inner surface is dense. Therefore, the roundness of the outer diameter of the braid is increased, and the circular shape of the braid is rarely deformed due to the external force such as the pressure of a membrane liquid at the time of coating the membrane, as well as during passing through the weaving device (not illustrated in the drawings) and during loading the braid 10. Therefore, eccentricity of the braid at the time of coating the membrane thin film may be minimized to manufacture a thin film having a uniform thickness, and thereby improving the physical properties of the film and enhancing the water permeability and filtration reliability.

[0099] In addition, the texture of the inner surface of the braid 10 is dense and the texture of the outer surface is looser and softer than the inner surface, such that moisture absorption of the membrane liquid is excellent, and adhesion of the membrane film and pee-off strength to the braid 10 are increased. Further, when coating the membrane film, if the pressure of the membrane liquid is high, there occurs a phenomenon in which the liquid penetrates into the inner surface of the braid to narrow the inner diameter. In this case, since the texture of the inner surface of the braid 10 is dense, the above-described phenomenon does not occur, and thereby enhancing the water permeability and filtration reliability.

[0100] Furthermore, since the loop or mow present on the inner surface of the braid 10 is removed, the flow resistance is minimized to increase the flow rate, and the weaving state outside the braid is also regularly aligned.

[0101] Therefore, it is possible to reduce a deterioration in the physical properties of the film such as non-uniform weaving state outside the braid or an occurrence of leakage due to uneven coating caused by the loop or mow.

[0102] In addition, since the inner surface of the braid 10 is melted and contracted in advance, a contraction rate of the braid 10 is reduced, and thereby preventing reductions in the inner diameter and the longitudinal distance due to contraction of the braid 10 caused by the heat before and after coating the membrane.

[0103] In the present invention, the weaving braid has been described as an example of the braid according to present invention, but the present invention may be applied to a knit braid. When the braid of the present invention is actually used, it may be used at a woven tube for coating an electric wire to prevent any short circuit at a connection portion of the electric wire in a case of a typical electric or electronic device.