Nuclide separation of commercial nanofiltration (NF) & reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is investigated to elucidate the permeation mechanism and possibility on applying treatment of wastewater from nuclear facility. Since wastewater from nuclear facility contains significant amount of dangerous nuclides, their treatment for recycle or clearance is necessary. Polyamide based commercial membranes are prepared to investigate their separation performance on single- & multi-component nuclide aqueous solutions. Similar to their desalination performance, NF shows higher flux, but RO has high rejection. With respect to rejection, NF and RO membranes have better performance comparing to desalination. This study indicates that NF and RO membranes can be potential candidate for nuclide separation.

Membrane-based gas separations are becoming relevant. Ordered mesoporous silicas have uniform pore channels with a mesopore range. The mesopores are advantageous for rapid diffusion of target molecules, can be modified in a variety of ways, allowing for separation applications. We first describe the technologically scalable fabrication based upon mesoporous silica membranes on polymeric hollow fibers. Furthermore, we modify the mesopores using amine-containing polysilsesquioxane molecules. The resulting modified membranes exhibit promising permeability and selectivity in separation of CO2 from N2 or CH4. Also, the CO2 and N2 transport properties of aziridine-functionalized mesoporous silica membranes are investigated. The hyperbranched aminosilica membrane shows bi-functional gas transport property regarding humidity of gas streams.

본 연구는 AgX (Ag-함침 X zeolite)에 의해 고방사성해수폐액 (HSW)의 발생초기에 함유되어 있는 고방사성 요오드(131I)의 흡착, 제거를 목표로 수행하였다. AgX에 의한 I의 흡착 (AgX-I 흡착)은 AgX 내 Ag-함침농도가 증가할수록 증가하며, 함침농 도 30wt% 정도가 적당하였다. AgX (Ag-함침 약 30~35wt%)로부터 Ag의 침출농도는 해수폐액에 함유되어 있는 chloride 이 온에 의한 AgCl 침전 등으로 증류수보다 덜 침출 (<1 mg/L) 되었다. AgX-I 흡착은 초기 I 농도 0.01~10 mg/L의 경우 m/V (흡착제량/용액부피의 비)=2.5 g/L에서 99% 이상 흡착제거 되어 I의 효율적 제거가 가능함을 알 수 있다. AgX-I 흡착제거 는 해수폐액 보다는 증류수에서 수행하는 것이 효과적이고, 온도의 영향은 미미한 것 같으며, 흡착평형등온선은 Languir 보 다는 Freundlich 등온선으로 표현하는 것이 양호하였다. 한편 AgX-I 흡착속도는 유사 2차 속도식을 만족하고 있으며, 속도 상수 (k2)는 Ci 증가에 따라 감소하고 있지만, m/V 비 및 온도 증가에 따라서는 증가하고 있다. 이때 흡착 활성화에너지는 약 6.3 kJ/mol 로 AgX-I 흡착은 약한 결합형태의 물리적흡착이 지배적일 것으로 보인다. 그리고 열역학적 매개변수를 평가 (음수 값의 Gibbs 자유에너지 및 양수 값의 엔탈피)에 의해 AgX-I 흡착이 자발반응(정반응)의 흡열반응이며, 고온에서 반응 이 양호함을 나타내었다.

Radioactive liquid waste has given soil & water pollution and further congenital defect to the humanity. With this regard, there are lots of interests in reducing concentration of radioactive material even if it is in low level (ppm). There are filtration driven by pressure such as ultra-filtration, nano-filtration, and reverse osmosis to separate radioactive liquid waste. Among them, Nano-Filtration membrane shows promising performance in both permeability and selectivity. Commercial nanofiltration membrane were applied to separate model solutions. Model seawater was desalinated to 6,100 ppm with flux of 90 L/ ㎡h. On the other hands, Model nuclides (Co, Cs, and Sr) solutions are separated from 10 ppm to 2 ppm, 0.23 ppm, and 0.13 ppm. Commercial nanofiltration membranes show the trade-off property between selectivity and flux.