Treatment of hyperbilirubinemia with blood purification in China

The incidence of hyperbilirubinemia is high clinically, which is difficult to cure by medication, surgery or interventional therapies. Non-bioartificial liver is the main alternative in the blood purification for hyperbilirubinemia, which includes plasma exchange, hemoperfusion, hemodialysis, molecular adsorbent recycling system and so on. The research results and clinical experiences in China show that these methods are effective in lowering high levels of bilirubin with fewer side effects. The hyperbilirubinemias of different causes, with different complications or accompanying different diseases can be treated by different methods. Bioartificial liver, hybrid artificial liver support system and adsorbent membrane material have also been studied and their development in reducing hyperbilirubinemias has been achieved. This article gives a brief overview on the actuality and research improvement in blood purification for hyperbilirubinemia in China.

Recent developments of anti-plasticized membranes for aggressive CO_(2)separation

Membrane separation technology provides an effective alternative to mitigate the massive carbon emission with high carbon capture productivity and efficiency.In the context of operating membranes under high CO_(2)pressures allows increased separation productivity and reduced gas compression cost,which,however,often leads to CO_(2)induced plasticization,a key hurdle for current gas separation membranes.In this review,we reviewed the latest development of membranes with anti-plasticization resistance,potentially suited for operation under high CO_(2)feed streams.Specifically,the separation performance of polymeric membranes,inorganic membranes,and mixed matrix membranes under high CO_(2)feed pressures are discussed.Approaches to enhance CO_(2)induced plasticization of those membranes are also summarized.We conclude the recent progress of membranes for high CO_(2)pressures with perspectives and an outlook for future development.

Application of membrane separation technology in postcombustion carbon dioxide capture process

Membrane separation technology is a possible breakthrough in post-combustion carbon dioxide capture process. This review first focuses on the requirements for C02 separation membrane, and then outlines the existing competitive materials, promising preparation methods and processes to achieve desirable CO2 selectivity and permeability. A particular emphasis is addressed on polyimides, poly （ethylene oxide）, mixed-matrix mem- brane, thermally-rearranged polymer, fixed site carrier membrane, ionic liquid membrane and electrodialysis process. The advantages and drawbacks of each of materials and methods are discussed. Research threads and methodology of CO2 separation membrane and the key issue in this area are concluded

Calculation on phase diagrams of polyetherimide/ N,N-dimethylacetamide/H2O-BuOH casting system and their relevance to membrane performances

The ternary phase diagrams of polyetherimide （PEI）/N,N-dimethylacetamide （DMAc） with H2O and BuOH as non-solvent were simulated using solubility parameter and Flory-Huggins theory. The phase diagrams show that 5.5% H2O/BuOH system containing 5% BuOH and 0.5% H2O or 6.5% H2O/BuOH system containing 6.2% BuOH and 0.3% H2O is required to induce liquid- liquid demixing for 20 wt-% PEI/DMAc casting solution. Therefore, BuOH can enhance the phase separation of the PEI casting solution and hereby induce higher porosity of the membrane, and the diffusion of BuOH into the water coagulation bath causes larger pore size easily compared with DMAc. Our predictions that the membrane pure water flux first increases then decreases, and the rejection ratio of bovine serum albumin decreases with the increasing concentration of BuOH were validated by the experiments using the prepared membranes.

湍流促进器强化微滤过程的实验与CFD模拟研究(英文)

This paper reports experimental and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) studies on the performance of microfiltration enhanced by a helical screw insert.The experimental results show that the use of turbulence pro-moter can improve the permeate flux of membrane in the crossflow microfiltration of calcium carbonate suspension,and flux improvement efficiency is strongly influenced by operation conditions.The energy consumption analysis indicates that the enhanced membrane system is more energy saving at higher feed concentrations.To explore the intrinsic mechanism of flux enhancement by a helical screw insert,three-dimensional CFD simulation of fluid flow was implemented.It reveals that hydrodynamic characteristics of fluid flow inside the channel are entirely changed by the turbulence promoter.The rotational flow pattern increases the scouring effect on the tube wall,reducing the particle deposition on the membrane surface.The absence of stagnant regions and high wall shear stress are respon-sible for the enhanced filtration performance.No secondary flow is generated in the channel,owing to the streamline shape of helical screw insert,so that the enhanced performance is achieved at relatively low energy consumption.

Solvent-resistant porous membranes using poly(ether−ether ketone): preparation and application

Poly(ether−ether ketone)(PEEK)is a linear aromatic macromolecule,which can form semi-crystalline aggregative status,allowing PEEK materials to have strong environment tolerance and excellent physicochemical properties.PEEK materials have become a promising alternative to fabricate particular membranes used in extreme conditions.In the past few decades,many researches and evolutions have emerged in membrane fabrication with PEEK materials and its applications for treating organic solvents and their mixtures;however,there are little systematic and comprehensive literature to summarize fabrication approaches,compile applications,and elaborate PEEK property-structure relationship.In this review,the main approaches to fabricate PEEK-based membranes are illustrated concretely,including conventional thermal-induced and non-solvent-induced phase separation,and novel chemical-induced crystallization;the representative applications in ultrafiltration,nanofiltration and membrane contactor containing organic solvents are demonstrated systematically.Meanwhile,the mechanism to tune PEEK solubility in solvents,which can be achieved by altering monomers in synthesis processes or changing membrane preparation routes,is deeply analyzed.Moreover,the existing problems and the future prospects are also discussed.This review provides positive guidance for designing and fabricating membranes using PEEK and its derivative materials for task-specific applications in harsh conditions.

Pressure swing adsorption/membrane hybrid processes for hydrogen purification with a high recovery

Hydrogen was recovered and purified from coal gasification-produced syngas using two kinds of hybrid processes： a pressure swing adsorption （PSA）- membrane system （a PSA unit followed by a membrane separation unit） and a membrane-PSA system （a mem- brane separation unit followed by a PSA unit）. The PSA operational parameters were adjusted to control the product purity and the membrane operational parameters were adjusted to control the hydrogen recovery so that both a pure hydrogen product （ 〉 99.9%） and a high recovery （〉 90%） were obtained simultaneously. The hybrid hydrogen purification processes were simulated using HYSYS and the processes were evaluated in terms of hydrogen product purity and hydrogen recovery. For comparison, a PSA process and a membrane separation process were also used individually for hydrogen purifica- tion. Neither process alone produced high purity hydrogen with a high recovery. The PSA-membrane hybrid process produced hydrogen that was 99.98% pure with a recovery of 91.71%, whereas the membrane-PSA hybrid process produced hydrogen that was 99.99% pure with a recovery of 91.71%. The PSA-membrane hybrid process achieved higher total H2 recoveries than the membrane-PSA hybrid process under the same H2 recovery of membrane separation unit. Meanwhile, the membrane-PSA hybrid process achieved a higher total H2 recovery （97.06%） than PSA-membrane hybrid process （94.35%） at the same H2 concentration of PSA feed gas （62.57%）.

Hybrid UV photodetector with high photo-to-dark current ratio based on ordered TiO_2 nanorod arrays and polystyrene sulfate

Vertically aligned TiO2nanorods arrays were successfully synthesized on FTO glass by wet-chemical method.Based on polystyrene sulfate(PSS)functionalized TiO2nanorods arrays,a sandwich-structured hybrid UV photodetector was fabricated.The photo-to-dark current ratio of the device increases by more than 3 orders of magnitude with typical case,while the dark current is about 10 nA at 1 V bias.The high photoresponse together with the low dark current could probably contribute a large photocurrent and low-power application.The high performance of the hybrid material and facile low-cost fabrication of the UV detector make the devices promising for large-area UV photodetection applications.