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Toray Hollow Fiber 

Membrane Modules

August 2009
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Hollow Fiber
Hollow Fiber Membrane Manufacturers
Company GE/Zenon Norit
  Pall/Asahi   Toray
HFM-2020
Model Zeeweed1000 XIGA UN
U NA-620A HFS-2020 HFU-2020
Membrane
PVDF PES-PVP PVDF PVDF PVDF
material
Membrane 0.1 m 0.01 m
0.02   m 200kDa 0.1 m
pore size 0.02 m (150 kDa)
Hollow-fiber 
0.6 / 0.35 1.2 / 0.8 1.3 / 0.7 1.5 / 0.9 1.5 / 0.9
OD/ID (mm)
Filtration Submerged Pressure Pressure Pressure Pressure
mode Outside-in Inside-out Outside-in   Outside-in Outside-in
Membrane
area (m2) 46.5 35 50 72 72
Module flux
- - (12) 20 12
(m3 /h,50kPa)

Module
configuration
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Type : HFS/HFU-2020
Features
Back Wash
- Module Type : Pressured Type Filtrate

- Filtration Method : Outside to Inside

- Membrane Area : 72 m 2 Vent
- Dimension : 216D x 2,160L [mm] Drain

Advantages
HF Membrane
- Stable Continuous Filtration (PVDF) Casing
3
- High Filtration Flow : 110 – 260 m  /d PVC
- High Chemical Resistance 2,160mm
216mm
- High Physical Strength and High Integrity

Feed
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-  Application
Application -

1. Drinking Water Production

(Municipal & Private)

2. Waste Water Reuse

(Tertiary Treatment )

3. Seawater Desalination
(Ro Pretreatment)

4. Industrial Water Treatment

(ex. Boiler Water, Beverage)
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Toray Hollow Fiber Membrane Technology

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Spinning Method of Hollow Fiber Membrane

Spinning Pore Formation Feature
Melt spinning with pore
・High Strength
Extraction formation agent and
・High Cost
Extraction (PVDF, etc.)
Melt
Spinning ・High Strength
Melt spinning and drawing
Drawing ・Difficulty for 
(PE, etc.)
pore size controlling
Non-solvent Polymer solution is ・Low Strength
Induced Phase coagulated by non-solvent
・UF and MF
Separation (PS, PES, PAN, CA, PVDF,
etc.) ・Low Cost
Solution (NIPS)
Spinning Thermally High Strength
Polymer solution is cooled
Induced Phase High Pore Density
down for phase separation
Separation ・High Permeability
(TORAY PVDF)
(TIPS) ・Low Cost
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Membrane Fiber Physical Strength
-  by
by Material & by Spinning Method -
NIPS
PVDF (non-solvent induced
Phase Separation)

PAN TIPS
L-L Phase Separation

CA TIPS
S-L Phase Separation

PS TIPS
Newly developed
S-L Phase Separation
0 5 10 15 0 500 1,000   1,500
Strength (MPa) Strength (g/fiber)

by Material by Spinning Method

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Membrane Fiber Folding Test Results

10000
    r
    e
     b
    m    g
1000
    n
    u     i
    n     k
    a
     d     e
    e     r 100
     l      b
     d
    o     r
     f     o
     f
    e 10
     h
     T

1
PES PVDF Toray
PVDF

Test Equipment Test Results

Test Conditions : ASTM D2176 (JIS P8115),

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Membrane Fiber Chemical Strength

-  by
by Material -
     )
  - 1.2      )
  - 1.2
     (      (
     h
     t PS      h
     t
    g     g PVDF
    n 1
PVDF     n 1
    e
    r     e
    r
     t      t
     S      S PE
     l      l
    a
     i     a
     i
     t
     i
0.8      t
     i
0.8
    n
     I     n
     I PS
     /      /
    g 0.6     g 0.6
    n
     i     n
     i
     k      k
    a     a
    o
    s
PAN     o
    s
    r 0.4     r 0.4
    e
     t
     f CA     e
     t
     f
CA
    a     a PAN
     h
     t 0.2      h
     t 0.2
    g     g
    n PE     n
    e
    r     e
    r
     t 0      t 0
     S      S
0 400 800 1200 0 100 200 300

Soaking period (hr) Soaking period (hr)

Sodium Hypochlorite Fenton Reagent

(1,000 ppm, pH=10) 5,000ppm H2O2+300ppm Fe2+
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Line-up

HFM HFS HFU

Pore size
or MWCO 0.1 m 0.02 m 150k D a 
Cross section
Low fouling
layer 

Support
layer 
Composite membrane (high flux &
high Strength)
Water source Ground water Surface water Surface water 

Pretreatment   None Coagulation Case by case

Applicable ave.
Feed turbidity
< 0.05 NTU < 30 NTU < 30 NTU
Applicable < 5.0 m/d < 3.0 m/d < 3.0 m/d
Flux (208 lmh) (125 lmh) (125 lmh)
Recommended DW, IW, TT,
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Pilot Study
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Pilot Test Competition in Korea
(Drinking Water Production, Mar. –  Aug.
Aug. 2005)
Competition for Full Scale Project Asahikasei
A B
Zenon Toray

Test Term : Mar – Aug 2005 200 Asahi

 A
Chemical
Participants: Toray, Company A, B      ） 150
   a CIP
    P
    k Zenon
B CIP
     （ 100
Toray is selected     P
    M
    T
as the most preferable supplier 50

Most Stable Operation 0

Least Electricity Consumption 3/1 3/31 4/30 5/30 6/29 7/29 8/28

Highest Water Recovery Time (day)

Supplier Toray  A B

Membrane Recovery Power consumption rate

PVDF PVDF PVDF
Material 0.5    n
    ) 100    o
    i
    %     t
Nominal Pore size     (    p
0.02 0.1 0.04    o 90 0.4    m    )
(Micro-meter)     i
    t    u
   a
   r    s    3
   m
   n    /
Filtration Pressurize Pressurize Submerged    y
   r 80 0.3    o
   c    h
   e    r
system / Dead-end / Cross-flow / Suction    v
   o    e    W
    k
    (
   c
   e 70 0.2    w    e
   o    t
Membrane area (m2) 72   50 31.6    r    p    a
   r
   e    c    r
    t
   a 60 0.1     i
   r
    t
    W    c
   e
    l
Module - - 50 0     E
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(Application : SWRO, Sep. 2008 - )
Background
- Joint Study of Japan’s WRPC (Water Re-use Promotion
Center) and QEWC (Qatar Electricity & Water Corporation)
- Objective : High Salt Concentration SW Desalination
- Toray supply both UF and RO for this study.
Pilot Plant Specifications
- UF Membrane : HFU-2020 x 8 pieces (Pretreatment with Sand Filter )
Operating Conditions : Flux 1.46 m/d, Water Recovery 96%, SDI=1.7
- RO Membrane : TM820H-400 x 24 pieces (6 pcs/vessel x 4 vessel )
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Certificate for Drinking Water Production

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NSF61 Certification for Drinking Water Application

Models : HFS-2020, HFS-1020
Certified through UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.)

Drinking Water System Components

ANSI/NSF STANDARD 61
FDNP.MH45428
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CDHS Conditional Approval for DW Application

- Pilot Test finished with HFS-2020 module in Upland,CA.
- Official Approval Letter was issued September 2007.
- Very high maximum flux was accepted. (120 gfd / 4.9 m/d)
 Aqua- Hydra-
Company US Filter  Pall Koch Zenon TORAY
source nautics
USV- HYDRA- ZeeWeed ZeeWeed HFS-
Model PMPW
5203 cap 500 1000 2020
Membrane
PP PP PVDF PVDF CA PES PS PVDF PVDF PVDF
Material
Crypto-
4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log
Removal sporidium
Credit Giardia 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 4-log
Virus 0.5-log 0-log 0.5-log 0.5-log 4-log 4-log 4-log 2-log 3.5-log 1.5-log
Max. Flux 80 69.3 102
66.9 93.6 50 52 49.8 30 120
Operation (gfd) (ID) (ID) (ID)
Criteria Max. TMP
15 17 29 36 29 18 35 11.8 10 29
(psi)
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Track Record
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Track Record Toray PVDF Hollow Fiber Membrane Modules
Drinking Water 
2,700m3 /d Cryptosporidium
Boiler Water  3,500m3 /d Removal
Pretreatment
Production Plant Drinking water; Total: 13,000 m3 /d
for seawater 
in USA Cryptosporidium
desalination 5,000m3 /d
Total: 6,500 m3 /d Removal
9/2003 start 7/2002 start
3,300m3 /d 5/2003 start
2/2004 start

8,000m3 /d
8/2003 start
3,200m3 /d
6/2004 start

30,000m3 /d
Drinking water 
in Korea 88,000m3 /d
6/2009 start Drinking water;
Korea’ s Largest 3/2007 start
8,000m3 /d 19,000m3 /d
8,640m3 /d Drinking water; Drinking water;
Drinking water  10/2005 start 1/2009 start
in Indonesia
12/2007 start Cumulative
CumulativePlants
PlantsCapacity:
Capacity:
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Toray PVDF Membrane for Waste Water Treatment

2,160 m3 /d 500 m3 /d 3,600 m3 /d Pilot Test

Actual Plant Actual Plant Actual Plant Sewage Reuse
Wastewater reuse Wastewater reuse Sewage TT UF+RO
in Beijing China in Korea in Chengdu China in Shiga Japan
9/2005 start 6/2006 start 10/2008 start 2005

1,200 m3 /d
Actual Plant 1,440 m3 /d
Wastewater reuse Actual Plant
in Beijing China Wastewater reuse
9/2007 start in Gifu Japan
11/2006 start
2,500 m3 /d
Actual Plant
2,160 m3 /d
Waste water 
Actual Plant
treatment from
Wastewater reuse
chemical factory
in Pilippines
in Taiwan
6/2006 start
3/2007 start

Pilot Test Pilot Test

Sewage Reuse Sewage TT
UF+ 16 inch RO UF
in Changi Singapore Ul Pandan, Singapore
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References
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DW Production Plants (Japan)
-  Cryptosporidium
Cryptosporidium Removal -

First Phase
- Capacity : 5,000 m3/d
- Module :
HFM-2020 x 20 pieces
- Operation Started
in July 2002
- Water Recovery : 98%
Plant Overview
Membrane Rack

Second Phase
- Capacity : 8,000 m3/d
- Module :
HFM-2020 x 28 pieces
- Operation Started
in Aug. 2003
- Water Recovery : 98%
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Operation started in March 2007

Water Works in Tokyo (88,000 m3 /d)

Kinuta  Water
Process Flow Permeate
Main Water 
Membrane Sub Membrane System
PAC Tank NaClO Tank
System
Pump Pump
22 pcs.
5 pcs.

Agitator 

Com- Air 
pressor  Tank
Feed   Main
Feed
Pump Backwash Pump
Main Raw Water Tank Sub Raw Water Tank Drainage Tank Washing Tank
Public Sewage System

88,000m3/d
Capacity
(44,000m3/d x 2 trains)
Module Type HFM-2320 (75m2)
1st stage: 264 pcs.
No. of Modules
2nd stage: 20 pcs.
Water Recovery Ratio 99.9%
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Operation started in June 2009

DW Plant in Korea (30,000 m3 /d)

Gongju  DW
Capacity 30,000 m3 /d (7,500m3 /d x 4 trains)
Module Type HFS-2020 (72m2)
No. of Modules 480 pcs
Raw Water  River Water 
Operation Start June 2009
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Operation Started in Sep. 2003

Pretreatment Capacity : 3,000 m 3 /d

1,100m3/ｄ
Sea Water
HFM-2020 40 pcs. 放流槽
P
海水
3,000 m3/ｄ
1,600m3/ｄ

2,700m3/ｄ 1
MFろ過
MFろ過 生産
取水槽
P 水槽 P P
水槽 P
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Operating Results of MF for RO Pretreatment
in SW Desalination
CIP CIP

35 0 35
MF-A
30 0 MF-B 30
TEMP（ ℃）
     ) 25 0 25
    a
     P      )
     K
     ( 20 0 20      ℃
     P      (
     M 15 0 15     p
     T     m
    e
     T
10 0 10

50 5

0 0
1 /1 1 /3 1 3 /1 3 /3 1 4 /3 0 5 /3 0 6 /2 9 7 /2 9 8 /2 8 9 /2 7 1 0/2 7

Flux:1.1m/d ,Filtration time:30min, w/o coagulant

Feed turbidity:1  – 10 NTU
–  10
Filtrate turbidity:0.01NTU
Filtrate SDI : < 3.0

MF: Stable Operation with  1.1m/d of Flux for more than 10 months.
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Business Base Technical Support

Category Products System Design Support Field Support
Package Membrane - Filtration Process Proposal (free) - Module Installation
Plant Modules Design Flux Recommendation, - Plant Commissioning
with Manual Module Projection - Chemical Cleaning
- Trouble-shooting
- Detailed Design Samples
P&ID, Layout, Equipment List,
Rack Drawing

Project Membrane - Filtration Process Proposal (free) - Module Installation

Modules Design Flux Recommendation, - Plant Commissioning
with Manual, Module Projection, - Chemical Cleaning
Lab. Filtration Test with Water Sample - Trouble-shooting
Rack (when difficult raw water)
if requested - Basic Design Recommendation
PFD, Layout, Equipment List,
Rack Drawing
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