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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Yasuhiro Tateishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Tateishi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukishima Kankyo Engineering Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A separation apparatus using a membrane for diafiltration, which provides precise fractionation of a target substance by monitoring and regulating permeability of the target substance based on measurement values and analytical values indicating separation status, such as physical values and concentration of a permeate liquid, a circulating liquid and an internal circulating liquid in a membrane device. A diafiltration process including adding a cleaning liquid to an treating liquid which contains multiple target substances and extracting a target substance into the permeate liquid supplied from a membrane separation apparatus to fractionate the target substance from other target substances remaining in a residual liquid. In the present invention, permeability of the target substance is controlled by regulating or controlling at least one operating parameter, such as a flow rate of the permeate liquid, operating pressure and temperature of the membrane separation apparatus, and concentration and amount of a circulating liquid, to a predetermined range based on a separation status index and/or a progress index of a separating operation.