Global and China Water Treatment Membrane Materials Market Research and Industry Chain Analysis in 2021
By: Jasmine Yu（jasmine@juntaiplastic.com）
Post Date: Oct.22th, 2021
Post Tags: global-and-china-water-treatment-membrane-mate
Water treatment membrane materials mainly refer to products used for membrane water treatment. Compared with traditional water treatment methods, membrane water treatment technology has lower cost, high separation accuracy, less investment, easy operation and management, and environmental protection. The advantages of small secondary pollution, etc., have good application prospects in water purification and sewage treatment and reuse. Water treatment membrane materials include microfiltration membranes, ultrafiltration membranes, nanofiltration membranes and reverse osmosis membranes.
Microfiltration membranes are mainly used in sewage, wastewater treatment and other fields; ultrafiltration membranes are widely used in the fields of sewage, wastewater treatment and reuse, and water supply and purification; nanofiltration membranes are mainly used in purified water, softened water, non-ionized water, and seawater desalination. And other aspects; and reverse osmosis membrane can be used in sea water desalination and other fields. Microfiltration membranes are the most widely used in wastewater reuse treatment. Commonly used filter membrane materials include cellulose acetate, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylonitrile, etc. and their modified materials. Polyvinylidene tetrafluoroethylene material has good chemical stability, thermal stability and mechanical strength, and can be dissolved in a variety of solvents. It is currently one of the most widely used membrane materials.
1.1 Water treatment membrane material industry background, development history, status quo and trends
Water treatment membrane technology was introduced to China from developed countries, and it has more advantages in technological development. For example, the membrane product chain formed by Koch in the United States can produce water treatment membranes of different precision and types; while the Dow Chemical Company is developing ultrafiltration membranes and reverse osmosis membranes, it has also developed composite membranes, which show low energy consumption and membranes. Long service life and other advantages, provide abundant raw materials for water treatment; American Hyden Energy Company is the world's largest manufacturer of roll-type reverse osmosis membranes, which can process 1.9 billion tons of purified water per day; Japanese Toray Group The ultrafiltration membrane produced has strong anti-pollution ability, which can avoid the clogging problem in water treatment; after years of technological research and development, GE company in the United States has mature technology in water treatment membranes, especially liquid zero discharge technology. It accounts for up to 90% in the field of membrane preparation; membrane technology companies in the Netherlands, Austria and other countries have also carried out technical research and proposed innovative technology products such as seven-pore ultrafiltration membrane technology and membrane bioreactor technology to further optimize the effect of water treatment projects.
Although the time for China to develop water treatment membrane technology is relatively short, it still has achieved relatively satisfactory results. Membrane manufacturers such as Shanghai and Beijing have developed a variety of new water treatment membranes, such as flat membranes, composite reverse osmosis membranes and hollow fiber membranes. With the increasing number of water treatment scenarios and the upgrading of water pollution treatment standards, water treatment membrane technology has a good development prospect in the field of water treatment, and the demand for technology increases, which requires the attention of industry workers.
1.2 Current Status and Forecast of Global Water Treatment Membrane Materials Market
Through years of research in this industry, combined with interviews with industry manufacturers and industry experts, and the opinions of analysts in this article, the following conclusions are drawn:
In 2020, the global water treatment membrane material market reached 2967.57 million U.S. dollars and is expected to reach 3,901.93 million U.S. dollars in 2027, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.22%.
From a regional perspective, the Chinese market has changed rapidly in the past few years. The market size in 2020 will be 846.75 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 28.53% of the global market. It is expected to reach 1278.98 million U.S. dollars in 2027, and the global share will reach 32.78% by then.
In terms of product type and technology, it can be divided into reverse osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes, microfiltration membranes, and nanofiltration membranes. From a structural point of view, as the demand for seawater desalination, brackish water softening, ultrapure water preparation and the removal of trace pollutants increases year by year, the proportion of reverse osmosis membranes in the membrane market will also increase, and the market share will exceed 50 in 2020. %. In the future, the membrane industry will continue to develop rapidly as the demand for sewage recycling and advanced water treatment increases.
From the perspective of product market application, it is mainly used in sewage treatment, seawater desalination, water supply purification, food and pharmaceuticals and other fields. Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment is the largest field, accounting for 43% of the market, followed by municipal and industrial water supply.
At present, major global manufacturers include DuPont, Toray, SUEZ, Hyde Energy (Nitto Denko), Bishuiyuan, etc. The share of top 10 major manufacturers in 2020 will exceed 72.4%. It is expected that industry competition will be more intense in the next few years, especially in the Chinese market.
Upstream raw material supply status
According to different manufacturing materials, water treatment membranes can be divided into organic membranes and inorganic membranes. Organic membranes are processed from polymer materials, such as polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and aromatic polyamide (PPTA). Inorganic membranes are mainly ceramic membranes, which have relatively high manufacturing costs and high resistance to strong acids and alkalis.