A hybrid zeolitic imidazolate framework Co-IM-mIM membrane for gas separation

A zeolitic imidazolate hybrid membrane(Co-IM-mIM) containing two imidazolate ligands deposited on a macroporous α-alumina support was prepared by pre-depositing and secondary growth technique. XRD, TGA and SEM characterizations demonstrate that a stable and thin, but dense and pure-phase Co-IM-mIM membrane can be obtained on the macroporous-alumina discs in Teflon-lined autoclave at 120 °C after pre-depositing by dip-coating at room temperature. No visible cracks, pinholes or other defects were observed on the membrane layer. The gas separation studies of Co-IM-mIM membrane were carried out at 25 °C and 1×10~5 Pa, showing ideal selectivity of 6.95, 5.25, 3.40 for H_2/CO_2, H_2/N_2 and H_2/CH_4, respectively, and a permeance of 17.37× 10^(-6) mol/(m^2·s·Pa) for H_2. The influence of temperature and trans-membrane pressure on hydrogen separation and permeation was also carried out. The gas permeation and selectivity demonstrate that this membrane may have potential applications for efficient H_2 separation.

Development of CO2 Selective Poly（Ethylene Oxide）-Based Membranes： From Laboratory to Pilot Plant Scale

Membrane gas separation is one of the most promising technologies for the separation of carbon dioxide （CO2） from various gas streams. One application of this technology is the treatment of flue gases from combustion processes for the purpose of carbon capture and storage. For this application, poly（ethylene oxide）-containing block copolymers such as Pebax or PolyActiveTM polymer are well suited. The thin-film composite membrane that is considered in this overview employs PolyActiveTM polymer as a selective layer material. The membrane shows excellent CO2 permeances of up to 4 m^3（STP）.（m^2·h·bar）^-1 （1 bar = 105 Pa） at a carbon dioxide/nitrogen （CO2/N2） selectivity exceeding 55 at ambient temperature. The membrane can be manufactured reproducibly on a pilot scale and mounted into fiat-sheet membrane modules of different designs. The operating performance of these modules can be accurately predicted by specifically developed simulation tools, which employ single-gas permeation data as the only experimental input. The performance of membranes and modules was investigated in different pilot plant studies, in which flue gas and biogas were used as the feed gas streams. The investigated processes showed a stable separation performance, indicating the applicability of PolyActiveTM polymer as a membrane material for industrialscale gas processing.

Cobalt-free gadolinium-doped perovskite Gd_xBa_(1-x)FeO_(3-δ) as high-performance materials for oxygen separation

Cobalt-free oxides GdxBal-xFeO3-σas（0.01 _〈 x _〈 0.1 ） were achieved by a solid state reaction method. It is found that GdxBal-xFeO3-σas（0.025 _〈 x _〈 0.1） exhibits the cubic perovskite structure. Among GdxBal-xFeO3-σas （0.025 -〈 x -〈 0.1 ）, the GdxBal-xFeO3-σas （GBF2.5） membrane shows the outstanding phase structure stability and the highest oxygen permeation, which can reach 1.44 ml. cm- 2. rain- 1 at 950 ℃ under air/He oxygen partial pressure gradient. The GBF2.5 membrane was successfully operated for more than 100 h at 800 ℃ and the oxygen permeation flux through the membrane is 0.62 ml. cm- 2. rain- 1. After 100 h oxygen permeation experiment at 800℃, X-ray diffraction （XRD） and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer （EDXS） demonstrate that the GBF2.5 exhibits phase structure stability even at intermediate temoerature.