Gas Separation Membranes: A Potential Dominant Technology

Plasticization of gas separation membranes*

For the investigation of the plasticizing effect of carbon dioxide on polymers used for gas separation membranes new experimental methods have been developed that measure the sorption kinetics as well as the dilation kinetics. Comparing dilation and sorption kinetics at low and elevated pressures gives information about different types of swelling behaviour depending on the pressure level. Volu...

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?

Membrane Technology for Gas Separation

Membrane technology applied to the separation of gaseous mixtures competes with conventional unit operations (e.g., distillation, absorption, adsorption) on the basis of overall economics, safety, environmental and technical aspects. Since the first industrial installations for hydrogen separation in the early eighties, significant improvements in membrane quality have been achieved in air sepa...

Novel inorganic membranes for gas separation

A literature survey was performed to evaluate the state-of-the-art membrane systems for CO2/CH4 separation which is critical in the natural gas industry. The systems that were reviewed included zeolite, carbon, polymeric, mixed matrix, amorphous silica, and supported ionic liquid membranes. Supported ionic liquid CO2/CH4 selective membranes were synthesized in our laboratory by applying room te...

Gas Separation by Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes

The use of ionic liquids (ILs) for gas separation processes recently has attracted much attention due to high solubilities of different gaseous species in ionic liquids [1]. The preparation of supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs) is also reported for selective separation of different organic or gaseous compounds. Research activities have amongst others focused on CO2 separation from gas str...