화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.12, 3178-3184, December, 2017
DOI10.1007/s11814-017-0215-x  Export Citation
Effect of support layer on gas permeation properties of composite polymeric membranes
Hamid Reza Afshoun, Mahdi Pourafshari Chenar†, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail1, and Takeshi Matsuura2
  • Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  • 1Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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PES/Pebax and PEI/Pebax composite membranes were prepared by coating the porous PES and PEI substrate membranes with Pebax-1657. The morphology and performance of the prepared membranes were investigated by SEM and CO2 and CH4 permeation tests. The CO2 permeances of 28 and 52 GPU were achieved for PES/Pebax and PEI/Pebax composite membranes, respectively, with CO2/CH4 selectivities almost equal to that of Pebax (26). The experimental data were further subjected to a theoretical analysis using the resistance model. It was found that the porosity and the thickness of the dense section of PES substrate were an order of magnitude higher than those of PEI substitute. The porosity/thickness ratio of PEI substrate was, however, higher than PES, explaining the higher permeance of PEI/Pebax composite membrane. Substrates with porosities much higher than the Henis-Tripodi gas separation membrane were used in this work, aiming to achieve the selectivity of Pebax, rather than those of the substrate membrane materials.
Keywords:PES/Pebax;PEI/Pebax;Gas Permeation;Permeability;Substrate Effect
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