Gas separations using inorganic membranes

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10150064· OSTI ID:10150064

Egan, B Z; Singh, S P.N. ^[1]; Fain, D E; Roettger, G E; White, D E ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Oak Ridge K-25 Site, TN (United States)

This report summarizes the results from a research and development program to develop, fabricate, and evaluate inorganic membranes for separating gases at high temperatures and pressures in hostile process environments encountered in fossil energy conversion processes such as coal gasification. The primary emphasis of the research was on the separation and recovery of hydrogen from synthesis gas. Major aspects of the program included assessment of the worldwide research and development activity related to gas separations using inorganic membranes, identification and selection of candidate membrane materials, fabrication and characterization of membranes using porous membrane technology developed at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, and evaluation of the separations capability of the fabricated membranes in terms of permeabilities and fluxes of gases.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10150064
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-12068; ON: DE92014929
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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