Membrane Separation Processes for the Benefit of the Sulfur-Iodine and Hybrid Sulfur Thermochemical Cycles
Thermochemical cycles have been proposed as processes for the manufacture of hydrogen from water in which the only effluent is oxygen. In this paper, membrane-based technologies are described that have the promise of enabling the further development of thermochemical cycle processes. In direct service of the sulfur-iodine (S-I) cycle, membranes have been studied for the concentration of HI and sulfuric acid using pervaporation. In this work, Nafion® and SPEEK membranes have effectively concentrated both acids at temperatures as high as 134 ºC without any significant degradation. Measured fluxes of water and separation factors are commercially competitive and have been characterizedmore »