Hollow fiber inorganic membranes for gas separations

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Separation Science and Technology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/01496399208018863· OSTI ID:5221783

Way, J D ^[1]; Roberts, D L ^[2]

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1. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (United States)
2. SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

There is increasing interest to develop high temperature, high pressure membrane technology to perform a variety of gas separations such as acid gas removal from synthetic gas streams found in coal-fired power generation systems, hydrogen recovery in petrochemical production, and CO/H{sub 2} ratio adjustment in the production of oxychemicals. Pure gas permeabilities of He, H{sub 2}, CO{sub 2}, N{sub 2}, and CO were measured for microporous silica hollow fiber membranes as a function of temperature. The transport mechanism for gas permeation is clearly non-Knudsen since several heavier gases permeate faster then lighter gases. An excellent correlation is obtained between permeability and kinetic diameter of the penetrant. The proposed mass transfer mechanism is a combination of surface diffusion and molecular sieving. High ideal separation factors (permeability ratios) are observed at 343 K for H{sub 2}/N{sub 2} and H{sub 2}/CO of 163 62.4, respectively, which compare very favorably with polymeric and molecular sieve gas separation membranes.

• OSTI ID: 5221783
• Journal Information: Separation Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Separation Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 27:1; ISSN SSTED; ISSN 0149-6395
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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