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Title: Synthetic membranes and methods of use thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to synthetic membranes and use of these synthetic membranes for isolation of volatile organic compounds and purification of water. The synthetic membrane includes a hydrophobic polymer layer located on a polymeric membrane support layer. The invention includes a method of isolating volatile organic compounds with the synthetic membrane by contacting a volatile organic mixture with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing volatile organic compounds from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of pervaporation. The invention also includes a method of purifying water with the synthetic membrane by contacting an ionic solution with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing water from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of reverse osmosis. The invention also relates to methods of isolating non-polar gases by gas fractionation.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1735199
Patent Number(s):
10758872
Application Number:
16/733,810
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-09ER16005; SC0006520
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/03/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Belfort, Georges, Grimaldi, Joseph, Imbrogno, Joseph, Kilduff, James, and Keating, John Joseph. Synthetic membranes and methods of use thereof. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Belfort, Georges, Grimaldi, Joseph, Imbrogno, Joseph, Kilduff, James, & Keating, John Joseph. Synthetic membranes and methods of use thereof. United States.
Belfort, Georges, Grimaldi, Joseph, Imbrogno, Joseph, Kilduff, James, and Keating, John Joseph. Tue . "Synthetic membranes and methods of use thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1735199.
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abstractNote = {The present invention relates to synthetic membranes and use of these synthetic membranes for isolation of volatile organic compounds and purification of water. The synthetic membrane includes a hydrophobic polymer layer located on a polymeric membrane support layer. The invention includes a method of isolating volatile organic compounds with the synthetic membrane by contacting a volatile organic mixture with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing volatile organic compounds from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of pervaporation. The invention also includes a method of purifying water with the synthetic membrane by contacting an ionic solution with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing water from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of reverse osmosis. The invention also relates to methods of isolating non-polar gases by gas fractionation.},
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year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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