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Title: Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surface-enhanced separation performance of porous inorganic membranes for biomass-to-biofuel conversion applications

Abstract

Here, a new class of porous membranes is introduced to provide unique separation mechanisms by surface interactions and capillary condensation. High-performance architectural surface selective (HiPAS) membranes were designed for high perm-selective flux and high-temperature tolerance for hot vapor processing and liquid processing Due to surface-enhanced selectivity, larger-fluxes were achieved by utilizing larger pore sizes (~8 nm for vapor phase and micron-sized pores for liquid phase separations). This paper describes a membrane-based separation concept for biomass conversion pathways and demonstrates the initial data for selective permeation of toluene-water and toluene-phenol-water relevant to biofuel processing.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
OSTI Identifier:
1338488
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1344167
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-65224
Journal ID: ISSN 0149-6395; BM0101010; CEBM007
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Separation Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Separation Science and Technology; Journal ID: ISSN 0149-6395
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; membranes; inorganic membranes; porous membranes; superhydrophobic; superhydrophilic; coatings; biofuel separations

Citation Formats

Hu, Michael Z., Engtrakul, Chaiwat, Bischoff, Brian L., Jang, Gyoung G., Theiss, Timothy J., and Davis, Mark F. Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surface-enhanced separation performance of porous inorganic membranes for biomass-to-biofuel conversion applications. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1080/01496395.2016.1260144.
Hu, Michael Z., Engtrakul, Chaiwat, Bischoff, Brian L., Jang, Gyoung G., Theiss, Timothy J., & Davis, Mark F. Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surface-enhanced separation performance of porous inorganic membranes for biomass-to-biofuel conversion applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1260144
Hu, Michael Z., Engtrakul, Chaiwat, Bischoff, Brian L., Jang, Gyoung G., Theiss, Timothy J., and Davis, Mark F. 2016. "Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surface-enhanced separation performance of porous inorganic membranes for biomass-to-biofuel conversion applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1260144. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338488.
@article{osti_1338488,
title = {Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surface-enhanced separation performance of porous inorganic membranes for biomass-to-biofuel conversion applications},
author = {Hu, Michael Z. and Engtrakul, Chaiwat and Bischoff, Brian L. and Jang, Gyoung G. and Theiss, Timothy J. and Davis, Mark F.},
abstractNote = {Here, a new class of porous membranes is introduced to provide unique separation mechanisms by surface interactions and capillary condensation. High-performance architectural surface selective (HiPAS) membranes were designed for high perm-selective flux and high-temperature tolerance for hot vapor processing and liquid processing Due to surface-enhanced selectivity, larger-fluxes were achieved by utilizing larger pore sizes (~8 nm for vapor phase and micron-sized pores for liquid phase separations). This paper describes a membrane-based separation concept for biomass conversion pathways and demonstrates the initial data for selective permeation of toluene-water and toluene-phenol-water relevant to biofuel processing.},
doi = {10.1080/01496395.2016.1260144},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1338488}, journal = {Separation Science and Technology},
issn = {0149-6395},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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