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Title: Ion transport membrane module and vessel system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176112

An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region, wherein any inlet and any outlet of the pressure vessel are in flow communication with exterior regions of the membrane modules; and (c) one or more gas manifolds in flow communication with interior regions of the membrane modules and with the exterior of the pressure vessel. The ion transport membrane system may be utilized in a gas separation device to recover oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas or as an oxidation reactor to oxidize compounds in a feed gas stream by oxygen permeated through the mixed metal oxide ceramic material of the membrane modules.

Research Organization:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-98FT40343
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
Patent Number(s):
7,179,323
Application Number:
10/635,695
OSTI ID:
1176112
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003 Aug 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English