Vapor/gas separation through carbon molecular sieve membranes: Experimental and theoretical investigation
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Poto, Serena; Endepoel, Joost G.H.; Llosa-Tanco, Margot Anabell; Pacheco-Tanaka, David Alfredo; Gallucci, Fausto; [et al.]Date
2022-03Keywords
Carbon membranes
Water separation
Hydrophilicity
Capillary condensation
CO2 hydrogenation
Alumina-CMSM
Abstract
The separation of H2O vapor from (hydrogen-rich) gaseous streams is a topic of increasing interest in the context of CO2 valorisation, where the in situ water removal increases product yield and catalyst stability. In this work, composite alumina carbon molecular sieve membranes (Al-CMSM) were prepared from phenolic resin solutions loaded with hydrophilic boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) nanosheets (0.4–1.4 wt. % in solution) which partially transform to γ-Al2O3 nanosheets upon thermal decomposition of the resin, improving the hydrophilicity and thus the adsorption-diffusion contribution of the H2O permeation. The γ-Al2O3 nanosheets showed no influence on the pore size distribution of the membranes in the range of micropores, but they increased the membrane hydrophilicity. In addition, the use of boehmite in the resin solution causes an increase in the viscosity and thus an increase in the carbon layers thickness deposited on the porous α-Al2O3 support (from 1 to 3.3 μm). Furthermore, the alumina ...
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