RT Journal Article T1 Development of thin Pd-Ag supported membranes for fluidized bed membrane reactors including WGS related gases A1 Fernandez, Ekain A1 Helmi, Arash A1 Coenen, Kai A1 Melendez, Jon A1 Viviente, Jose Luis A1 Pacheco Tanaka, David Alfredo A1 Van Sint Annaland, Martin A1 Gallucci, Fausto AB This paper reports the preparation, characterization and stability tests of Pd-based thin membranes for fluidized bed membrane reactor applications. Various thin membranes have been prepared by simultaneous Pd-Ag electroless plating. A simple technique for sealing of the produced membranes is reported and discussed. The membranes have been characterized for single gas permeation, and afterwards used for permeation of mixtures of gases and under fluidization conditions. The membranes have shown very high permeation rates and perm-selectivity when used as permeators. When applied in fluidized bed reactors it has been found that the membranes are stable as long as no interaction between the fluidization catalyst and the membrane surface occurs. For some catalysts a strong chemical interaction between the catalyst and the membrane surface has been observed which caused a drastic decrease in the membrane flux. SN 0360-3199 YR 2015 FD 2015-03-02 LA eng NO Fernandez , E , Helmi , A , Coenen , K , Melendez , J , Viviente , J L , Pacheco Tanaka , D A , Van Sint Annaland , M & Gallucci , F 2015 , ' Development of thin Pd-Ag supported membranes for fluidized bed membrane reactors including WGS related gases ' , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , vol. 40 , no. 8 , pp. 3506-3519 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.074 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. All rights reserved. NO The presented work is funded within DEMCAMER project as part of the European Union 7th Framework Programme ( FP7/2007-2013 ) under grant agreement n° NMP3-LA-2011-262840 . Note: “The present publications reflect only the author's views and the Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.” DS TECNALIA Publications RD 29 sept 2024