%0 Journal Article
%A Fernandez, E.
%A Coenen, K.
%A Helmi, A.
%A Melendez, J.
%A Zuñiga, J.
%A Pacheco Tanaka, D. A.
%A Van Sint Annaland, M.
%A Gallucci, F.
%T Preparation and characterization of thin-film Pd-Ag supported membranes for high-temperature applications
%D 2015
%@ 0360-3199
%X This paper reports the preparation, characterization and stability tests of thin-film Pd-Ag supported membranes for high-temperature fluidized bed membrane reactor applications. Various thin-film supported membranes have been prepared by simultaneous Pd-Ag electroless plating and have been initially sealed with a sealing procedure previously validated for Water gas shift (WGS) application (400 °C). The membranes have been characterized for single gas and mixed gas permeation, and for methane steam and autothermal reforming in a fluidized bed membrane reactor at 550-600 °C using a Ru-based catalyst. In addition, the performance of these membranes was compared to commercial membranes from REB Research & Consulting under the same reaction conditions. The applied sealing showed nitrogen leaks at 600 °C and different sealing approaches were tested solving this problem. Finally, also the long-term stability of the thin-film Pd-Ag supported membrane at 600 °C has been investigated.
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