Pd-based membranes for hydrogen separation: Review of alloying elements and their influence on membrane properties

Dense palladium membranes have increasing interest for ultra-pure hydrogen production compared to established technologies such as pressure swing adsorption and cryogenic distillation, allowing the separation in one step with no associated energy consumption. Alloying elements are used in combinatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Conde, Julio J., Maroño, Marta, Sánchez Hervás, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
Repositorio:Docu-menta. Repositorio Institucional del CIEMAT
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:documenta___::71affdba884a5a8e75aad2fd43457d2c
Acceso en línea:https://documenta.ciemat.es/handle/20.500.14855/5841
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:hydrogen purification
dense membranes
metallic membranes
palladium alloys
palladium permeability
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Sumario:Dense palladium membranes have increasing interest for ultra-pure hydrogen production compared to established technologies such as pressure swing adsorption and cryogenic distillation, allowing the separation in one step with no associated energy consumption. Alloying elements are used in combination with palladium in these membranes to change the membrane properties. This article presents a review of palladium alloy membranes for hydrogen purification, including permeability data and other relevant characteristics of the alloys. Further developments in this research field are expected to focus on the use of ternary alloys with enhanced physical and chemical properties, and the use of computational methods to enable a faster screening of promising alloys.