Study of the Effect of Inorganic Particles on the Gas Transport Properties of Glassy Polyimides for Selective CO2 and H2O Separation

[EN] Three polyimides and six inorganic fillers in a form of nanometer-sized particles were studied as thick film solution cast mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for the transport of CO2, CH4, and H2O. Gas transport properties and electron microscopy images indicate good polymer-filler compatibility for...

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Autores: Escorihuela-Roca, Sara, Valero, Lucía, Tena, Alberto, Shishatskiy, Sergey, Brinkmann, Torsten, Escolástico Rozalén, Sonia|||0000-0002-7097-2425, Serra Alfaro, José Manuel|||0000-0002-1515-1106
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/146876
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/146876
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mixed matrix membranes
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor permeability
Polyimides
Inorganic fillers
Gas separation membranes
Water transport
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Sumario:[EN] Three polyimides and six inorganic fillers in a form of nanometer-sized particles were studied as thick film solution cast mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for the transport of CO2, CH4, and H2O. Gas transport properties and electron microscopy images indicate good polymer-filler compatibility for all membranes. The only filler type thatdemonstrated good distribution throughout the membrane thickness at 10 wt.% loading was BaCe0.2Zr0.7Y0.1O3 (BCZY). The influence of this filler on MMM gas transport properties was studied in detail for 6FDA-6FpDA in a filler content range from one to 20 wt.% and for Matrimid((R)) and P84((R)) at 10 wt.% loading. The most promising result was obtained for Matrimid((R))10 wt.% BCZY MMM, which showed improvement in CO2 and H2O permeabilities accompanied by increased CO2/CH4 selectivity and high water selective membrane at elevated temperatures without H2O/permanent gas selectivity loss.