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

Sara Escorihuela
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Lucia Valero
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Alberto Tena
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Sergey Shishatskiy
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Sonia Escolastico
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Torsten Brinkmann
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Jose Manuel Serra
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Version 1 : Received: 6 November 2018 / Approved: 8 November 2018 / Online: 8 November 2018 (04:16:33 CET)

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Escorihuela, S.; Valero, L.; Tena, A.; Shishatskiy, S.; Escolástico, S.; Brinkmann, T.; Serra, J.M. Study of the Effect of Inorganic Particles on the Gas Transport Properties of Glassy Polyimides for Selective CO2 and H2O Separation. Membranes 2018, 8, 128. Escorihuela, S.; Valero, L.; Tena, A.; Shishatskiy, S.; Escolástico, S.; Brinkmann, T.; Serra, J.M. Study of the Effect of Inorganic Particles on the Gas Transport Properties of Glassy Polyimides for Selective CO2 and H2O Separation. Membranes 2018, 8, 128.

Abstract

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 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 which demonstrated 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 1 to 20 wt.% and for Matrimid® and P84® at 10 wt. % loading. The most promising result was obtained for Matrimid® - 10wt% 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.

Keywords

H2O permeability; inorganic nanoparticles; polyimide; activation energy; gas separation

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

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