Title
Composite-alumina-carbon molecular sieve membranes prepared from novolac resin and boehmite. Part II: Effect of the carbonization temperature on the gas permeation properties
Date Issued
02 March 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Llosa Tanco M.A.
Mendes A.
Universidade do Porto
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The influence of carbonization temperature on the permeation properties and aging of thin (4 μm) supported carbon molecular sieve membranes (c-CMSM), prepared from in house synthesized novolac phenolic resin loaded with boehmite nanoparticles, were studied. Just after membrane carbonization (fresh membrane), high permeance to N2 and O2 and low O2/N2 permselectivities were observed; the highest permeations were observed for carbonization end temperatures between 500 °C and 700 °C. After leaving the c-CMSM 1 day in the air, a large decrease in the permeation and considerable increase in the permselectivity were observed due to the reduction of the pore size by oxygen chemisorption and water physical adsorption; the permeability to H2 and H2/N2 ideal permselectivity for a membrane carbonized at 550 °C are close to palladium membranes for low temperature (<100 °C). The effect of the permeation characteristics of the membranes carbonized at various temperatures and the removal of water adsorbed in the pores by heat treatment were studied.
Start page
3485
End page
3496
Volume
40
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84922949102
Source
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
ISSN of the container
03603199
Sponsor(s)
Margot Llosa Tanco is grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for her doctoral grant (reference SFRH/BD/61898/2009 ). The authors would like to acknowledge to Sandra C. Rodrigues (doctoral grant reference SFRH/BD/90208/2012 ) for performing the CO 2 adsorption measurements at LEPABE and FCT research project PTDC/EQU-EQU/114944/2009 . The authors are also thankful to CEMUP for the SEM analysis ( REEQ/1062/CTM/2005 and REDE/1512/RME/2005 funding provided by FCT).
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