Title
Hydrogen permeation studies of composite supported alumina-carbon molecular sieves membranes: Separation of diluted hydrogen from mixtures with methane
Date Issued
28 May 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Llosa Tanco M.A.
Medrano J.A.
Cechetto V.
Gallucci F.
TECNALIA
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
One alternative for the storage and transport of hydrogen is blending a low amount of hydrogen (up to 15 or 20%) into existing natural gas grids. When demanded, hydrogen can be then separated, close to the end users using membranes. In this work, composite alumina carbon molecular sieves membranes (Al-CMSM) supported on tubular porous alumina have been prepared and characterized. Single gas permeation studies showed that the H2/CH4 separation properties at 30 °C are well above the Robeson limit of polymeric membranes. H2 permeation studies of the H2–CH4 mixture gases, containing 5–20% of H2 show that the H2 purity depends on the H2 content in the feed and the operating temperature. In the best scenario investigated in this work, for samples containing 10% of H2 with an inlet pressure of 7.5 bar and permeated pressure of 0.01 bar at 30 °C, the H2 purity obtained was 99.4%.
Start page
19758
End page
19767
Volume
46
Issue
37
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086847123
Source
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
ISSN of the container
03603199
Sponsor(s)
This project received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement N 700355 (Hygrid). This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme , Hydrogen Europe and N. ERGHY .
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