Organosilica membranes for gas separation were prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using three different types of silicon precursors: hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO), trimethylmethoxysilane (TMMOS), and methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS). Based on gas permeation measurement, the MTMOS-derived membrane showed the highest He/N 2 selectivity, followed by the TMMOS-derived and HMDSO-derived membranes. FT-IR characterization indicated that the HMDSO-derived membrane had the highest content of methyl group and the lowest Si-O-Si, while the methyl group content for the MTMOS-derived membrane was the lowest and Si-O-Si was the highest. These results suggest that the pore size of organosilica membranes could be tuned by changing the chemical structure of the silicon precursor. The MTMOS-derived membrane was further heat-treated to determine the effect of thermal annealing on gas-permeation properties. The gas permeances were drastically improved by the thermal annealing. After heat-treatment at 500C, the membrane showed a high H 2 permeance of 6.5 10 -7 mol/(m 2 s Pa) with a H 2 /SF 6 selectivity of 410 at 200C, and 5.6 10 -7 mol/(m 2 s Pa) with a H 2 /SF 6 selectivity of 360 at 50C.
Bipolar membrane electrodialysis is applied to CO 2 recovery from alkaline carbonate solution. CO 2 in flue gas is captured by an alkaline hydroxide absorbing solution to form an alkaline carbonate solution. The captured CO 2 is recovered from the alkaline carbonate solution via bipolar membrane electrodialysis, and the alkaline solution is regenerated simultaneously. To reduce the power requirement for CO 2 recovery, this study considers optimal design and operation. Three membrane arrangements were compared, and the results indicate the membrane arrangement comprising a bipolar membrane and cation exchange membrane is the most energy saving. With further optimization of operation conditions, the minimum power requirement for CO 2 recovery was reduced to 2.1 MJ/kg-CO 2 (or 2.1 GJ/t-CO 2 ).
Hybrid organosilica membranes have
become attractive for industrial
applications because of high performance and long-term stability.
This work investigated the influence of water vapor on CO2 gas permeation through the hybrid membranes. Two types of organoalkoxysilanes,
bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane (BTESE) and bis(triethoxysilyl)octane (BTESO),
were used as precursors to prepare membranes via the sol–gel
method. The two membranes showed distinct properties of porosity and
water affinity because of the differences in the bridging methylene
numbers between the two Si atoms. Under dry conditions, the BTESE
and BTESO membranes showed CO2 permeances as high as 7.66
× 10–7 and 6.63 × 10–7 mol m–2 s–1 Pa–1 with CO2/N2 selectivities of 36.1 and 12.6
at 40 °C, respectively. In the presence of water vapor, CO2 permeance was decreased for both membranes, but the effect
of water vapor on CO2 permeation was slighter for BTESO
membranes than it was for BTESE membranes because of more hydrophobicity
and denser structures with a longer linking-bridge group. The hybrid
organosilica membranes both showed good reproducibility and stability
in water vapor.
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