The development of inorganic membranes has mainly found applicability in liquid separation technologies. However, only a few reports cite the permeation and separation of liquids through inorganic nanofiltration membranes compared with the more popular microfiltration membranes. Herein, we prepared silica membranes using 3,3,3-trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane (TFPrTMOS) to investigate its liquid permeance performance using four different ion solutions (i.e., NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2, and MgSO4). The TFPrTMOS-derived membranes were deposited above a temperature of 175 °C, where the deposition behavior of TFPrTMOS was dependent on the organic functional groups decomposition temperature. The highest membrane rejection was from NaCl at 91.0% when deposited at 200 °C. For anions, the SO42− rejections were the greatest. It was also possible to separate monovalent and divalent anions, as the negatively charged groups on the membrane surfaces retained pore sizes >1.48 nm. Ions were also easily separated by molecular sieving below a pore size of 0.50 nm. For the TFPrTMOS-derived membrane deposited at 175 °C, glucose showed 67% rejection, which was higher than that achieved through the propyltrimethoxysilane membrane. We infer that charge exclusion might be due to the dissociation of hydroxyl groups resulting from decomposition of organic groups. Pore size and organic functional group decomposition were found to be important for ion permeation.
The development of acid separation membranes is important. Silica-based reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for sulfuric acid (H2SO4) solution separation were developed by using a counter diffusion chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Diphenyldimethoxysilane (DPhDMOS) was used as a silica precursor. The deposited membrane showed the H2SO4 rejection of 81% with a total flux of 5.8 kg m−2 h−1 from the 10−3 mol L−1 of H2SO4. The γ-alumina substrate was damaged by the permeation of the H2SO4 solution. In order to improve acid stability, the silica substrates were developed. The acid stability was checked by the gas permeation tests after immersing in 1 mol L−1 of the H2SO4 solution for 24 h. The N2 permeance decreased by 11% with the acid treatment through the silica substrate, while the permeance decreased to 94% through the γ-alumina substrate. The flux and the rejection through the DPhDMOS-derived membrane on the silica substrate were stable in the 70 wt % H2SO4 solution.
Silica hybrid membranes have been developed for a membrane reactor for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) reaction using a counter di usion chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The e ects of the alkyl chains in the silica precursor were investigated to control the membrane properties. Membrane reactor tests using a CVD silica membrane were performed. An ethyltrimethoxysilane (ETMOS)-derived membrane deposited at 500°C showed a high H 2 /C 3 H 8 selectivity of 650. The C 3 H 8 conversion was 53% with C 3 H 6 selectivity of 69% for the 600°C reaction in the membrane reactor. The conversion was slightly higher than that at equilibrium.
C3H8 C3H6 + H2, ∆H = 124 kJ mol −1 1 800 2),3) 4) 6) 10) Eq. 2 350 450 100 % 5) NH3 3 2 H2 + 1 2 N2, ∆H = 46 kJ mol −1 2 Eq. 3 11) C6H12 C6H6 + 3H2, ∆H = 205.9 kJ mol −1 3
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