Journal article
Helium separation using membrane technology: Recent advances and perspectives
Zhongde Dai, Jing Deng, Xuezhong He, Colin A Scholes, Xia Jiang, Bangda Wang, Hongfang Guo, Yulie Ma, Liyuan Deng
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY | ELSEVIER | Published : 2021
Abstract
Helium is an unrenewable noble gas produced from natural gas with a wide range of scientific, medical, and industrial applications. Due to the large differences in the kinetic diameters between helium (0.26 nm) and nitrogen (0.364 nm) or methane (0.38 nm), membrane technology has been considered a promising alternative to traditional technologies for helium recovery and purification. This paper systematically reviews the advances in membrane material development for helium separation in recent years. Gas permeation data presented in this work were collected from over 1000 membrane materials, including polymeric, inorganic, and mixed matrix membranes. Moreover, membrane processes for helium r..
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Awarded by Sichuan Science and Technology Program
Awarded by Research Council of Norway
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support from Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2021YFH0116). The authors would also acknowledge the Fat H2 project. 294533 from the Research Council of Norway.