Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide permeation through glassy polymeric membranes for carbon dioxide separation

CA Scholes; GQ Chen; GW Stevens; SE Kentish

Journal article

Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide permeation through glassy polymeric membranes for carbon dioxide separation

CA Scholes, GQ Chen, GW Stevens, SE Kentish

Chemical Engineering Research and Design | ELSEVIER | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.04.001

Abstract

Minor components present in polymeric membrane gas separation can have a significant influence on the separation performance. Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide exist in post-combustion gas streams and can therefore influence CO2 transport through membranes designed for that application. Here, the permeability of nitric oxide (NO) through three glassy polymeric membranes (polysulfone, Matrimid 5218 and 6FDA-TMPDA) was determined and found to be less than the CO2 but greater than the N2 permeability in each membrane. This study also investigated the influence of 1000ppm CO on the mixed gas permeability of CO2 and N2 for two glassy polymeric membranes; polysulfone and 6FDA-TMPDA. For both membra..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Colin Scholes Author

George Chen Author

Geoff Stevens Author

Sandra Kentish Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, a Special Research Centre of the Australian Research Council for access to equipment. Funding for this project is provided by the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) through the Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre program.