Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation

Microchanneled ceramic membranes have demonstrated superior performance in oxygen separation from air over conventional membranes. In this study, the contributions of the microchannel structure to the superior performance were investigated. Compared with supported membranes, the microchanneled membr...

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Main Authors: Shao, Xin, Wang, Zhitao, Xu, Shanshan, Xie, K., Hu, Xun, Dong, Dehua, Parkinson, Gordon, Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13425
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author Shao, Xin
Wang, Zhitao
Xu, Shanshan
Xie, K.
Hu, Xun
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Gordon
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_facet Shao, Xin
Wang, Zhitao
Xu, Shanshan
Xie, K.
Hu, Xun
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Gordon
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_sort Shao, Xin
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Microchanneled ceramic membranes have demonstrated superior performance in oxygen separation from air over conventional membranes. In this study, the contributions of the microchannel structure to the superior performance were investigated. Compared with supported membranes, the microchanneled membranes provide fast pathways within the channels for gas diffusion as compared to the tortuous interconnection of pore channels in the supported membranes. The walls of the numerous channels provide a large surface for facilitating oxygen dissociation, which was confirmed by varying the channel wall surface using mesh templates with different aperture sizes. In summary, the microchannel structure facilitates gas diffusion and provides a large membrane active surface, resulting in high performance in oxygen separation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-134252018-05-16T06:55:42Z Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation Shao, Xin Wang, Zhitao Xu, Shanshan Xie, K. Hu, Xun Dong, Dehua Parkinson, Gordon Li, Chun-Zhu Microchanneled ceramic membranes have demonstrated superior performance in oxygen separation from air over conventional membranes. In this study, the contributions of the microchannel structure to the superior performance were investigated. Compared with supported membranes, the microchanneled membranes provide fast pathways within the channels for gas diffusion as compared to the tortuous interconnection of pore channels in the supported membranes. The walls of the numerous channels provide a large surface for facilitating oxygen dissociation, which was confirmed by varying the channel wall surface using mesh templates with different aperture sizes. In summary, the microchannel structure facilitates gas diffusion and provides a large membrane active surface, resulting in high performance in oxygen separation. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13425 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.05.005 Elsevier Ltd fulltext
spellingShingle Shao, Xin
Wang, Zhitao
Xu, Shanshan
Xie, K.
Hu, Xun
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Gordon
Li, Chun-Zhu
Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title_full Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title_fullStr Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title_full_unstemmed Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title_short Microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
title_sort microchannel structure of ceramic membranes for oxygen separation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13425