Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes

Microchanneled membranes have demonstrated high oxygen permeation fluxes owing to the shortened oxygen permeation distance and the enlarged membrane surface area. In this study, further improvement of the oxygen permeation flux has been attempted through using dual-phase membranes and applying catal...

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Main Authors: Shao, Xin, Dong, Dehua, Parkinson, Alan, Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14825
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author Shao, Xin
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Alan
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_facet Shao, Xin
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Alan
Li, Chun-Zhu
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building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Microchanneled membranes have demonstrated high oxygen permeation fluxes owing to the shortened oxygen permeation distance and the enlarged membrane surface area. In this study, further improvement of the oxygen permeation flux has been attempted through using dual-phase membranes and applying catalysts on the membrane surfaces. Compared with pure La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) membranes, LSCF–Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ (GDC) dual-phase membranes increased oxygen flux by 57% due to the balanced oxygen ionic and electronic conductivities. The open microchannel structure facilitated the coating of catalysts on both sides of the membranes because catalyst can readily be delivered to the membrane surface on the microchannel side through the numerous microchannels. The catalyst increased the oxygen fluxes of both pure LSCF membranes and dual-phase membranes, while it had a larger effect on the dual-phase membranes because its surface reactions play a more significant role in controlling the overall oxygen permeation. Finally, the improvements increased oxygen flux through the microchanneled membranes from 1.4 to 3.8 ml cm-2 min-1 at 950°C, i.e. by a factor of 2.7.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-148252017-09-13T14:06:27Z Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes Shao, Xin Dong, Dehua Parkinson, Alan Li, Chun-Zhu Catalyst Oxygen permeation membrane Microchanneled structure Dual-phase Microchanneled membranes have demonstrated high oxygen permeation fluxes owing to the shortened oxygen permeation distance and the enlarged membrane surface area. In this study, further improvement of the oxygen permeation flux has been attempted through using dual-phase membranes and applying catalysts on the membrane surfaces. Compared with pure La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) membranes, LSCF–Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-δ (GDC) dual-phase membranes increased oxygen flux by 57% due to the balanced oxygen ionic and electronic conductivities. The open microchannel structure facilitated the coating of catalysts on both sides of the membranes because catalyst can readily be delivered to the membrane surface on the microchannel side through the numerous microchannels. The catalyst increased the oxygen fluxes of both pure LSCF membranes and dual-phase membranes, while it had a larger effect on the dual-phase membranes because its surface reactions play a more significant role in controlling the overall oxygen permeation. Finally, the improvements increased oxygen flux through the microchanneled membranes from 1.4 to 3.8 ml cm-2 min-1 at 950°C, i.e. by a factor of 2.7. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14825 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.025 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Catalyst
Oxygen permeation membrane
Microchanneled structure
Dual-phase
Shao, Xin
Dong, Dehua
Parkinson, Alan
Li, Chun-Zhu
Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title_full Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title_fullStr Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title_short Improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
title_sort improvement of oxygen permeation through microchanneled ceramic membranes
topic Catalyst
Oxygen permeation membrane
Microchanneled structure
Dual-phase
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14825