Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Mixed conducting perovskite membranes have attracted much research interest for use in air separation. However, the application of perovskite hollow fiber membranes is limited by their brittleness. Herein, the fiber bundling in a perovskite matrix is reported to overcome the phy...

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Main Authors: Hu, Y., An, R., Chu, Y., Tan, X., Sunarso, J., Wang, Shaobin, Liu, Shaomin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62995
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author Hu, Y.
An, R.
Chu, Y.
Tan, X.
Sunarso, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Shaomin
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An, R.
Chu, Y.
Tan, X.
Sunarso, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Shaomin
author_sort Hu, Y.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Mixed conducting perovskite membranes have attracted much research interest for use in air separation. However, the application of perovskite hollow fiber membranes is limited by their brittleness. Herein, the fiber bundling in a perovskite matrix is reported to overcome the physical weakness of the individual perovskite hollow fiber membranes. This has been achieved by binding these hollow fibers into one matrix using a porous binder made from the same membrane material, i.e., La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Co 0.2 Fe 0.8 O 3-d (LSCF) perovskite. The bending force for one individual LSCF hollow fiber is 2.18 N for a fixed length of 4 cm; in contrast, the bending forces for the LSCF bundle in the same length including 3, 5, 8, and 10 single LSCF hollow fibers are 6.80, 11.77, 23.97, and 39.02 N, respectively. The membrane bundle was evaluated for air separation using a sweep gas mode by passing the air in the shell side and a rgon through the fiber lumen operated from 800 to 1000 °C. The oxygen flux through the single LSCF hollow fiber at 950 °C was 0.26 mL cm -2 min -1 (standard conditions) but the bundle gave a higher flux improved by 76% up to 0.46 mL cm -2 min -1 under similar testing conditions due to the porous matrix with enhanced surface reaction kinetics. The resultant membrane bundle demonstrates exceeding performance for air separation in terms of high oxygen flux, mechanical strength, and thermal stability for an easy scale-up.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-629952018-02-06T06:23:08Z Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation Hu, Y. An, R. Chu, Y. Tan, X. Sunarso, J. Wang, Shaobin Liu, Shaomin © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Mixed conducting perovskite membranes have attracted much research interest for use in air separation. However, the application of perovskite hollow fiber membranes is limited by their brittleness. Herein, the fiber bundling in a perovskite matrix is reported to overcome the physical weakness of the individual perovskite hollow fiber membranes. This has been achieved by binding these hollow fibers into one matrix using a porous binder made from the same membrane material, i.e., La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Co 0.2 Fe 0.8 O 3-d (LSCF) perovskite. The bending force for one individual LSCF hollow fiber is 2.18 N for a fixed length of 4 cm; in contrast, the bending forces for the LSCF bundle in the same length including 3, 5, 8, and 10 single LSCF hollow fibers are 6.80, 11.77, 23.97, and 39.02 N, respectively. The membrane bundle was evaluated for air separation using a sweep gas mode by passing the air in the shell side and a rgon through the fiber lumen operated from 800 to 1000 °C. The oxygen flux through the single LSCF hollow fiber at 950 °C was 0.26 mL cm -2 min -1 (standard conditions) but the bundle gave a higher flux improved by 76% up to 0.46 mL cm -2 min -1 under similar testing conditions due to the porous matrix with enhanced surface reaction kinetics. The resultant membrane bundle demonstrates exceeding performance for air separation in terms of high oxygen flux, mechanical strength, and thermal stability for an easy scale-up. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62995 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.10.037 Pergamon Press restricted
spellingShingle Hu, Y.
An, R.
Chu, Y.
Tan, X.
Sunarso, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Shaomin
Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title_full Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title_fullStr Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title_full_unstemmed Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title_short Perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
title_sort perovskite hollow fiber membranes supported in a porous and catalytically active perovskite matrix for air separation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62995