Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration

Complete CO2/CH4 gas separation was aimed in this study. Accordingly, asymmetric neat polysulfone (PSF) and PSF/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blend membranes were prepared by wet/wet phase inversion technique. The effects of two different variables such as type of external nonsolvent and type of solven...

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Main Authors: Moradihamedani, Pourya, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa, Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin, Yusof, Nor Azah
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Published: Wiley 2013
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author Moradihamedani, Pourya
Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin
Yusof, Nor Azah
author_facet Moradihamedani, Pourya
Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin
Yusof, Nor Azah
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description Complete CO2/CH4 gas separation was aimed in this study. Accordingly, asymmetric neat polysulfone (PSF) and PSF/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blend membranes were prepared by wet/wet phase inversion technique. The effects of two different variables such as type of external nonsolvent and type of solvent on morphology and gas separation ability of neat PSF membranes were examined. Moreover, the influence of PVP concentration on structure, thermal properties, and gas separation properties of PSF/PVP blend membrane were tested. The SEM results presented the variation in membrane morphology in different membrane preparation conditions. Atomic forced microscopic images displayed that surface roughness parameters increased significantly in higher PVP loading and then gas separation properties of membrane improved. Thermal gravimetric analysis confirms higher thermal stability of membrane in higher PVP loading. Differential scanning calorimetric results prove miscibility and compatibility of PSF and PVP in the blend membrane. The permeation results indicate that, the CO2 permeance through prepared PSF membrane reached the maximum (275 ± 1 GPU) using 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent and butanol (BuOH) as an external nonsolvent. While, a higher CO2/CH4 selectivity (5.75 ± 0.1) was obtained using N-N-dimethyl-acetamide (DMAc) as a solvent and propanol (PrOH) as an external nonsolvent. The obtained results show that PSF/PVP blend membrane containing 10 wt % of PVP was able to separate CO2 from CH4 completely up to three bar as feed pressure.
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spelling upm-303352015-10-08T07:26:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30335/ Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration Moradihamedani, Pourya Ibrahim, Nor Azowa Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin Yusof, Nor Azah Complete CO2/CH4 gas separation was aimed in this study. Accordingly, asymmetric neat polysulfone (PSF) and PSF/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blend membranes were prepared by wet/wet phase inversion technique. The effects of two different variables such as type of external nonsolvent and type of solvent on morphology and gas separation ability of neat PSF membranes were examined. Moreover, the influence of PVP concentration on structure, thermal properties, and gas separation properties of PSF/PVP blend membrane were tested. The SEM results presented the variation in membrane morphology in different membrane preparation conditions. Atomic forced microscopic images displayed that surface roughness parameters increased significantly in higher PVP loading and then gas separation properties of membrane improved. Thermal gravimetric analysis confirms higher thermal stability of membrane in higher PVP loading. Differential scanning calorimetric results prove miscibility and compatibility of PSF and PVP in the blend membrane. The permeation results indicate that, the CO2 permeance through prepared PSF membrane reached the maximum (275 ± 1 GPU) using 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent and butanol (BuOH) as an external nonsolvent. While, a higher CO2/CH4 selectivity (5.75 ± 0.1) was obtained using N-N-dimethyl-acetamide (DMAc) as a solvent and propanol (PrOH) as an external nonsolvent. The obtained results show that PSF/PVP blend membrane containing 10 wt % of PVP was able to separate CO2 from CH4 completely up to three bar as feed pressure. Wiley 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30335/1/Separation%20of%20CO2%20from%20CH4%20by%20pure%20PSF%20and%20PSF.pdf Moradihamedani, Pourya and Ibrahim, Nor Azowa and Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin and Yusof, Nor Azah (2013) Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 130 (2). pp. 1139-1147. ISSN 0021-8995; ESSN: 1097-4628 10.1002/app.39288 English
spellingShingle Moradihamedani, Pourya
Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin
Yusof, Nor Azah
Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title_full Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title_fullStr Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title_full_unstemmed Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title_short Separation of CO2 from CH4 by pure PSF and PSF/PVP blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and PVP concentration
title_sort separation of co2 from ch4 by pure psf and psf/pvp blend membranes : effects of type of nonsolvent, solvent, and pvp concentration
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