CO2 Plasticization of Polyethersulfone/Polyimide Gas-Separation Membranes

Kapantaidakis, G.C. and Koops, G.H. and Wessling, M. and Kaldis, S.P. and Sakellaropoulos, G.P. (2003) CO2 Plasticization of Polyethersulfone/Polyimide Gas-Separation Membranes. AIChE Journal, 49 (7). pp. 1702-1711. ISSN 0001-1541

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Abstract:	This work reports the CO2 plasticization of gas-separation hollow-fiber membranes based on polyimide and polyethersulfone blends. The feed pressure effect on the permeance of pure gases (CO2, N2) and the separation performance of a gaseous mixture (CO2/N2, 55/45%) is examined. Contrary to dense membranes, the permeance of CO2 through ultrathin asymmetric fibers increases immediately with pressure resulting in pronounced apparent plasticization and reduction of the ideal CO2/N2 selectivity. However, no evidence of plasticization was observed when a CO2/N2, 55/45% mixture was fed to the hollow-fiber membranes. In all cases, CO2 permeance decreased with pressure, while that of N2 remained constant. Experimental results were validated by means of mathematical modeling. Membrane-separation performance was overestimated when pressure-independent permeabilities were used in the model, while pressure-dependent permeabilities, due to the overall effect of plasticization and competition phenomena, explained excellently, the obtained stage-cut and permeate purity.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Membrane Science and Technology (MST)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/40761
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690490710
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