Gas permeation properties and characterization of mitrimid based carbon tubular membrane
Carbon membranes offer high potential in gas separation industry due to its highly selective. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of carbonization parameter such as polymer composition, carbonization temperature, and carbonization environment on the gas separation properties. Po...
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2015
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Summary: | Carbon membranes offer high potential in gas separation industry due to its
highly selective. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of
carbonization parameter such as polymer composition, carbonization
temperature, and carbonization environment on the gas separation properties.
Polyimide (Matrimid 5218) was used as a precursor for carbon tubular
membrane to produce high quality of carbon membrane via carbonization
process. The polymer solution containing 5wt%, 10wt%, 13wt%, 15wt%, and
18wt% of Matrimid are prepared based carbon tubular membrane. The polymer
solution was coated 3 times on the surface of tubular ceramic tubes by using
dip-coating method. Dip-coating technique offer high potential in fabricating
defect free carbon membrane. The polymer tubular membrane was then
carbonized under nitrogen or argon atmosphere at temperature of 600, 750, and
850 oC with heating rate of 2 oC/min. Matrimid-based carbon tubular
membranes were fabricated and characterized in terms of its structural
morphology, chemical structure, thermal stability, and gas permeation
properties by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform
infrared (FTIR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and pure gas permeation
system, respectively. From the results, it is found that the best polymer
composition was 15wt% while the best carbonization temperature for the
preparation of carbon membrane-based Matrimid 5218 was at 850 oC. The
highest CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 selectivity of 83.30 and 75.73, was obtained for
carbon membrane prepared under nitrogen environment. Meanwhile, for
carbon membrane prepared under argon environment, the highest CO2/CH4 and
CO2/N2 selectivity of 87.30 and 79.69, respectively, was achieved. The result
indicated that the performance of the carbon tubular membrane can be
controlled by varying the carbonization environment. |
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