Issue 16, 2018

Highly permeable CHA membranes prepared by fluoride synthesis for efficient CO2/CH4 separation

Abstract

All-silica CHA nanocrystals, much smaller (20–200 nm) than previously reported, were prepared by an improved method developed in the present work. The nanocrystals are prepared by adding milled crystals to a fluoride synthesis mixture and we observed that much smaller crystals are obtained by adding a much higher fraction of milled crystals. In the next step, CHA membranes with a thickness of ca. 1.3 μm were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of a monolayer of nanocrystals supported on porous graded alumina discs in a fluoride synthesis gel. Finally, the membranes were calcined at 480 °C. The highest measured single gas CO2 permeance was 172 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 at room temperature. The highly permeable membranes were evaluated for separation of CO2 from an equimolar mixture with CH4 at varying temperatures. The highest observed CO2 mixture permeance was 84 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 at 276 K with a separation selectivity of 47 at 9 bar feed pressure and atmospheric permeate pressure. At room temperature, the CO2 mixture permeance was also as high as 78 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 with a separation selectivity of 32. To the best of our knowledge, these CO2 permeances are by far the highest reported for CHA membranes, while the selectivity is similar to that reported previously at comparable test conditions.

Graphical abstract: Highly permeable CHA membranes prepared by fluoride synthesis for efficient CO2/CH4 separation

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Feb 2018
Accepted
26 Mar 2018
First published
28 Mar 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 6847-6853

Highly permeable CHA membranes prepared by fluoride synthesis for efficient CO2/CH4 separation

L. Yu, A. Holmgren, M. Zhou and J. Hedlund, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 6847 DOI: 10.1039/C8TA01240G

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