聚酰亚胺气体分离膜的进展

本文叙述了近年来聚酰亚胺气体分离膜的发展概况。讨论了聚合物结构、共聚改性、交联改性和成膜历史对聚酰亚胺透气性能的影响。脂环族聚酰亚胺和六氟二酐(6FDA)型聚酰亚胺兼具有高透气性和高透气选择性,是一类具有发展前途的气体分离膜材料。     

分子结构对6FDA型聚酰亚胺透气性能的影响

理想的气体分离膜材料应该同时具有高的透气性和良好的透气选择性、高强度、耐高温、耐化学介质和良好的成膜加工性能,聚酰亚胺是一类具有各种优良性能的气体分离膜材料,其中尤以6FDA型聚酰亚胺最引人注目,这类聚酰亚胺在保持普通聚酰亚胺高性能的基础上,改善了加工性能,它们可溶于极性非质子溶剂,可采用相转换法制成不对称膜。本文报道这类聚酰亚胺的分子结构与气体分离性能的关系。     

过渡金属有机络合物添加剂对聚酰亚胺气体分离膜性能的影响

采用具有庞大取代基团的过渡金属有机络合物作为添加剂制备了聚酰亚胺气体分离膜,研究了过渡金属盐、有机配体和金属络合物对聚酰亚胺均质膜和非对称膜氢、氮气体透过性能的影响,结果表明过渡金属盐添加剂提高了分离系数,但降低了气体透过速率;有机配体添加剂增大了气体透过速率却降低了分离系数;以络合物作添加剂时,可在不降低分离系数的情况下使气体透过速率得到提高,是一种改进气体分离膜性能的有效方法。     

含叔丁基聚酰亚胺均质膜的气体分离性能

采用高温“一步法”缩聚合成了一系列含叔丁基的可溶性芳香聚酰亚胺树脂, 然后通过溶液浇注法制得相应均质薄膜, 并对其气体分离性能进行了测试, 同时研究了二酐结构和温度对聚酰亚胺均质膜气体分离性能的影响. 结果表明, 对于H₂, N₂, O₂, CO₂和CH₄ 等5种气体, 含叔丁基聚酰亚胺均质膜不仅表现出良好的透气性, 而且具有较高的气体透过选择性, 4,4'-(六氟异丙烯)二酞酸酐(6FDA)和均苯四甲酸二酐(PMDA)两类聚酰亚胺均质膜的气体分离性能最佳. 除CO₂外, 这两类聚酰亚胺均质膜的气体渗透系数随温度升高而升高, 而所有测试气体在这两种均质膜中的扩散系数和溶解度系数均随温度升高而增大.     

抗溶胀型聚酰亚胺气体分离膜的制备及其研究进展

膜分离技术具有绿色、高效、低能耗等特点.聚酰亚胺膜具有优异的气体分离性能及机械性能,但在分离高压天然气及生物气时,聚酰亚胺膜易被CO2溶胀塑化,导致膜的选择性下降.近年来,已经报道了多种可用于提高聚酰亚胺膜抗溶胀的技术.本文介绍了由于CO2渗透引起的聚合物膜塑化机理,并详述了热退火、热交联、化学交联、热重排、与纳米材料共混及与聚合物共混等用于抑制聚酰亚胺膜塑化的方法,提出了用于天然气及生物气分离的膜材料,未来的主要研究方向是开发同时具备高气体渗透性及高抗CO2塑化的聚酰亚胺膜材料.     

季胺盐对共混聚酰亚胺膜气体除湿性能的影响

季胺盐对共混聚酰亚胺膜气体除湿性能的影响;共混改性;聚酰亚胺;季胺盐;亲水性;除湿     

聚酰亚胺、聚砜、聚醚砜及其共混改性中空纤维膜用于醇/醚气相分离的研究

甲醇／ 甲基叔丁基醚的分离是目前具有实用意义的重要研究课题之一,采用气流吹扫式操作,研究了聚酰亚胺、不同结构的聚砜中空纤维膜在不同操作条件下,对甲醇／ 甲基叔丁基醚气相混合体系的分离性能,也研究共混改性对分离膜性能的影响。结果表明,各种材料的膜具有相近的分离行为,即随着气相中甲醇含量的增加,透过通量逐渐增大而分离系数逐渐减小,聚酰亚胺膜具有适中的透过通量,但具有很高的分离系数,在甲醇浓度低于２０ ％ 时,分离系数可达数千。采用聚醚砜共混改性的聚酰亚胺膜在未明显降低透过通量的条件下,使醇／ 醚分离系数大幅度提高,有很好的应用前景。     

四羧酸环戊烷型聚酰亚胺膜对CO_2和CH_4的透过性

四羧酸环戊烷型聚酰亚胺膜对ＣＯ２和ＣＨ４的透过性张俊彦潘光明（中国科学院兰州化学物理研究所兰州７３００００）关键词环戊烷四羧酸，聚酰亚胺，气体分离，膜理想的气体分离膜材料应具有高的透气性和良好的透气选择性，耐高低温，耐化学介质和良好的机械强度及膜加...     

聚酰亚胺中空纤维膜的脱湿性能以及在乙醇气相脱水过程中的应用研究

采用聚酰亚胺和磺化聚芳醚砜共混改性的中空纤维膜,研究了在不同操作条件下对压缩空气的脱湿性能,并以此作为吹扫气源,研究了在气流吹扫操作方式下蒸汽渗透法乙醇气相脱水过程,实验结果表明,膜的脱水性能与膜材料的亲水性有关,控制共混比例可以得到综合性能优良的气体脱湿膜。在压缩空气脱湿过程中,提高操作压力和气流回扫比对降低产品气的露点是有利的,在０．３５ＭＰａ的操作压力下,可得到露点低于－２５℃的产品空气。在乙醇气相脱水过程中,采用干燥的吹扫气流并增加吹扫气流的速率对提高水／醇分离系数是十分必要的,当采用合适的操作条件时,改性聚酰亚胺中空纤维膜的水／醇分离系数可达１５０～２００。     

含聚醚链段聚酰亚胺膜的制备及气体分离性能

利用均苯四甲酸二酐（PMDA）与4,4’-二氨基二苯醚（ODA）和聚醚胺（PPO, Mn～2000）共聚合,合成聚酰胺酸前驱体,经热处理得到一系列含PPO链段的聚酰亚胺薄膜.研究了PPO链段的引入对薄膜结构及气体分离性能的影响.结果表明,在芳香族聚酰亚胺中引入柔性链段PPO有利于气体分子的传输.得益于PPO链段在分离膜内部形成的微相分离结构,气体分子在分离膜内的扩散系数随PPO含量的增加显著提升.当PPO含量为65 wt%时,PPO链段在分离膜内仍呈现非晶相,CO₂渗透系数高达131.61 Barrer,比PMDA/ODA均聚聚酰亚胺薄膜提高22倍.同时,得益于聚醚链段对CO₂独特的亲和作用,随着PPO含量的提高,分离膜对CO₂/N₂的分离系数由18.77提高至30.12.结果表明PPO链段的引入对于调控聚酰亚胺膜的结构和气体分离性能具有重要作用.     

CO_2捕集炭膜的前驱体结构设计及性能

从分子结构设计出发,合成了一系列新型刚性、高自由体积的聚酰亚胺炭膜前驱体,并制备了炭膜.采用热重分析(TGA)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、X射线衍射(XRD)和高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)研究了不同聚酰亚胺前驱体的热分解特性及在热解炭化过程中化学结构、微结构的变化规律;测试了所制备炭膜的气体分离性能.结果表明,前驱体的自由体积分数显著影响炭膜的气体分离性能;聚合物结构越具刚性,自由体积越大,所得炭膜结构越疏松,极微孔道尺寸越大,越有利于气体分子在炭膜极微孔道中的渗透、扩散与传输.其中,刚性大体积基团芴基、酚酞cardo基团和六氟异丙基的引入能有效破坏分子链间的堆积,提高聚合物的自由体积,所形成炭膜的结构较疏松,均表现出优异的气体渗透性和分离选择性,超越了Robeson上限,解决了传统炭膜气体渗透性能低的问题.特别是采用羟基官能化聚酰亚胺前驱体制备的炭膜在保持较高气体分离选择性的同时,CO_2气体的渗透性高达24770 Barrer(1 Barrer≈7.5×10-18m2·s-1·Pa-1),可实现对CO_2的有效分离和捕集,展现出良好的商业化应用前景.     

Carbon Molecular Sieve Membrane Preparation by Economical Coating and Pyrolysis of Porous Polymer Hollow Fibers

Dip coating and pyrolysis processes are used to create multi‐layer asymmetric carbon molecular sieve (CMS) hollow fiber membranes with excellent gas separation properties. Coating of an economical engineered support with a high‐performance polyimide to create precursor fibers with a dense skin layer reduces material cost by 25‐fold compared to monolithic precursors or ceramic supports. CMS permeation results with CO₂/CH₄ (50:50) mixed gas feed show attractive CO₂/CH₄ selectivity of 58.8 and CO₂ permeance of 310 GPU at 35 °C.     

Hyperaging Tuning of a Carbon Molecular‐Sieve Hollow Fiber Membrane with Extraordinary Gas‐Separation Performance and Stability

This study reports 6FDA:BPDA‐DAM polyimide‐derived hollow fiber carbon molecular‐sieve (CMS) membranes for hydrogen and ethylene separation. Since H₂/C₂H₄ selectivity is the lowest among H₂/(C₁‐C₃) hydrocarbons, an optimized CMS fiber for this gas pair is useful for removing hydrogen from all‐cracked gas mixtures. A process we term hyperaging provides highly selective CMS fiber membranes by tuning CMS ultramicropores to favor H₂ over larger molecules to give a H₂/C₂H₄ selectivity of over 250. Hyperaging conditions and a hyperaging mechanism are discussed in terms of an expedited physical aging process, which is largely controlled by the hyperaging temperature. For the specific CMS material considered here, a hyperaging temperature beyond 90 °C but less than 250 °C works best. Hyperaging also stabilizes CMS materials against physical aging and stabilizes the performance of H₂ separation over extended periods. This work opens a door in the development of CMS materials for the separation of small molecules from large molecules.     

聚合物/无机纳米粒子复合膜在气体分离中的研究进展

由于聚合物膜具有可高度设计、机械性能好、易于加工 等优点,是理想的气体分离材料。然而,聚合物膜在气体选择性和渗透性方面存在平衡限制,在聚合物中引入纳米粒子,是提高气体分离性能的一种有效手段。本文基于聚合物/无机纳米粒子复合膜在气体分离领域的研究现状,重点阐述了零维纳米粒子（二氧化硅、二氧化钛）、一维纳米粒子（碳纳米管）、二维纳米粒子（氧化石墨烯、二维过渡金属氧化物）、三维纳米粒子（金属有机框架、沸石）对气体分离性能的影响,并展望了聚合物复合分离膜的发展趋势,为未来高效分离膜的研发提供了参考。     

In situ Generation of Reticulate Micropores through Covalent Network/Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Reverse‐Selective Separation of Carbon Dioxide

We demonstrate the synthesis of a microporous covalent‐network membrane derived from co‐continuous blends of a porogenic urea network and a polyimide (PI). We show that the urea networks in the PI matrix may be thermally rearranged while selectively expelling small molecular fragments, thereby forming a new network bearing reticular microporous molecular pathways. The porous structures enable reverse‐selective gas separation, efficiently blocking carbon dioxide to which most polymeric membranes exhibit selective permeability. The proposed method for fabricating microporous organic membranes with highly tunable porosities using a variety of chemical structures and processing parameters is facile and shows promise for the creation of new membrane‐based molecular‐separation techniques.     

High‐Flux Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes for Gas Separation

Carbon membranes have great potential for highly selective and cost‐efficient gas separation. Carbon is chemically stable and it is relative cheap. The controlled carbonization of a polymer coating on a porous ceramic support provides a 3D carbon material with molecular sieving permeation performance. The carbonization of the polymer blend gives turbostratic carbon domains of randomly stacked together sp² hybridized carbon sheets as well as sp³ hybridized amorphous carbon. In the evaluation of the carbon molecular sieve membrane, hydrogen could be separated from propane with a selectivity of 10 000 with a hydrogen permeance of 5 m³(STP)/(m²hbar). Furthermore, by a post‐synthesis oxidative treatment, the permeation fluxes are increased by widening the pores, and the molecular sieve carbon membrane is transformed from a molecular sieve carbon into a selective surface flow carbon membrane with adsorption controlled performance and becomes selective for carbon dioxide.     

High-Flux Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes for Gas Separation

Carbon membranes have great potential for highly selective and cost-efficient gas separation. Carbon is chemically stable and it is relative cheap. The controlled carbonization of a polymer coating on a porous ceramic support provides a 3D carbon material with molecular sieving permeation performance. The carbonization of the polymer blend gives turbostratic carbon domains of randomly stacked together sp² hybridized carbon sheets as well as sp³ hybridized amorphous carbon. In the evaluation of the carbon molecular sieve membrane, hydrogen could be separated from propane with a selectivity of 10 000 with a hydrogen permeance of 5 m³(STP)/(m²hbar). Furthermore, by a post-synthesis oxidative treatment, the permeation fluxes are increased by widening the pores, and the molecular sieve carbon membrane is transformed from a molecular sieve carbon into a selective surface flow carbon membrane with adsorption controlled performance and becomes selective for carbon dioxide.     

Structure and properties relationships for aromatic polyimides and their derived carbon membranes: experimental and simulation approaches

The main objective of this study is to investigate the factors of the chemical structure and physical properties of rigid polyimides in determining the performance of derived carbon membranes through both the experimental and simulation methods. Four polyimides made of different dianhydrides were pyrolyzed at 550 and 800 degrees C under vacuum conditions. The resultant carbon membranes exhibit excellent gas separation performances beyond the traditional upper limit line for polymer membranes. The thermal stability and the fractional free volume (FFV) of polyimides were examined by a thermogravimetric analyzer and a density meter. The chain properties of polyimide, such as flatness, chain linearity, and mobility, were simulated using the Cerius(2) software. All above characterizations of polyimides were related to the microstructure and gas transport properties of the resultant carbon membranes. It was observed that the high FFV values and low thermal stability of polyimide produce carbon membranes with bigger pore and higher gas permeability at low pyrolysis temperatures. Therefore, polyimides with big thermally labile side groups should be preferred to prepare carbon membranes at low pyrolysis temperatures for high permeability applications. On the other side, since the flatness and in-plane orientation of precursors may lead carbon membranes to ordered structure, thus obtaining high gas selectivity, linear polyimides with more coplanar aromatic rings should be first choice to prepare carbon membranes at high pyrolysis temperatures for high selectivity applications. The location of the indan group also affects chain flatness and in-plane orientation. As a result, carbon membranes derived from the BTDA-DAI precursor have superior separation performance to those derived from Matrimid.     

Polymeric Membrane Nanofiltration and Its Application to Separations in the Chemical Industries

The application of membrane technology, particularly water-based nanofiltration, as a separation process in the chemical industries has increased tremendously in recent years. However, the use of membranes capable of molecular separation in non-aqueous systems (e.g. nanofiltration) is a relatively new and growing application of membrane technology. The main challenge in applying polymeric nanofiltration membranes to non-aqueous systems is that the polymers developed for water-based applications are not suitable. Polyimide is a particularly interesting polymer as it has excellent chemical resistance, and membranes produced from it provide desirable separation properties – i.e. economically viable flux and good separation of nanoscale molecules. Various research works have shown that commercial polyimide organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) membranes, trademark STARMEM™, 1 are robust and suitable for performing molecular separations. This work will discuss in detail the use of STARMEM™ in a pharmaceutical application. The EIC-OSN process was developed for separating the enantiomers of chiral compounds in pharmaceutical applications. High optical purity (94.9%) of (S)-phenylethanol from rac-phenylethanol was achieved through the use of STARMEM™122. Process simulation of the ideal eutomer-distomer system predicted that the highest theoretical resolvability from this process would be 99.2%. Other application areas of OSN are varied, including purification and fractionation in the natural products industry, homogeneous catalyst recovery, monomer separation from oligomers, etc. Currently, OSN is used in a small number of processes including a very large petrochemical application, but it has the potential to be applied to a wide range of separations across the full spectrum of the chemical industries.