Characterization of SAPO-34 membranes by water adsorption |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-143, Tehran, Iran;2. Gas Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, 14665-1998, Iran;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Succ. Centre-villem, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The effects of humidity on gas permeation were studied for five SAPO-34 membranes with different fractions of permeation through non-SAPO pores. Membranes with high CO2/CH4 separation selectivities (>20) were stable in humidified gases, but degradation was seen for some membranes after months of exposure to the laboratory atmosphere. Once the membranes started to degrade, the rate of degradation appeared to accelerate. The degradation created non-SAPO pores that were larger than the SAPO-34 pores, as indicated by i-C4H10 permeance, CO2/CH4 selectivity, and CO2 flux dependence on pressure. The effect of humidity on gas permeance correlated with these indicators of non-SAPO pores. Adsorbed water appeared to completely block the SAPO pores, but permeation through non-SAPO pores increased with humidity. Therefore, water adsorption can be used to determine membrane quality and the fraction of transport through non-SAPO pores. |
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