TY - JOUR
T1 - Thickness Effect on CO 2 /N 2 Separation in Double Layer Pebax-1657®/PDMS Membranes
AU - Selyanchyn, Roman
AU - Ariyoshi, Miho
AU - Fujikawa, Shigenori
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This work was supported by the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. R. Selyanchyn acknowledges the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) for a Grant-in-Aid for Research Start-up (no. 26889045).
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PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The effect of thickness in multilayer thin-film composite membranes on gas permeation has received little attention to date, and the gas permeances of the organic polymer membranes are believed to increase by membrane thinning. Moreover, the performance of defect-free layers with known gas permeability can be effectively described using the classical resistance in series models to predict both permeance and selectivity of the composite membrane. In this work, we have investigated the Pebax®-MH1657/PDMS double layer membrane as a selective/gutter layer combination that has the potential to achieve sufficient CO 2 /N 2 selectivity and permeance for efficient CO 2 and N 2 separation. CO 2 and N 2 transport through membranes with different thicknesses of two layers has been investigated both experimentally and with the utilization of resistance in series models. Model prediction for permeance/selectivity corresponded perfectly with experimental data for the thicker membranes. Surprisingly, a significant decrease from model predictions was observed when the thickness of the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (gutter layer) became relatively small (below 2 µm thickness). Material properties changed at low thicknesses-surface treatments and influence of porous support are discussed as possible reasons for observed deviations.
AB - The effect of thickness in multilayer thin-film composite membranes on gas permeation has received little attention to date, and the gas permeances of the organic polymer membranes are believed to increase by membrane thinning. Moreover, the performance of defect-free layers with known gas permeability can be effectively described using the classical resistance in series models to predict both permeance and selectivity of the composite membrane. In this work, we have investigated the Pebax®-MH1657/PDMS double layer membrane as a selective/gutter layer combination that has the potential to achieve sufficient CO 2 /N 2 selectivity and permeance for efficient CO 2 and N 2 separation. CO 2 and N 2 transport through membranes with different thicknesses of two layers has been investigated both experimentally and with the utilization of resistance in series models. Model prediction for permeance/selectivity corresponded perfectly with experimental data for the thicker membranes. Surprisingly, a significant decrease from model predictions was observed when the thickness of the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (gutter layer) became relatively small (below 2 µm thickness). Material properties changed at low thicknesses-surface treatments and influence of porous support are discussed as possible reasons for observed deviations.
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U2 - 10.3390/membranes8040121
DO - 10.3390/membranes8040121
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062426257
SN - 2077-0375
VL - 8
JO - Membranes
JF - Membranes
IS - 4
M1 - 121
ER -