HE Yupeng, WANG Zhi, QIAO Zhihua, et al. Novel mixed matrix composite membranes containing MCM-41 for CO2 separation[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (10): 3979-3990. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20150257.
HE Yupeng, WANG Zhi, QIAO Zhihua, et al. Novel mixed matrix composite membranes containing MCM-41 for CO2 separation[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (10): 3979-3990. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20150257.DOI:
To improve the performance of CO2 separation membrane
MCM-41 modified by amines (MCM-NH2) was filled into polyvinylamine (PVAm) aqueous solution to fabricate PVAm-MCM-NH2 coating solutions. PVAm-MCM-NH2/polysulfone (PSf) mixed matrix composite membranes were prepared by coating PVAm-MCM-NH2 solutions on PSf ultrafiltration membranes. The separation layer of the composite membrane was very thin
which benefited the improvement of CO2 permeance. The amine groups grafted to MCM-41 facilitated the transport of CO2 through reversible reaction and simultaneously improved the filler-polymer interface compatibility. The separation performance of PVAm-MCM-NH2/PSf membranes with different MCM-NH2 content was tested using CO2/N2 mixed gas (15% (vol) CO2 + 85%(vol) N2). When mMCM-NH2/mPVAm in the coating solution was 0.2 at testing temperature of 22℃ and feed gas pressure of 0.11 MPa
the composite membrane exhibited a CO2 permeance of 4.66×10-7 mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1 and a CO2/N2 selectivity of 150. The high-performance PVAm-MCM-NH2/PSf membrane showed promising applications in CO2 capture from flue gas. Moreover
the effects of the wet coating thickness
the heat treatment and the introduction of the small molecule amines on the separation performance of PVAm-MCM-NH2/PSf membrane were investigated. The results indicated that the increase of wet coating thickness (from 50 μm to 100 μm) with heat treatment under 80℃ or the introduction of ethanediamine would lead to the improvement of the pressure stability
but the loss of CO2/N2 separation performance under low pressures.