Return to DOE Report Table of Contents

NETL Misc. Reports Table of Contents

A Review of Carbon Dioxide Selective Membranes:
A Topical Report - December 2003

Dushyant Shekhawat
David R. Luebke
Henry W. Pennline

National Energy Technology Laboratory

In the pdf format this document is 93 pages and 1.01MB.

Table of Contents

Introduction

5

Fundamental Background 6
  General Principles of Gas Separation Membranes 6
Classification 9
  Inorganic Membranes 9
Polymeric Membranes 10
Transport Mechanism for Inorganic Membranes 10
Physical Properties of CO2, CH4, N2, and H2 12
CO2 Selective Membranes 13
  Inorganic Membranes 13
  Alumina Membranes 13
Zeolite Membranes 14
Carbon Membranes 21
Silica Membranes 33
Perovskite Oxide-Type Membranes 42
Hydrotalcite Membranes 42
Polymeric Membranes 44
  Rubbery Polymeric Membranes 45
Glassy Polymeric Membranes 47
Hybrid Membranes 55
Mixed Matrix Membranes 64
Facilitated Transport Membranes 69
Palladium-Based Membranes 72
Future Directions 74
  Hybrid Membranes 74
Mixed Matrix Membranes 75
Hydrotalcite-Type Materials 76
Perovskite-Type Material 76
Others 76
Conclusions 77