On the performance of customized MFI membranes for the separation of n-butane from methane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 96-104

  Wohlrab, Sebastian ^a   Meyer, Tobias ^a   Stöhr, Marion ^a   Hecker, Christine ^b   Lubenau, Udo ^c   Oßmann, Andreas ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E V AN DER UNIVERSITÄT ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c DBI Gas und Umwelttechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^d DBI Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas separation; Natural gas; Zeolite membrane

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; DEFECT FORMATION; FEED PRESSURE; FLEXIBLE DISTANCE; GAS PERMEATION; GAS SEPARATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; MFI MEMBRANES; N-BUTANE; PERMEATION FLUXES; PERMPOROMETRY; REACTANT RATIOS; REACTION TIME; SEED LAYER; SEPARATION FACTORS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPLATE REMOVAL; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

BINARY MIXTURES; BUTANE; GASES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

BUTANE; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE; ZEOLITE MOBILE FIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOBILE FIVE MEMBRANE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRESSURE;

EID: 79251611358     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.052     Document Type: Article

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