A high-flux polyimide hollow fiber membrane to minimize footprint and energy penalty for CO 2 recovery from flue gas

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 423-424, Issue , 2012, Pages 302-313

  Lively, Ryan P ^a   Dose, Michelle E ^a,b   Xu, Liren ^b   Vaughn, Justin T ^b   Johnson, J R ^b   Thompson, Joshua A ^b   Zhang, Ke ^b   Lydon, Megan E ^c   Lee, Jong Suk ^b   Liu, Lu ^b   Hu, Zushou ^b   Karvan, Oĝuz ^b   Realff, Matthew J ^b   Koros, William J ^b  

^a Algenol Biofuels   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 capture; Hollow fiber membranes; Mixed matrix membranes; System footprint; Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS; COUNTERFLOW; DEFECT-FREE; DENSE FILMS; ENERGY PENALTIES; FEED PRESSURE; GAS STREAMS; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; IMIDAZOLATE; MEMBRANE MODELS; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MICROPOROUS; MIXED GAS PERMEATION; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PERMSELECTIVITIES; PHASE INVERSION; POST-COMBUSTION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SKIN LAYER; SPIRAL-WOUND MODULE; SYSTEM FOOTPRINT; WET GAS;

DAMS; DEFECTS; FIBERS; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PERMEATION; POLYIMIDES; SPINNING (FIBERS);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

4,4' HEXAFLUOROISOPROPYLIDENE DIPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE 2,4,6 TRIMETHYL 1,3 DIAMINOBENZENE 3,5 DIAMINOBENOZIC ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FLUE GAS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84867744251     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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