High pressure pure- and mixed-gas separation of CO2/CH4 by thermally-rearranged and carbon molecular sieve membranes derived from a polyimide of intrinsic microporosity

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 387-394

  Swaidan, Raja ^a   Ma, Xiaohua ^a   Litwiller, Eric ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon molecular sieve; CO2 CH4 mixed gas permeation; Gas separation; Intrinsic microporosity; Thermal rearrangement

Indexed keywords

CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE; CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE MEMBRANES; GAS SEPARATIONS; GAS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITY; POLYMERIC PRECURSORS; POLYMERS OF INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITIES; THERMAL-REARRANGEMENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; MICROPOROSITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PERMEATION; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; POLYIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COOLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROPOROSITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84883048986     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.057     Document Type: Article

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