PdAu and PdAuAg composite membranes for hydrogen separation from synthetic water-gas shift streams containing hydrogen sulfide

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 465, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-176

  Lewis, Amanda E ^a   Zhao, Hongbin ^b   Syed, Haseeba ^b   Wolden, Colin A ^a   Way, J Douglas ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen separation; Pd based binary and ternary alloys; PdAu membrane; PdAuAg membrane; Water gas shift

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; WATER GAS SHIFT;

FEED PRESSURE; HYDROGEN SEPARATION; PD MEMBRANE; PD-BASED; WATER-GAS SHIFTS; WEIGHT GAIN; XRF ANALYSIS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALLOY; GOLD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PALLADIUM; SILVER; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GAS ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84900318554     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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