Pilot scale investigations of the removal of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbon gas streams using poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (butylene terephthalate) PolyActive™) thin film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 489, Issue , 2015, Pages 237-247

  Brinkmann, Torsten ^a   Naderipour, Céline ^a   Pohlmann, Jan ^a   Wind, Jan ^a   Wolff, Thorsten ^a   Esche, Erik ^b   Müller, David ^b   Wozny, Günter ^b   Hoting, Björn ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Borsig Membrane Technology GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogas; CO2< inf> removal; Gas separation; High flux thin film composite membranes; Pilot plant operation

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANES; METHANE; PILOT PLANTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SEPARATION; THIN FILMS;

GAS SEPARATIONS; GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCTS; PILOT PLANT EXPERIMENTS; PILOT PLANT OPERATIONS; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); SINGLE-STAGE PROCESS; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84928881687     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.082     Document Type: Article

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