Hollow Fiber Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, and Recent Advancements
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024
Special Issue Editors
Interests: preparation and characterization of dense and composite membranes for gas separation; biogas purification using thin‐film composite membranes; synthesis and transport properties of novel mixed matrix membranes; hollow fiber membrane modules for CO2/CH4 separation; membrane based on polymer blends and polymer/ionic liquid gels; preparation of membranes based on polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs); CO2 sorption in ionic liquids
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Interests: polymeric and hybrid membranes for gas and vapour separation; membrane preparation by phase inversion techniques; principles of pure and mixed gas and vapour transport in membranes by sorption and permeation experiments; structural, mechanical and thermal properties of polymers, polymer blends and hybrid materials; physical aging; polymers of intrinsic microporosity; perfluoropolymer membranes; ionic liquid membraness; carbon dioxide capture
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Interests: molecular dynamics and grand canonical monte carlo simulations of polymeric membranes and metal-organic frameworks; modelling of single gas and mixed gas separation; modelling of morphological and transport properties of polymeric membranes; preparation and characterization of mixed matrix membranes for gas separation
Interests: polymeric and mixed matrix membranes for gas and vapour separation; thin film composite membranes; pure and mixed gas transport phenomena; proton exhange membranes and anion exchange membranes; fuel cells and electrolyzers; industrial wastewater treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gas separation by means of hollow fiber membranes (HFMs) is becoming increasingly important for many industrial gas separation processes. The HFMs play a kay role in gas separation is due to their compact modular design, relatively low energy consumption, high process efficiency, high packing density and small footprint. The increased demand for gas separation processes requires the development of innovative and novel hollow fiber materials that can ensure a long time durability and good resistance under operation conditions, maximizing the efficiency of the separation processes. The efforts of the research in this field must be focused on the advanced HFMs preparation methods, efficient module production, process design and construction, and advancing understanding of the membrane properties across atomic scales to process level, with the aim to obtain successful practical solutions even suitable for large-scale industrial separation processes.
This Special Issue of Membranes aims to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art and the challenges in the preparation, characterization, and modelling of advanced of HFMs. This Special Issues is proposed as a collection of articles that focus on the HFMs materials, their preparation, structure and morphology, properties, and performance, both from the theoretical, experimental and industrial point of view.
Dr. Elisa Esposito
Dr. Johannes Carolus (John) Jansen
Dr. Carmen Rizzuto
Dr. Mariagiulia Longo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- hollow fibre spinning, principles and progress
- gas transport in hollow fiber membranes
- membrane morphology, configuration and special features
- membrane materials (advanced polymers, ionic liquids)
- thin film composite membranes
- mixed matrix membranes
- catalytic membranes
- gas and vapour transport phenomena
- pure and mixed gases
- thermal and mechanical properties, plasticization and physical aging
- theory, modelling and simulations (quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics)
- carbon capture and conversion
- biogas upgrading and natural gas treatment
- helium recovery, hydrogen separation
- membrane processes and process simulation
