Performance Improvement of Membranes with Additives, Composites, and Blends for Gas Separation
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2917
Special Issue Editor
Interests: membrane gas separations; polymer membranes; carbon molecular seives; mixed matrix membranes; hollow fiber membrane modules; olefin/paraffin separation; direct fluorination; plasma treatment; direct air capture; gas adsorption; fuel cell membranes; membrane simulation and operation; 3D printing; organic solvent reverse osmosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As membrane-based gas separations are energy-efficient, environmentally benign, and space-intensive processes, they are viably used in practical applications, including nitrogen enrichment, carbon capture, olefin/paraffin separation, natural gas sweetening, helium recovery, and more. Membrane share in the market has increased over the past few decades, competing with traditional operations such as adsorption and cryogenic distillation, which require significant energy for phase inversion. However, gas productivity (or permeability) and gas separation efficiency (or selectivity) of the membranes still need to be upgraded for better operation and industrial adoption. Gas separation performance of the membranes has been improved by incorporating different materials and there is a large room for further studies until now.
This Special Issue aims to set forth the new membranes with additives, composites, blends, or other mixed matrix approaches, and their improvements in gas separation performance. This Special Issue aims to set forth the new membranes with additives, composites, blends, or other mixed matrix approaches, and their improvements in gas separation performance. Also, theoretical understandings or experimental evaluations of gas transport phenomena in composite membranes can be discussed. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Won Hee Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer membrane
- inorganic membrane
- gas separation
- composite
- mixed matrix
- additive
- copolymer
- blend
- membrane module
- transport phenomena
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