Preparation of SiC Nanoporous Membrane for Hydrogen Separation at High Temperature

2006 ◽  
Vol 510-511 ◽  
pp. 926-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kim ◽  
Soo Ryong Kim ◽  
Kun Hang Cho ◽  
Seong Youl Bae ◽  
Woo Teck Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Pore Size Distribution ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Porous Alumina ◽  
Amorphous State ◽  
Hydrogen Separation ◽  
Preceramic Polymer ◽  
Preceramic Polymers ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Ft Ir

Nanoporous SiC membrane was developed on the porous alumina plate for the hydrogen separation using preceramic polymers such as polyphenylcarbosilane. The prepared preceramic polymers were characterized with FT-IR, TGA, GPC and XRD. Nanoporous SiC membrane was derived from the preceramic polymer using a spin coating method. The SiC membrane spin coated using 20 wt.% of polyphenylcarbosilane solution in cyclohexane does not show any cracks on the surface after heat treatment at 800oC. The average thickness of the SiC membrane is about 1µm. SiC coated porous alumina possesses asymmetric pore size distribution. There are micropores that originated from porous alumina substrate, and nanopores that derived from amorphous state of SiC membranes. The pore size distribution measurement showed that the sample contains 1-3 nm sized nano pores.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on the Addition Methods of TiO2 Sintering Aid to the Properties of Porous Alumina Membrane Support

Membranes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulong Yang ◽  
Qibing Chang ◽  
Zhiwen Hu ◽  
Xiaozhen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pore Size Distribution ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Porous Alumina ◽  
Alumina Membrane ◽  
Sintering Aid ◽  
Hydrolysis Method ◽  
Porous Alumina Membrane

TiO2 is usually used as a sintering aid to lower the sintering temperature of porous alumina membrane support. Two ways of the addition of TiO2 are chosen: in-situ precipitation and in-situ hydrolysis. The results show that the distribution status of TiO2 has an important effect on the property of porous alumina membrane support. In in-situ hydrolysis method, the nano-meter scale TiO2 distributes evenly on the alumina particles’ surface. The bending strength of the support increases sharply and the pore size distribution changes more sharply along with the content of TiO2 which slightly increases from 0.3 wt.% to 0.4 wt.%. The distribution of the nano-meter scale TiO2 is not so even added by in-situ precipitation method. Neither the bending strength nor the pore size distribution of the support is worse than that of the support added by in-situ hydrolysis even if the content of TiO2 is high to 2 wt.%. The permeating flux has a similar tendency. Consequently, the porous alumina membrane support has the porosity of 30.01% and the bending strength of 77.33 MPa after sintering at 1650 °C for 2 h with the optimized TiO2 content of 0.4 wt.% added by the in-situ hydrolysis method.

Nanoporous SiC Membrane Derived from Preceramic Polymer

2007 ◽  
Vol 124-126 ◽  
pp. 1733-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kim ◽  
Soo Ryong Kim ◽  
B.G. Song ◽  
Vikram V. Dabhade ◽  
B.K. Sea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Porous Alumina ◽  
Hydrogen Permeability ◽  
Hydrothermal Condition ◽  
Ceramic Membranes ◽  
Preceramic Polymer ◽  
Nitrogen Gas ◽  
Good Thermal Stability ◽  
Preceramic Polymers ◽  
Ft Ir

Ceramic membranes having nano sized pores have great potential for gas separation at high temperature due to their good thermal stability. Moreover, nanoporous silicon carbide membrane has potential application under hydrothermal condition at high temperature. In this research, nanoporous SiC membrane has been developed on the porous alumina plate using preceramic polymers as CVD precursor at 850oC. The preceramic polymer was characterized with Si29 NMR, FT-IR, GC and TGA. The prepared SiC membrane was characterized with SEM and EDS. The hydrogen permeability and selectivity toward nitrogen gas were measured using a GC.

pyGAPS: A Python-Based Framework for Adsorption Isotherm Processing and Material Characterisation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Iacomi ◽  
Philip L. Llewellyn
Keyword(s):  
Pore Size Distribution ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Isosteric Heat ◽  
Material Characterisation ◽  
Mixture Adsorption ◽  
Surface Energetics ◽  
Adsorption Processing ◽  
User Friendly

Material characterisation through adsorption is a widely-used laboratory technique. The isotherms obtained through volumetric or gravimetric experiments impart insight through their features but can also be analysed to determine material characteristics such as specific surface area, pore size distribution, surface energetics, or used for predicting mixture adsorption. The pyGAPS (python General Adsorption Processing Suite) framework was developed to address the need for high-throughput processing of such adsorption data, independent of the origin, while also being capable of presenting individual results in a user-friendly manner. It contains many common characterisation methods such as: BET and Langmuir surface area, t and α plots, pore size distribution calculations (BJH, Dollimore-Heal, Horvath-Kawazoe, DFT/NLDFT kernel fitting), isosteric heat calculations, IAST calculations, isotherm modelling and more, as well as the ability to import and store data from Excel, CSV, JSON and sqlite databases. In this work, a description of the capabilities of pyGAPS is presented. The code is then be used in two case studies: a routine characterisation of a UiO-66(Zr) sample and in the processing of an adsorption dataset of a commercial carbon (Takeda 5A) for applications in gas separation.

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