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Carbon Dioxide Capture Based on Polymeric Membrane

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Membranes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2021) | Viewed by 13867

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Dr. Marek Tańczyk

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Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: gas separation; membrane technology; adsorption technology; modeling and simulation; CO2 capture; coal mine methane capture; utilization
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Dear Colleagues,

Membrane processes for gas separation are widely applied in different industrial sectors. At the core of many of these processes are polymeric or polymer-based membranes, often ‘tailored’ for a specific application. Thus, the membrane technology has been considered for many years as an attractive option in the capture of CO2 from gaseous mixtures due to its flexibility, compact design, and the lack of a regeneration step as well as the high selectivity of carbon dioxide vs. nitrogen and oxygen in mature and developed membrane materials.

This Special Issue on “Carbon Dioxide Capture Based on Polymeric Membrane” in the journal Membranes is dedicated to assessing the state-of-the-art and future developments in the application of polymer-based membranes in the capture of carbon dioxide from power and industrial sources. It welcomes both original contributions and reviews. Topics include, but are not limited to, CO2 capture processes or hybrid processes based on membranes, process configuration and optimization, techno-economic analysis, demonstration efforts, novel membrane materials, preparation and characterization of membranes, membrane aging, etc.

Dr. Marek Tańczyk
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Keywords

  • Polymeric membrane
  • Gas separation
  • CO2 capture
  • Membrane application
  • Energy efficiency
  • Optimization

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Environmental Performances of Various CCU Options in the Framework of an Integrated Chemical Plant
by Olivier Mirgaux, Hélène Anselmi and Fabrice Patisson
Membranes 2021, 11(11), 815; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11110815 - 26 Oct 2021
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Several carbon capture processes are investigated to separate a part of the CO2 contained in the flue gas of a coal-fired power plant located in a chemical integrated plant, with the objective of using it as a raw material in a production [...] Read more.
Several carbon capture processes are investigated to separate a part of the CO2 contained in the flue gas of a coal-fired power plant located in a chemical integrated plant, with the objective of using it as a raw material in a production process. The expected results are to reduce the impact on global warming potential (GWP) and to increase the productivity of the plant. The study is based on the modelling of the combination of systems in the plant using a process simulation software and using life cycle assessment to evaluate both technical feasibility and environmental aspects. Models for the power plant, the production processes, amine chemical absorption, membrane separation and adsorption on activated coal are developed and validated against industrial and literature data. The life cycle inventory is obtained from the mass and energy balances given by the systems model. A first set of calculations is launched with a high purity requirement for the CO2 stream (95%) recycled into the process. Those calculations show a 12% increase in productivity for the chemical process considered, but result in no significant gain in terms of GWP. Conversely, scenarios with a lower CO2 purity (40%) show a drop around 9% of the impacts on GWP using membrane separation and activated coal adsorption, while keeping the other impacts at about the same level. Full article
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Polyimide-Based Membrane Materials for CO2 Separation: A Comparison of Segmented and Aromatic (Co)polyimides
by Andrzej Jankowski, Eugenia Grabiec, Klaudia Nocoń-Szmajda, Andrzej Marcinkowski, Henryk Janeczek and Aleksandra Wolińska-Grabczyk
Membranes 2021, 11(4), 274; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11040274 - 08 Apr 2021
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A series of new poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based copolyimides varying in hard segment structure are reported in this work as CO2 selective separation membranes. Their structural diversity was achieved by using different aromatic dianhydrides (4,4′-oxydiphthalic anhydride (ODPA), 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (6FDA)) and diamines (4,4′-oxydianiline [...] Read more.
A series of new poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based copolyimides varying in hard segment structure are reported in this work as CO2 selective separation membranes. Their structural diversity was achieved by using different aromatic dianhydrides (4,4′-oxydiphthalic anhydride (ODPA), 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (6FDA)) and diamines (4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA), 4,4′-(4,4′-isopropylidene-diphenyl-1,1′- diyldioxy)dianiline (IPrDA), 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine (4MPD)), while keeping the content of PEO (2000 g/mol) constant (around 50%). To get a better insight into the effects of hard segment structure on gas transport properties, a series of aromatic polyimides with the same chemistry was also studied. Both series of polymers were characterized by 1HNMR, FTIR, WAXD, DSC, TGA, and AFM. Permeabilities for pure He, O2, N2, and CO2 were determined at 6 bar and at 30 °C, and for CO2 for pressures ranging from 1 to 10 bar. The results show that OPDA-ODA-PEO is the most permeable copolyimide, with CO2 permeability of 52 Barrer and CO2/N2 selectivity of 63, in contrast to its fully aromatic analogue, which was the least permeable among polyimides. 6FDA-4MPD-PEO ranks second, with a two times lower CO2 permeability and slightly lower selectivity, although 6FDA-4MPD was over 900 times more permeable than OPDA-ODA. As an explanation, partial filling of hard domain free voids by PEO segments and imperfect phase separation were proposed. Full article
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Multiple Amine-Contained POSS-Functionalized Organosilica Membranes for Gas Separation
by Xiuxiu Ren, Masakoto Kanezashi, Meng Guo, Rong Xu, Jing Zhong and Toshinori Tsuru
Membranes 2021, 11(3), 194; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11030194 - 11 Mar 2021
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A new polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) designed with eight –(CH2)3–NH–(CH2)2–NH2 groups (PNEN) at its apexes was used as nanocomposite uploading into 1,2-bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane (BTESE)-derived organosilica to prepare mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for gas separation. The [...] Read more.
A new polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) designed with eight –(CH2)3–NH–(CH2)2–NH2 groups (PNEN) at its apexes was used as nanocomposite uploading into 1,2-bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane (BTESE)-derived organosilica to prepare mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for gas separation. The mixtures of BTESE-PNEN were uniform with particle size of around 31 nm, which is larger than that of pure BTESE sols. The characterization of thermogravimetric (TG) and gas permeance indicates good thermal stability. A similar amine-contained material of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) was doped into BTESE to prepare hybrid membranes through a copolymerized strategy as comparison. The pore size of the BTESE-PNEN membrane evaluated through a modified gas-translation model was larger than that of the BTESE-APTES hybrid membrane at the same concentration of additions, which resulted in different separation performance. The low values of Ep(CO2)-Ep(N2) and Ep(N2) for the BTESE-PNEN membrane at a low concentration of PNEN were close to those of copolymerized BTESE-APTES-related hybrid membranes, which illustrates a potential CO2 separation performance by using a mixed matrix membrane strategy with multiple amine POSS as particles. Full article
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Multicomponent Network Formation in Selective Layer of Composite Membrane for CO2 Separation
by Jelena Lillepärg, Evgeni Sperling, Marit Blanke, Martin Held and Sergey Shishatskiy
Membranes 2021, 11(3), 174; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes11030174 - 28 Feb 2021
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As a promising material for CO2/N2 separation, PolyActiveTM can be used as a separation layer in thin-film composite membranes (TFCM). Prior studies focused on the modification of PolyActiveTM using low-molecular-weight additives. In this study, the effect of chemical [...] Read more.
As a promising material for CO2/N2 separation, PolyActiveTM can be used as a separation layer in thin-film composite membranes (TFCM). Prior studies focused on the modification of PolyActiveTM using low-molecular-weight additives. In this study, the effect of chemical crosslinking of reactive end-groups containing additives, forming networks within selective layers of the TFCM, has been studied. In order to understand the influence of a network embedded into a polymer matrix on the properties of the resulting materials, various characterization methods, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gas transport measurements, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), were used. The characterization of the resulting membrane regarding individual gas permeances by an in-house built “pressure increase” facility revealed a twofold increase in CO2 permeance, with insignificant losses in CO2/N2 selectivity. Full article
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The Separative Performance of Modules with Polymeric Membranes for a Hybrid Adsorptive/Membrane Process of CO2 Capture from Flue Gas
by Aleksandra Janusz-Cygan, Jolanta Jaschik, Artur Wojdyła and Marek Tańczyk
Membranes 2020, 10(11), 309; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes10110309 - 28 Oct 2020
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Commercially available polymeric membrane materials may also show their potential for CO2 capture by the association of the membrane process with other separation techniques in a hybrid system. In the current study, PRISM PA1020/Air Products and UBE UMS-A5 modules with membrane formed [...] Read more.
Commercially available polymeric membrane materials may also show their potential for CO2 capture by the association of the membrane process with other separation techniques in a hybrid system. In the current study, PRISM PA1020/Air Products and UBE UMS-A5 modules with membrane formed of modified polysulfone and polyimide, respectively, were assessed as a second stage in the hybrid vacuum swing adsorption (VSA)–membrane process developed in our laboratory. For this purpose, the module permeances of CO2, N2, and O2 at different temperatures were determined, and the separation of CO2/N2 and CO2/N2/O2 mixtures was investigated in an experimental setup. An appropriate mathematical model was also developed and validated based on experimental data. It was found that both modules can provide CO2-rich gas of the purity of > 95% with virtually the same recovery (40.7−63.6% for maximum carbon dioxide content in permeate) when fed with pre-enriched effluent from the VSA unit. It was also found that this level of purity and recovery was reached at a low feed to permeate the pressure ratio (2−2.5) in both modules. In addition, both modules reveal stable separation performance, and thus, their applicability in a hybrid system depends on investment outlays and will be the subject of optimization investigations, which will be supported by the model presented and validated in this study. Full article
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