Research Progress of Membrane Technology in Gas Separation Processes

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

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your manuscript to the Special Issue “Research Progress of Membrane Technology in Gas Separation Processes”. Membrane gas separation processes are a relatively recent addition to the suite of technologies used for industrial gas separation. Since their first introduction for nitrogen production from air and hydrogen recovery in the 1980s, improvements in membrane transport properties, manufacture, and module design have enabled the expansion of early markets and entry into new markets.

This Special Issue is devoted to recent progress in all aspects of membrane gas separation science and engineering, from the development of materials that can exceed the apparent upper bound for polymeric materials to the development of new configurations for process optimization. Both original research and review articles are sought that provide insight into the future for the field and suggest pathways for growth. Articles that emphasize sustainability in the development and use of membrane processes are of particular interest.

We look forward to receiving your manuscripts.

Prof. Dr. Glenn Lipscomb
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Keywords

  • pervaporation process
  • gas separation process
  • membrane materials
  • membrane transport properties
  • membrane manufacture
  • membrane module design

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Numerical Simulation of Membrane Separation Characteristics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Water
by Zongliang Qiao, Yue Pan, Youfei Tang, Yue Cao and Fengqi Si
Membranes 2023, 13(12), 892; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13120892 - 29 Nov 2023
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To solve the problem of water carryover in the supercritical CO2 separation and mining process in the CO2 plume geothermal system, a three-dimensional shell-tube hollow fiber membrane absorption separator is designed in this study. A coupled species transport model, a porous [...] Read more.
To solve the problem of water carryover in the supercritical CO2 separation and mining process in the CO2 plume geothermal system, a three-dimensional shell-tube hollow fiber membrane absorption separator is designed in this study. A coupled species transport model, a porous medium model, and an absorption mathematical model are established, and the flow field and separation characteristics in the circular and flat tubes are analyzed using numerical simulation. The results show that the membrane separation efficiency increases with an increase in the flatness and membrane tube length. When the inlet velocity of the mixture is 0.1 m/s, the separation efficiency can reach 75.92%. Selecting a smaller flow Reynolds number and a more significant membrane tube flatness will reduce the water mass fraction at the outlet. When adding baffles of different shapes to the membrane tube, the mixture fluid in the membrane tube meanders forward and flows in the shape of “Z” under the blocking effect of the arcuate baffles. With an increase in the number of arcuate baffles in the membrane tube, the membrane separation efficiency of the separator increases continuously. The mixture fluid flows in the membrane tube with the built-in torsional baffles in a spiral manner, and the separation efficiency of the membrane separator increases with a torsion ratio reduction in the membrane tube. Full article
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