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JOURNAL OF NATURAL GAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
卷 30, 期 -, 页码 10-18出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.01.033
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Membrane; Nanocomposite; Selectivity; Mass transfer; Diffusion; Solubility
For separation of hydrocarbon compounds from light gases, nanocomposite membranes were prepared by incorporation of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles into poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). First, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed a homogenous dispersion of POSS nanoparticles in PDMS since octatrimethylsiloxy constituents have favorable interactions with the polymer chains. Then, the effect of octatrimethylsiloxy POSS nanoparticles on the thermal stability of the nanocomposite membranes was investigated using thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) to propose a decomposition mechanism and discuss the mechanism leading to their increased thermal stability. Thermodynamically, dipole-dipole interaction between POSS and PDMS was found effective to increase thermal stability. Finally, permeability for different gases (H-2, C3H8, CO2, and CH4) was measured. The results show that incorporation of only 2% wt. octatrimethylsiloxy POSS in PDMS substantially improved the heat resistance of silicon based membranes with limited reduction in permeabilities for all the gases tested, but C(3)H8/H-2, C3H8/CO2, and C3H8/CH4 selectivities were found to increase. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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