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Structurally developed microporous polyvinylidene fluoride hollow-fiber membranes for CO2 absorption with diethanolamine solution

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Microporous PVDF hollow-fiber membranes intended for use in gas absorption were prepared via a dry-wet phase-inversion method. The membranes were characterized in terms of gas permeation, wetting resistance, mass transfer resistance, overall porosity, and outer surface contact angle. When 4 wt% glycerol was used in the polymer dope, FESEM showed that the membrane had an almost sponge-like structure with an ultrathin outer skin layer. High wetting resistance and N2 permeance with an overall porosity of 77 % and a mean pore size of 0.07 μm were observed for the membranes. A gas–liquid membrane contactor module was used to experimentally investigate the effects of the main operating parameters on CO2 absorption with aqueous DEA solution. Increasing the liquid flow rate led to a significant increase in the CO2 absorption flux, whereas increasing the CO2 concentration in the gas feed from 20 % to 100 % barely affected the CO2 flux. These results indicated that the main resistance came from the liquid phase; the resistance of the gas phase was negligible. The results of a long-term experiment indicated that the CO2 flux dropped by 26 % during the initial 10 h, but then remained stable until the end of operation.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

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Mansourizadeh, A., Mousavian, S. Structurally developed microporous polyvinylidene fluoride hollow-fiber membranes for CO2 absorption with diethanolamine solution. J Polym Res 20, 99 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-013-0099-3

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