Abstract
Significant advances are being made in the areas of membrane fabrication and packaging, and as a result it is reasonable to expect an increasing number of commercial membrane gas separation processes will be available. Therefore process engineers need to have an understanding of this area. To this end, the subjects to be covered in this chapter are:
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An analysis showing how the basic process variables of pressure difference across the membrane, pressure ratio across the membrane, and membrane thickness determine system performance.
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A discussion of available types of membranes, and membrane packages.
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An introduction to carrier transport membranes. This is a new class of membranes, not yet commercially available, which promises much high er performance than conventional polymeric membranes.
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Ward, W.J. (1986). Membrane Gas Separations—Why and How. In: Bungay, P.M., Lonsdale, H.K., de Pinho, M.N. (eds) Synthetic Membranes: Science, Engineering and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 181. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4712-2_14
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