Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes

Asymmetric polysulfone flat sheet membranes have been produced by a dry/wet casting technique. The membranes were produced at different shear rate. Gas permeation properties were examined using pure hydrogen and nitrogen as test gases. Infrared dichroism was detected in all samples, the extent being...

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Main Authors: Ismail , A.F., Lai, P.Y.
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description Asymmetric polysulfone flat sheet membranes have been produced by a dry/wet casting technique. The membranes were produced at different shear rate. Gas permeation properties were examined using pure hydrogen and nitrogen as test gases. Infrared dichroism was detected in all samples, the extent being greater in the high shear membranes. This suggests that the polymer molecules become aligned under high shear. Gas separation tests showed that the higher shear membranes exhibited greater selectivity (HdN,). Some of the membrane selectivities even surpass the intrinsic selectivity of the membrane polymer. Increasing shear rate during casting had decreased skin layer thickness and thus increased pressure-normalized flux. High-shear casting also enhances the molecular orientation in skin layer and, in turn, heighten selectivity of membrane. Therefore, correlation of rheological aspects with primay phase inversion parameters provides a potential platform to develop high performance asymmetric polysulfone membranes for gas separation.
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spelling my.utm.eprints-7432010-06-01T02:47:42Z http://eprints.utm.my/743/ Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes Ismail , A.F. Lai, P.Y. TP Chemical technology Asymmetric polysulfone flat sheet membranes have been produced by a dry/wet casting technique. The membranes were produced at different shear rate. Gas permeation properties were examined using pure hydrogen and nitrogen as test gases. Infrared dichroism was detected in all samples, the extent being greater in the high shear membranes. This suggests that the polymer molecules become aligned under high shear. Gas separation tests showed that the higher shear membranes exhibited greater selectivity (HdN,). Some of the membrane selectivities even surpass the intrinsic selectivity of the membrane polymer. Increasing shear rate during casting had decreased skin layer thickness and thus increased pressure-normalized flux. High-shear casting also enhances the molecular orientation in skin layer and, in turn, heighten selectivity of membrane. Therefore, correlation of rheological aspects with primay phase inversion parameters provides a potential platform to develop high performance asymmetric polysulfone membranes for gas separation. 2002-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/743/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2001_EffectsOfShearRateOn.pdf Ismail , A.F. and Lai, P.Y. (2002) Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes. ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering (AJChE), 2 (1). pp. 67-74. ISSN 1655-4418
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Ismail , A.F.
Lai, P.Y.
Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title_full Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title_fullStr Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title_short Effects of Shear Rate on Morphology and Gas Separatlon Performance as Asymetric Polysulfone Membranes
title_sort effects of shear rate on morphology and gas separatlon performance as asymetric polysulfone membranes
topic TP Chemical technology
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