Asymmetric hollow fibers by polyimide and polybenzimidazole blends for toluene/iso-octane separation

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作者
Kung, Guangyi [1 ]
Jiang, Lan Ying [2 ,3 ]
Wang, Yan [1 ]
Chung, Tai-Shung [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, Singapore 119260, Singapore
[2] Cent S Univ, Sch Met Sci & Engn, Changsha 410083, Hunan, Peoples R China
[3] Natl Univ Singapore, Nanosci & Nanotechnol Initiat, Singapore 119260, Singapore
关键词
Aromatic/aliphatic separation; Pervaporation separation; Matrimid and PBI blending; Asymmetric membranes; Hollow fibers; AROMATIC/ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; PERVAPORATION SEPARATION; MEMBRANE; MIXTURES; HYDROGEN; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSPORT; BENZENE;
D O I
10.1016/j.memsci.2010.05.030
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
Among the various separation technologies available, pervaporation has been regarded as a very promising one for aromatic/aliphatic hydrocarbons separations. Works in the past have already identified many polymers as suitable membrane materials for these targeted separations. As an effort toward practical application, this current work was aimed at the formation of asymmetric polymeric membranes. The best performance achieved in this study has been a separation factor of similar to 200 and a flux of similar to 1.35 kg/m(2)-h in separating toluene/iso-octane (50/50 wt.%) at a downstream pressure of similar to 10 mbar. These membranes were fabricated from blends of commercially available polybenzimidazole (FBI) and polyimide Matrimid using dry-jet wet-spinning followed by non-solvent induced phase inversion. Information from DSC and SEM analyses confirmed the molecular miscibility of the two polymers within the range of their weight ratio chosen. The blue shift for the characteristic peak of phthalimide carbonyl group in Matrimid revealed in FUR evidenced the formation of hydrogen bonding between Matrimid and PBI, which is an important factor helpful for miscibility. From pervaporation performance tests results, it was observed that increasing FBI content gave rise to a higher separation factor for the selective transport of toluene, while total flux was correspondingly reduced. The effect of PBI on separation performance was attributed to its stronger polarity, tighter and more rigid structure, as well as enhanced anti-swelling property. It was also found that a higher spinneret temperature and a longer air-gap have positive influences on the pervaporation performance. Tensile strength test results revealed that all the hollow fibers held reasonable mechanical properties. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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