MEMBRANES FOR GAS AND LIQUID SEPARATIONS

  • Golemme, Giovanni (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali, Universit_della Calabria) ;
  • Bove, Lucia (IRMERC-CNR, Istituto di Recerca su Membrane e Mokellistical di Reattori Chimici) ;
  • Clarizia, Gabriele (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali, Universit_della Calabria) ;
  • Muzzalupo, Rita (Dipartimento di Chimica, Universit_della Calabria) ;
  • Ranieri, Giuseppe (Dipartimento di Chimica, Universit_della Calabria) ;
  • Nam, Sang-Yong (IRMERC-CNR, Istituto di Recerca su Membrane e Mokellistical di Reattori Chimici) ;
  • Drioli, Enrico (IRMERC-CNR, Istituto di Recerca su Membrane e Mokellistical di Reattori Chimici/ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali, Universit_della Calabria)
  • Published : 1999.07.01

Abstract

Poly(phenylene oxide)s were used to prepare flat, integrally skinned self-supporthed asymmetric membranes by dry-wet phase separption. The intrinsic ideal gas selectivity of poly- (2,6-dimethy-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PMPO) was retained in the membranes, and improved by a coating with silicone rubber. Polymers of the same class were coated of UF supports with a silicon rubber gutter layer, yielding composite membranes with high flux but lower selectivity. The effect of th glutaraldehyde cross-linking of sodium alginate (SA) membranes on the mobility of water and ethanol has been studied with pfg nmr. Crosslinking reduces water self-diffusion, and does not seem to be stable on the timescale of weeks.

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