Separation of Hydrogen-Nitrogen Gas Mixture by PTMSP-Silica-PEI Composite Membranes

PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막에 의한 수소-질소 혼합기체 분리

The poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP) and silica-filled PTMSP membranes were prepared by casting from a toluene solution on porous polyetherimide (PEI). FT-IR spectrum, GPC and SEM pictures have been taken to characterize the membranes. The particle size of membrane decreases as silica content of the membrane increases from 23 to 60 wt%, and a uniform distribution of the silica is observed. The separation properties of the gas mixture (32 mol% $H_2$/ 68 mol% $N_2$) through the composite membranes were studies as a function of pressure and percentage of silica. Selectivity values of $H_2$/$N_2$ increased as the pressure of permeation cell and silica content of the membrane increased. The real separation factor($\alpha$), head separation factor($\beta$), and tail separation factor((equation omitted)) of PTMSP-PEI composite membrane were 2.28, 1.58, and 1.44 respectively at $\Delta$P 30 psi and $25^{\circ}C$. $\alpha$, $\beta$, and (equation omitted) of PTMSP-Silica-PEI composite membrane for 60 wt% silica were 3.34, 1.95, 1.72 at $\Delta$P 30 psi and $25^{\circ}C$.

PTMSP-PEI 복합막과 PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막을 제조하고, 막의 특성을 FT-IR, GPC, SEM 등을 사용하여 조사하였다. PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막은 silica의 함량이 23∼60 wt%로 증가하면서 입자의 크기는 점차 작아지고 입자의 분포는 균일하게 되었다. PTMSP-PEI 복합막과 PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막에 의한 $H_2$/$N_2$ 혼합기체분리는 $25^{\circ}C$, $\Delta$P 5 psi∼30 psi 범위에서 조사되었다. PTMSP-PEI 복합막과 PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막들의 수소에 대한 분리인자($\alpha$, $\beta$, (equation omitted)) 값은 투과셀의 압력이 증가할수록 그리고 silica의 함량이 증가할수록 증가하였다. $25^{\circ}C$, $\Delta$P 30 psi에서 PTMSP-PEI 복합막의 수소에 대한 $\alpha$, $\beta$, (equation omitted) 값은 2.28, 1.58, 1.44이고 silica 60 wt%인 PTMSP-Silica-PEI 복합막의 수소에 대한 $\alpha$, $\beta$, (equation omitted) 값은 3.34, 1.95, 1.72 이었다.