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Research Trend on ZIF-8 Membranes for Propylene Separation

프로필렌 분리를 위한 ZIF-8 분리막의 연구 동향

  • Received : 2019.04.07
  • Accepted : 2019.04.24
  • Published : 2019.04.30
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Abstract

High purity propylene (propene) is an octane-enhancing chemical and also feedstock to industrially important chemicals. Purification of propylene from propane mixture is technologically and financially challenging because of their close boiling points. ZIF-8 membrane has been increasingly researched due to its great potential to separate propylene from propane effectively by molecular sieving. The increasing interest in ZIF-8 membranes lies in the so called "gate opening" effect. The gate opening effect enlarges the membrane pores and preferentially allows propylene to permeate through the membrane pores, while retaining the larger and heavier propane molecules in the feed stream in order to effect high propylene separation from propylene/propane mixture. In this paper, the widely accepted methods of ZIF-8 membrane preparation and parameters affecting propylene permeation and selectivity in ZIF-8 membrane are identified and reviewed.

고순도 프로필렌(프로펜)은 옥탄가를 높이는 화합물이며 산업적으로 중요한 화합물들의 원료가 된다. 프로판 혼합물로부터 프로펜을 정제하는 것은 비슷한 끓는점으로 인해 기술적으로 어려우며, 큰 비용이 요구된다. ZIF-8 분리막은 분자체 메커니즘에 의해 효율적으로 프로판으로부터 프로필렌을 분리할 수 있는 가능성 때문에 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. ZIF-8 분리막에 대한 관심이 커지는 것은 소위 "gate opening" 효과 때문이다. 프로필렌/프로판 혼합물로부터 프로필렌 분리를 높이기 위해 "gate opening" 효과는 분리막 기공을 확장시켜 더 크고 무거운 프로판은 피드 흐름에 유지시키며, 프로필렌만 선택적으로 투과할 수 있도록 한다. 본 논문에서는 ZIF-8 분리막 제조에 널리 적용되는 방법들과 분리막을 통한 프로필렌 투과도 및 선택도에 영향을 주는 인자들에 대해 살펴보고자 한다.

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