• Membrane Journal
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.226-233
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• 2008

PTMSP/PMMH dendrimer composite membranes were made by dispersing $0{\sim}20$ wt% (based on polymer content) PMMH dendrimer nanoparticles in the PTMSP casting solution. The effect of PMMH dendrimer on gas permeability characteristics of the composite membranes was investigated. The permeabilities of $H_2,\;N_2,\;CO_2$, and $CH_4$ decreased as the PMMH dendrimer content within PTMSP increased. The permeabilities of different gases except hydrogen in PTMSP/PMMH dendrimer membranes follow the order: $N_2\;<\;CH_4\;<\;CO_2$ which are consistent with the order of critical temperature ($N_2\;<\;CH_4\;<\;CO_2$). The selectivities of gases for $N_2$ increased as the PMMH dendrimer content within PTMSP increased. The $CO_2/N_2$ selectivity increased from 5.6 up to 16.9.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.318-325
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• 2012

PTMSP-PMMH-NaY zeolite composite membranes were prepared by the addition of 10, 20, 30, and 40 wt% NaY zeolite contents to PTMSP containing 20 wt% PMMH dendrimer. To investigate the physico-chemical characteristics of composite membranes, the analytical methods such as FT-IR, TGA, and SEM have been utilized, and the gas permeability and selectivity properties of hydrogen and nitrogen were evaluated. The permeability of the PTMSP-PMMH-NaY zeolite composite membranes increased as NaY zeolite content increased, the permeabilities of hydrogen and nitrogen gases were observed being 3,950~592,000 barrer and 1,550~143,000 barrer, respectively. Simultaneously, selectivity of hydrogen against nitrogen did not show a discernible difference at 0~30 wt% range of NaY zeolite contents and increased from 2.2 to 4.2 at 30~40 wt% range.