CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE MEMBRANES FOR AGGRESSIVE GAS SEPARATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180229181A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15889670

    申请日:2018-02-06

    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a process for separating at least a first gas component and a second gas component by contacting a gas stream comprising the first and second gas components with a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane under aggressive gas separation conditions in which the partial pressure of the selectively sorbed gas component in the gas stream is high. Despite the high partial pressure of the sorbed gas component, the selectivity of the carbon molecular sieve membrane is not substantially reduced by plasticization or saturation. In some embodiments, the aggressive gas separation process may include contacting a gas stream at supercritical conditions with a CMS membrane to separate at least first and second gas components. The process may be useful for, among other things, the separation of CO2 from a natural gas stream.

    METHODS FOR REGENERATING AGED CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE MEMBRANES

    公开(公告)号:US20190054427A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US16051748

    申请日:2018-08-01

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of treating carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes, and in particular CMS hollow fiber membranes, that have undergone aging-induced permeance/permeability loss. By treating aged CMS membranes in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the CMS membranes may be regenerated such that the aging-induced permeance/permeability loss is reversed and the permeance/permeability of the CMS membrane is increased. In some embodiments, the permeance/permeability of the treated CMS membrane may be increased to such a degree that the permeance/permeability of the regenerated CMS membrane is at least as high as the original permeance/permeability of the CMS membrane prior to aging-induced permeance/permeability loss.

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