%T Morphological analysis of Polyethersulfone/polyvinyl Acetate blend membrane synthesized at various polymer concentrations
%I Institute of Physics Publishing
%A S.H.A.A. Hadi
%A H.A. Mannan
%A H. Mukhtar
%A M.S. Shaharun
%A T. Murugesan
%V 36
%K Biochemical engineering; Blending; Carbon dioxide; Polymers; Solvents, Blend membranes; Gas separations; Gas transport; Homogeneous surfaces; Manipulated variables; Morphological analysis; Polyethersulfones; Polymer concentrations, Gas permeable membranes, carbon dioxide; concentration (composition); image analysis; membrane; methane; polymer; separation; solvent
%X This paper reports the effect of varying polymer concentration i.e. solvent/polymer ratio on the morphology and gas transport behaviour of polyethersulfone/polyvinyl acetate blend membrane. The solvent used was dimethylformamide, while the manipulated variable was polymer concentration. The concentrations were varied from 75-90 weight  solvent. A homogeneous surface with dense cross-section structure membranes were successfully developed as deduced from FESEM images. The permeability of CO2 and CH4 gases increased with increasing polymer concentration and an improved CO2/CH4 selectivity was observed. These observation made from the characterization justified the applicability of the blend to be synthesized as membrane for gas separation. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
%O cited By 3; Conference of 5th International Conference on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, ICCBPE 2015 ; Conference Date: 9 December 2015 Through 12 December 2015; Conference Code:123695
%J IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
%L scholars6965
%D 2016
%R 10.1088/1755-1315/36/1/012015
%N 1