%D 2016
%R 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.449
%O cited By 22; Conference of 4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:131138
%L scholars7460
%J Procedia Engineering
%X Distinct percentages of carbon molecular sieve (CMS) were added to Polyethersulfone (PES) matrix to generate mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) using solution casting method. The characterization was conducted by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to find out the residue solvent in the membranes and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) analysis to check the morphology of membrane. TGA results demonstrated no remaining solvent and also FESEM images demonstrated acceptable bonds between the filler particles and the polymer chains. The gas permeation results divulged that both CO2 permeance and CO2/CH4 selectivity went up with CMS loadings increment as compared to pure PES membrane. Obtained results revealed that the greatest value of CO2 permeance (68 GPU) and CO2/CH4 selectivity (11.15) at a pressure of 8 bars can be accomplished with 15 wt.  loading of CMS particles. This can be related to the kinetic diameter of CMS particles that places between CO2 and CH4 kinetic diameters. © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
%K Carbon dioxide; Characterization; Field emission microscopes; Filled polymers; Membranes; Molecular sieves; Process engineering; Scanning electron microscopy; Sieves; Thermogravimetric analysis, Carbon molecular sieve; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Filler particles; Gas separation performance; Gas separations; Mixed matrix membranes; Polyethersulfones; Solution-casting method, Gas permeable membranes
%P 1206-1212
%T Analysis of the Influence of CMS Variable Percentages on Pure PES Membrane Gas Separation Performance
%V 148
%I Elsevier Ltd
%A M. Farnam
%A H. Mukhtar
%A A. Shariff