Morphology, performance and stability of multi-bore capillary La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ oxygen transport membranes
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Author(s)
Chi, Y
Li, T
Wang, B
Wu, Z
Li, K
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Mixed ionic-electronic conducting 3, 4, 7-bore capillary membranes made of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) were successfully prepared by the combined phase inversion/sintering technique. The membranes fabricated have asymmetric wall structures with micro-channels formed in between surfaces, and dense layers sandwiched in between the micro-channels. By changing the solvent from DMSO to NMP, changes in the morphology of the 7-bore membrane were observed, where the separation layer has reduced its effective thickness. The multi-bore membranes exhibited 3-point bending fracture loads of 10.4, 13.5, 15.4 and 11.7 Newton with a 3 cm testing span for the 3-bore , 4-bore, 7-bore-DMSO and 7-bore-NMP samples, respectively, which are much stronger than single-bore hollow fibre membranes. Oxygen permeation of the multi-bore membranes was measured with a sweep gas flow through lumen and the effect of operating temperature has on the performance was studied between 750 °C to 1000 °C. Oxygen fluxes measured are comparable to typical sandwich-like structured single-bore hollow fibres at temperatures below 900 °C, but are notably higher at higher temperatures owe to their thinner membrane walls. The 200-hour long-term permeation test conducted on the 7-bore membrane showed a slight increase in permeation flux, but the sign of kinetic demixing/decomposition appeared on the outer surface, where the surface of the thinnest membrane walls underwent faster demixing/decomposition than the thickest walls. In summary, the results demonstrated that multi-bore configurations can achieve optimised material distribution during the fabrication, and can obtain strong mechanical property, high permeation flux for the final products whilst maintaining high membrane area to volume ratios.
Date Issued
2017-02-08
Date Acceptance
2017-02-02
Citation
Journal of Membrane Science, 2017, 529, pp.224-233
ISSN
0376-7388
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
224
End Page
233
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Membrane Science
Volume
529
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EPSRC REf EP/M01486X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Engineering, Chemical
Polymer Science
Engineering
LSCF
Oxygen permeation
Multi-bore capillary
Mechanical property
Kinetic demixing
HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANES
ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY RELAXATION
PEROVSKITE MEMBRANES
SURFACE EXCHANGE
PERMEABLE MEMBRANES
PARTIAL OXIDATION
PERMEATION
SEPARATION
METHANE
REACTOR
Chemical Engineering
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published