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A Novel Poly(4-methyl-2-pentyne)/TiO2 Hybrid Nanocomposite Membrane for Natural Gas Conditioning: Butane/Methane Separation

✍ Scribed by Wilfredo Yave; Sergey Shishatskiy; Volker Abetz; Samira Matson; Elena Litvinova; Valeriy Khotimskiy; Klaus-Viktor Peinemann


Book ID
102484677
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
215 KB
Volume
208
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1352

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Abstract

Poly(4‐methyl‐2‐pentyne) (PMP)/TiO~2~ hybrid nanocomposite membranes have been investigated for natural gas conditioning. Tailor‐made PMP with 35% cis‐content was identified as an attractive material to prepare nanocomposite membranes; it presented good stability towards organic vapors and optimal properties for butane/methane separation. The PMP/TiO~2~ hybrid nanocomposite membranes presented an improvement of butane permeability and butane/methane selectivity. The addition of TiO~2~ nanoparticles to the PMP enhanced the selectivity more effectively than fumed‐silica, and it is attractively higher than those currently reported in the open literature.

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