• Clean Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.406-414
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• 2014

Biogas is a gaseous mixture produced from microbial digestion of organic materials in the absence of oxygen. Raw biogas, depending upon organic materials, digestion time and process conditions, contains about 45-75% methane, 30-50% carbon dioxide, 0.3% of hydrogen sulfide gas and fraction of water vapor. To achieve the standard composition of the biogas the treatment techniques like absorption or membrane separation was performed for the resourcing of biogas. In this paper the experimental results of the methane purification in simulated biogas mixture consisted of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide were presented. The composite membrane is manufactured within polysulfone in order to increase the separation performances for the gaseous mixtures of $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ which are main components of the biogas. The effects of feed pressures and mixed gas on the separation of $CO_2-CH_4$ by membrane are investigated. Chelate chemical was utilized to treat the purification of methane from the $H_2S$ concentration of 0.3%.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.116-125
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• 2022

In this experiment, an α-Al₂O₃ ceramic hollow fiber was used as a support, and a hydrogen membrane plated with Pd and Pd-Ag was manufactured through electroless plating. The Pd-Ag membrane was annealed at 500℃ for 10 h to form an alloy of Pd and Ag. It was confirmed that it became a Pd-Ag alloy through EDS (Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy) analysis. Also, the thickness of the Pd, Pd-Ag plating layer was measured to be about 8.98 and 9.29 ㎛ through SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) analysis respectively. Hydrogen permeation experiment was performed using the H₂ gas and mixed gas (H₂ and N₂) in the range of 350~450℃ and 1-4 bar using the prepared hydrogen membrane. Under the H₂ gas condition, the Pd and Pd-Ag membrane has a flux of up to 21.85 and 13.76 mL/cm²·min and also separation factors of 1216 and 361 were obtained in the mixed gas at 450℃ and 4 bar conditions respectively.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.04a
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• pp.29-32
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• 1992

무기물질로 제조된 분리막은 대부분의 유기고분자 분리막에 비하여 열에 강하고, 구조의 안정성이 있으며, 유독 물질 및 미생물등에 영향을 덜받는다는 장점이 있어 폐수 처리, 식품 가공 및 생물 공학적 분리 목적으로 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 최근 재료기술의 발달로 양질의 세라믹 분리막이 제조 가능하게 되었으며 다공성 alumina, zirconia, glass 분리막은 현재 4 nm - 5$\mu$m의 기공 범위로 상용화 되어 있다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.146-153
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• 2024

In this experiment, a Ti-based flat hydrogen separation membrane was designed and manufactured. In order to find a Ti-based hydrogen separation membrane of a new composition, the correlation between the physical-chemical properties and hydrogen permeability of various alloys was investigated. Based on this, two types of new alloy films (Ti_14.2Zr_66.4Ni_12.6Cu_6.8 (70 ㎛), Ti_17.3Zr_62.7Ni₂₀ (80 ㎛)) was designed and manufactured. The manufactured flat hydrogen separation membrane was tested for hydrogen permeation using mixed gas (H₂, N₂) and sweep gas (Ar) at 300~500℃ and 1~4 bar. The Ti_14.2Zr_66.4Ni_12.6Cu_6.8 alloy film has a maximum flux of 16.35 mL/cm² min at 500℃ and 4 bar, and the Ti_17.3Zr_62.7Ni₂₀ alloy film has a maximum flux of 10.28 mL/cm² min at 450℃ and 4 bar.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.117-122
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• 2010

BCY($Ba(Ce_{0.9}Y_{0.1})O_{3-\delta}$) oxide, shows high protonic conductivity at high temperatures, and are referred to as hydrogen separation membrane. For high efficiency of hydrogen separation ($H_2$ flux and selectivity) and low fabrication cost, ultimate thin and dense BCY-Ni layer have to be coated on a porous substrate such as $ZrO_2$. Aerosol depostion (AD) process is a novel technique to grow ceramic film with high density and nano-crystal structure at room-temperature, and would be applied to the fabrication process of AD integration ceramic layer effectively. XRD and SEM measurements were conducted in order to analyze the characteristics of BCY-Ni membrane fabricated by AD process.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.160-165
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• 2006

A Pd-Cu-Ni alloyed hydrogen membrane has fabricated on porous nickel support formed by nickel powder. Porous nickel support made by sintering shows a strong resistance to hydrogen embrittlement and thermal fatigue. Plasma surface modification treatment is introduced as pre-treatment process instead of conventional HCl wet activation. Nickel was electroplated to a thickness of $2{\mu}m$ in order in to fill micropores at the nickel support surface. Palladium and copper were deposited at thicknesses of $4{\mu}m$ and $0.5{\mu}m$, respectively, on the nickel coated support by DC sputtering process. Subsequently, copper reflow at $700^{\circ}C$ was performed for an hour in $H_2$ ambient. And, as a result PdCu-Ni composite membrane has a pinhole-free and extremely dense microstructure, having a good adhesion to the porous nickel support and infinite hydrogen selectivity in $H_2/N_2$ mixtures.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.344-351
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• 2023

The membrane separation process for carbon dioxide capture from hydrogen reformer exhaust gas has been developed. Using a commercial membrane module, a multi-stage process was developed to achieve 90% of carbon dioxide purity and 90% of recovery rate for ternary mixed gas. Even if a membrane module with being well-known properties such as material selectivity and permeability, the process performance of purity and recovery widely varies depending on the stage-cut, the pressure at feed and permeate side. In this study, we verify the limits of capture efficiency at single-stage membrane process under various operating conditions and optimized the two-stage recovery process to simultaneously achieve high purity and recovery rate.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.185-191
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• 2004

It summarized about the properties of thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur process that was hydrogen production using the waste heat from the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) recycling the heat of nuclear power. It was mainly explained about the application of membrane separation technique in IS process. Thermochemical water-splitting hydrogen production method using the high temperature nuclear thermal energy could be realized and remained to be solved the investigation subject. And, it is possible for mass-production of hydrogen such as one of the clean energy in future.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.228-234
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• 2010

In this study, dynamic simulation of membrane reactor was performed for water gas shift reaction and temperature, hydrogen concentration, etc. were investigated as a function of time and position. Simulation results indicated that differences of hydrogen concentration, hydrogen partial pressure, and temperature in the radial direction, were larger in the entrance than in the exit. In addition, the hydrogen flux was the largest in the entrance, where the hydrogen partial pressure difference was the largest, and the conversion of carbon monoxide in the exit was about 0.65.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.77-83
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• 2004