Main description:

Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Carbon Dioxide Separation/Capture by Using Membranes explores the unique property of membranes to separate gases with different physical and chemical properties. The book covers both polymeric and inorganic materials for CO2 separation and explains their mechanism of action, allowing for the development and most appropriate and efficient processes. It also lists the advantages of using membranes instead of other separation techniques, i.e., their low operating costs and low energy consumption. This book offers a unique opportunity for scientists working in the field of membrane technology for CO2 separation and capture.

Contents:

Part 1. Polymeric Membranes for CO2 separation 1. Polymeric membrane materials for CO2 separations 2. Already used and candidate polymeric membranes for CO2 separation plants 3. CO2 selective membranes: How easy is their moving from laboratory to industrial scale? 4. Mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separations: preparation and properties 5. CO2/CH4 separation (natural gas purification) by using MMMs

Part 2. Inorganic Membranes for CO2 separations 6. Ceramic membranes: preparation, properties and investigation on CO2 separation 7. CO2/CH4 separation by using carbon membranes 8. Poly(ionic liquid) membranes for CO2 separation 9. Fixed-site-carrier (FSC) membranes for CO2 removal from natural gas 10. Hybrid membranes (metallic membranes) for CO2 separation processes

Part 3. Membranes for post-combustion and pre-combustion CO2 capture 11. CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants (cement factory, electricity power plants etc) 12. IGCC: Integrated gasification combined cycle and CO2 capture 13. Facilitated transport membranes for CO2/H2 separation 14. Membrane considerations and plant design for post-combustion CO2 capture 15. Design considerations for post-combustion CO2 capture with membranes

Part. 4 Membrane reactors in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles for CO2 separations 16. Hybrid membranes for CO2 removal from high pressure natural gas 17. Membrane optimization and process condition investigation for enhancing the CO2 separations from NG 18. Techno-Economic Assessment of Polymeric, Ceramic and Metallic Membranes Integration in an Advanced IGCC Process for CO2 separation and capture

Part 5. Membranes for CO2 removal from natural gas: status and perspectives 19. Natural gas compositions: which are the requested separations for them? 20. Polymeric, Ceramic, Carbon or hybrid/MMMs membranes for the CO2 removal processes from NG? 21. Membranes for NG separation processes: Recent progress and future perspectives