Volume 40, Issue 9 pp. 1693-1701
Research Article

Preparation of High-Performance Membranes Derived from Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene)/Zinc Oxide Particles

Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

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Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering, P.O. Box 14115-114, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence: Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani ([email protected]), Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering, P.O. Box 14115-114, Tehran, Iran.Search for more papers by this author
Vahid Pirouzfar

Vahid Pirouzfar

Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Tehran, Iran

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First published: 02 June 2017
Citations: 21

Abstract

The efficiency of gas separation by mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) derived from poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (PMP) filled by zinc oxide nanoparticles is investigated. The membranes are prepared by the solvent evaporation method. The zinc oxide nanoparticles are loaded at different weight percentages. The results reveal that adding zinc oxide nanoparticles at all loading percentages of the nanoparticles increases the selectivity of all gas pairs such as O2/N2, CO2/CH4, and CO2/N2. Furthermore, the CO2 permeability in PMP-zinc oxide MMMs was significantly improved when increasing the feed pressure.

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