OSTI Database Project Description  (updated Aug. 2005)

PROJECT TITLE:

CO2 Separation Using a Thermally Optimized Membrane

PROJECT ID:

P/NETL--FWP-02FE19-AC03 (FE-01-0003)

RESEARCH ORG. CODE:

NETL

CONTRACT NUMBER:

 

FUNDING MECHANISM:

M&O

SUBCONTRACT NAME:

 

SUBCONTRACT NUMBER:

 

POINT OF CONTACT NAME:

GOLDBERG, PHILIP M.

POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL:

PHILIP.GOLDBERG@NETL.DOE.GOV

POINT OF CONTACT PHONE:

412-386-5806

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Los Alamos National Laboratory will develop a high-temperature polymer membrane that will exhibit a permselectivity an order of magnitude higher than current polymer membranes. The project will focus on the separation of CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 gas pairs, which represent separations that are industrially and environmentally important. Capitalizing on the interplay between polymer structure and gas diffusion at temperatures between 100oC and 400oC will lead to structures with unprecedented stability and selectivity. By increasing the rigidity of the thermally stable polybenzimidazole (PBI) and backbone using semi interpenetrating polymer networks, the researchers will inhibit interchain mobility and control diffusion pathways. This approach will lead to polymer membranes with tunable permeability, polymer modification and casting protocols. This approach will maintain high selectivity while tuning permeability by increasing temperature.

PROGRESS TO DATE:

 

PROJECT STATUS:

C

PROJECT URL:

 

PROPRIETARY:

 

RESEARCH SUBJECT:

 

RESEARCH TYPE:

D

FUTURE PLANS:

 

NON-FEDERAL PERCENT:

1

OUT-YEAR COST:

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION:

 

START DATE:

15-Apr-2000

COMPLETION DATE:

14-Apr-2003

MD FILE SEQ:

9998

AO OFFICE CODE:

 

PERFORMING LOCATION:

 

PERFORMING LOCATION CITY:

Los Alamos

PERFORMING LOCATION ZIP:

87544-2201

OLD PROJECT I.D.:

 

FISCAL YEAR:

2004

PROJECT APPROVED:

Y

ENTERED DATE:

3-Mar-2004

LAST UPDATE:

31-Jan-2005

 

 

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