Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al2O3 hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2015.04.006

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2015, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (7): 1114-1122.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2015.04.006

Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al₂O₃ hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding

Yanmei Liu, Xuerui Wang, Yuting Zhang, Yong He, Xuehong Gu

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

收稿日期:2014-09-17 修回日期:2015-01-09 出版日期:2015-07-28 发布日期:2015-08-21
通讯作者: Xuehong Gu
基金资助:
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB623403), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21176117, 21222602), the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (212060), the Outstanding Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK2012040), the "Six Top Talents" of Jiangsu Province, the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (09KJA530002), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al₂O₃ hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding

Yanmei Liu, Xuerui Wang, Yuting Zhang, Yong He, Xuehong Gu

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Received:2014-09-17 Revised:2015-01-09 Online:2015-07-28 Published:2015-08-21
Contact: Xuehong Gu
Supported by:
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB623403), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21176117, 21222602), the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (212060), the Outstanding Young Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK2012040), the "Six Top Talents" of Jiangsu Province, the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (09KJA530002), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： NaA zeolite membranes were prepared by secondary growth method on the outer surface of α-Al₂O₃ hollow fiber supports. Vacuum seeding method was used for planting zeolite seeds on the support surfaces. Hydrothermal crystallization was then carried out in a synthesis solution with molar ratio of Al₂O₃:SiO₂:Na₂O:H₂O = 1:2:2:120 at 100 ℃ for 4 h. Effects of seeding conditions on preparation of hollow fiber NaA zeolite membranes were extensively investigated. Moreover, hollow fiber membrane modules with packing membrane areas of ca. 0.1 and 0.2 m² were fabricated to separate ethanol/water mixture. It is found that the thickness of seed layer is obviously affected by seed suspension concentration, coating time and vacuum degree. Close-packing seed layer is required to obtain high-quality membranes. The optimized seeding conditions (seed suspension mass concentration of 0.5%-0.7%, coating time of 5 s and vacuum degree of 10 kPa) lead to dense NaA zeolite layer with a thickness of 6-8 μm. Typically, an as-synthesized hollow fiber NaA zeolite membrane exhibits good pervaporation performance with a permeation flux of 7.02 kg·m^-2·h^-1 and separation factor >10000 for separation of 90% (by mass) ethanol/water mixture at 75 ℃. High reproducibility has been achieved for batch-scale production of hollow fiber NaA zeolite membranes by the hydrothermal synthesis approach.

关键词: NaA zeolite membrane, Vacuum seeding method, Hollow fiber, Pervaporation

Abstract: NaA zeolite membranes were prepared by secondary growth method on the outer surface of α-Al₂O₃ hollow fiber supports. Vacuum seeding method was used for planting zeolite seeds on the support surfaces. Hydrothermal crystallization was then carried out in a synthesis solution with molar ratio of Al₂O₃:SiO₂:Na₂O:H₂O = 1:2:2:120 at 100 ℃ for 4 h. Effects of seeding conditions on preparation of hollow fiber NaA zeolite membranes were extensively investigated. Moreover, hollow fiber membrane modules with packing membrane areas of ca. 0.1 and 0.2 m² were fabricated to separate ethanol/water mixture. It is found that the thickness of seed layer is obviously affected by seed suspension concentration, coating time and vacuum degree. Close-packing seed layer is required to obtain high-quality membranes. The optimized seeding conditions (seed suspension mass concentration of 0.5%-0.7%, coating time of 5 s and vacuum degree of 10 kPa) lead to dense NaA zeolite layer with a thickness of 6-8 μm. Typically, an as-synthesized hollow fiber NaA zeolite membrane exhibits good pervaporation performance with a permeation flux of 7.02 kg·m^-2·h^-1 and separation factor >10000 for separation of 90% (by mass) ethanol/water mixture at 75 ℃. High reproducibility has been achieved for batch-scale production of hollow fiber NaA zeolite membranes by the hydrothermal synthesis approach.

Key words: NaA zeolite membrane, Vacuum seeding method, Hollow fiber, Pervaporation

Yanmei Liu, Xuerui Wang, Yuting Zhang, Yong He, Xuehong Gu. Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al₂O₃ hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2015, 23(7): 1114-1122.

Yanmei Liu, Xuerui Wang, Yuting Zhang, Yong He, Xuehong Gu. Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al₂O₃ hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2015, 23(7): 1114-1122.

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Scale-up of NaA zeolite membranes on α-Al₂O₃ hollow fibers by a secondary growth method with vacuum seeding

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