The selective separation of carbon dioxide (CO
2) from a wet gaseous mixture of CO
2/H
2 through facilitated transport membranes containing immobilized aqueous solutions of monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), ethylenediamine (EDA) and monoprotonated ethylenediamine (EDAH
+) and their blends was experimentally investigated. The effect of CO
2 partial pressure, amine concentration, feed side pressure and amine species on the CO
2 and H
2 permeances were studied. The CO
2 permeability through amine solution membranes decreased with increasing CO
2 feed partial pressure but the H
2 permeance was almost independent of the H
2 partial pressure. A comparison of experimental results showed that single or blended amines with low viscosity and a moderate equilibrium constant, i.e., large forward and reverse reaction rate of CO
2‐amine, are suitable for effective separation of CO
2. The permeability of CO
2 generally increased with an increase in amine concentration, although this increase may be compromised by the salting out effect and decrease in diffusivities of species. The results obtained indicated that CO
2 permeance across a variety of amines are in the order of DEA (2 M) > MD (2 M) > MD (1 M) > MEA (2 M) > MEA (4 M) > MD (4 M) > DEA (1 M) > DEA (4 M) > MEA (1 M) for various concentrations of MEA + DEA blend and are in the order of EDAH
+ (2 M) > DEA (2 M) > MH (2 M) > DH (2 M) > ED (2 M) > EDA (2 M) > MEA (2 M) for various blends of amine.
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