High-performance SSZ-13 membranes prepared using ball-milled nanosized seeds for carbon dioxide and nitrogen separations from methane

SSZ-13 membranes with high separation performances were prepared using ball-milled nanosized seeds by once hydrothermal synthesis. Separation performances of SSZ-13 membranes in CO_2/CH_4 and N_2/CH_4 mixtures were enhanced after synthesis modification. Single-gas permeances of CO_2, N_2 and CH_4 and ideal selectivities were recorded through SSZ-13 membranes. The effects of temperature, pressure, feed flow rate and humidity on separation performance of the membranes were discussed. Three membranes prepared after synthesis modifications had an average CO_2 permeance of 1.16 × 10~(-6) mol·(m~2· s·Pa)~(-1)(equal to 3554 GPU) with an average CO_2/CH_4 selectivity of 213 in a 50 vol%/50 vol% CO_2/CH_4 mixture. It suggests that membrane synthesis has a good reproducible. The membrane also displayed a N_2 permeance of 1.07 × 10~(-7) mol·(m~2·s·Pa)~(-1)(equal to 320 GPU) with a N_2/CH_4 selectivity of 13 for a 50 vol%/50 vol% N_2/CH_4 mixture. SSZ-13 membrane displayed stable and good separation performance in the wet CO_2/CH_4 mixture for a long test period over 100 h at 348 K. The current SSZ-13 membranes show great potentials for the simultaneous removals of CO_2 and N_2 in natural gas purification as a facile process suitable for industrial application.     

铁离子改性碳分子筛对氮气/甲烷分离性能的研究

针对碳分子筛对氮气/甲烷分离体系分离比低的问题,采用浸渍法以市售空分碳分子筛（CMS）为基体,制备了分离氮气/甲烷的铁离子改性碳分子筛。通过静态吸附量、分离比、吸附动力学及热力学性质考察了铁离子负载量对碳分子筛吸附分离氮气/甲烷性能的影响。结果表明：铁（Ⅲ）的负载减小了CMS的比表面积、微孔体积和孔径,使CMS超微孔的孔径分布呈现更集中的趋势。这种集中性以动力学性能下降为代价,明显提高了碳分子筛对氮气/甲烷的吸附分离比。在303 K、0.7 MPa条件下,综合性能优异的0.3%铁改性CMS具有6.03的氮气/甲烷吸附分离比。     

Effect of pore size on CH4/N2 separation using activated carbon

In this paper, a model of activated carbon was established by molecular simulation and the separation performance of N_2 and CH_4 on activated carbon was studied. In order to evaluate the adsorption selectivity and diffusion selectivity of N_2 and CH_4, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo and molecular dynamic methods were used to obtain equilibrium adsorption isotherms and mean square displacements of N_2 and CH_4 on activated carbon with different pore sizes. Research results showed that the difference in adsorption isosteric heat of N_2 and CH_4 at the pore size of 0.46 nm is the largest, which is 5.759 and 7.03 kcal·mol~(-1)(1 cal=4.184 J), respectively. Activated carbon with pore size of 0.46 nm has the best N_2 and CH_4 adsorption selectivity, while its diffusion selectivity is not obvious.     

FeTPPs-CuBTC协同强化低浓度煤层气吸附分离

高效分离CH₄/N₂混合物是实现低浓度煤层气利用的关键之一。基于原位封装策略采用一锅法将FeTPPs成功封装至CuBTC的孔隙中,通过两者的协同作用达到强化CH₄/N₂混合气体吸附分离的目的。实验结果显示,FeTPPs的封装增强了吸附剂与CH₄间的相互作用反而削弱了吸附剂与N₂间的相互作用,因此FeTPPs的封装有利于CH₄/N₂混合气体的吸附分离。基于理想吸附溶液理论(IAST)计算发现,在几乎不损失CH₄吸附量的情况下,常温常压下FeTPPs@CuBTC复合材料对CH₄/N₂混合气体的吸附选择性可达5.4,是CuBTC的1.28倍,也高于目前已报道的大部分zeotile和MOF材料。证实了FeTPPs封装策略在低浓度煤层气分离领域的应用潜力,也为新型吸附剂材料的开发提供了新的设计思路。     

FeTPPs-CuBTC协同强化低浓度煤层气吸附分离

高效分离CH₄/N₂混合物是实现低浓度煤层气利用的关键之一。基于原位封装策略采用一锅法将FeTPPs成功封装至CuBTC的孔隙中,通过两者的协同作用达到强化CH₄/N₂混合气体吸附分离的目的。实验结果显示,FeTPPs的封装增强了吸附剂与CH₄间的相互作用反而削弱了吸附剂与N₂间的相互作用,因此FeTPPs的封装有利于CH₄/N₂混合气体的吸附分离。基于理想吸附溶液理论(IAST)计算发现,在几乎不损失CH₄吸附量的情况下,常温常压下FeTPPs@CuBTC复合材料对CH₄/N₂混合气体的吸附选择性可达5.4,是CuBTC的1.28倍,也高于目前已报道的大部分zeotile和MOF材料。证实了FeTPPs封装策略在低浓度煤层气分离领域的应用潜力,也为新型吸附剂材料的开发提供了新的设计思路。     

金属有机骨架材料用于吸附分离CH4和N2的研究进展

非常规天然气的利用不仅可以有效缓解常规天然气不足带来的能源问题,而且可以降低其肆意排放带来的温室效应,无论是低浓度煤层气的提浓还是低品质天然气的提质都需要解决甲烷与氮气的分离难题。基于金属有机骨架（MOFs）材料结构和功能均呈多样化的特色,本文主要从CH₄选择型MOFs吸附材料和N₂选择型MOFs吸附材料两个方面,综述了近年来MOFs材料在CH₄与N₂吸附分离方面的研究进展,讨论了影响二者分离的影响因素,并对吸附与分离机理与MOFs结构和性能关联进行了详细的总结与分析,提出了CH₄与N₂选择性提升的方法,即需要合适的孔道尺寸与弱极性表面性质或有利骨架结构的协同作用,最后展望了MOFs材料在甲烷富集和纯化领域的应用前景和发展趋势。     

一种新的颗粒炭材料的制备及其高效分离甲烷氮气性能

主要围绕从低品位煤层气中回收分离低浓度的CH₄这一重要需求,探索以生物质为碳源研制具有优良CH₄/N₂分离性能的颗粒炭吸附剂。选择大米碎粒作为碳源,通过碳化制备颗粒状炭前体,然后应用CO₂进行活化,制备出大米基颗粒炭材料（GRCM）,研究其吸附分离CH₄/N₂的性能。所制得的颗粒炭材料具有较窄微孔分布,其中样品GRCM-900的BET比表面积为938.529 m²/g。FT-IR分析结果显示大米基颗粒炭表面含有羟基及羰基等含氧官能团。其CH₄吸附容量和CH₄/N₂吸附选择性分别高达1.32 mmol / g和5.68（在298 K和100 kPa条件下）,优于大多数已报道的粉末状炭材料和MOF材料。分子模拟揭示了甲烷和氮气在GRCM炭材料狭缝孔道中的吸附构型和差异。固定床实验证实,应用GRCM炭材料可以在常温条件下有效地分离CH₄/N₂混合物,所制得的颗粒GRCM在从低品位煤层气中回收CH₄方面有很好的应用前景。     

AC/X-G吸附剂的制备及CH4/N2吸附分离性能

采用浓度为0.2g·ml^-1的葡萄糖溶液对13X沸石/活性炭复合材料(AC/X)进行碳沉积,研究沉积次数对复合吸附剂(AC/X-G)孔结构、表面性质和CH₄/N₂吸附分离性能的影响。通过X射线衍射,77K下的N₂吸附/脱附,扫描电镜,CO₂-TPD以及红外光谱表征样品的晶型、孔结构和表面性质,在298K、100kPa下对其CH₄和N₂吸附等温线进行测定,并将吸附结果与文献中碳材料和13X沸石的吸附性能进行比较。结果表明:随着沉积次数的增加,AC/X-G吸附剂中X型沸石的相对含量降低,微孔比表面积和微孔体积减少。AC/X-G的表面被碳膜覆盖,碱量降低,但出现强碱位和含氧基团C-O键。AC/X-G的CH₄和N₂吸附量下降,但吸附分离系数提高,沉积3次的样品AC/X-G-3的CH₄/N₂吸附分离系数达到3.0,表面的含氧基团有利于提高复合材料的CH₄/N₂吸附分离性能。     

Screening and design of COF-based mixed-matrix membrane for CH4/N2 separation

Membrane separation is a high-efficiency, energy-saving, and environment-friendly separation technology. Covalent organic framework (COF)-based mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) have broad application prospects in gas separation and are expected to provide new solutions for coal-bed methane purification. Herein, a high-throughput screening method is used to calculate and evaluate COF-based MMMs for CH₄/N₂ separation. General design rules are proposed from thermodynamic and kinetic points of view using the computation-ready, experimental COFs. From our database containing 471,671 generated COFs, 5 COF membrane materials were screened with excellent membrane selectivities, which were then used as the filler of MMMs for separation performance evaluation. Among them, BAR-NAP-Benzene_CF₃ combined with polydimethylsiloxane and styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene show high CH₄ permeability of 4.43×10^-13 mol·m·s^-1·Pa^-1·m^-2 and high CH₄/N₂ selectivity of 9.54, respectively. The obtained results may provide reasonable information for the design of COF-based membranes for the efficient separation of CH₄/N₂.     

CH4-N2在MOFs结构材料中的吸附分离性能

针对甲烷氮气的分离难题,通过溶剂热法大量合成了6种典型的由单齿、多齿与多元配体构建的金属有机框架材料,并利用单组分静态与双组分动态吸附法分别研究了甲烷与氮气在材料中的吸附行为。研究结果表明,MOFs材料相对较弱的极性,致使其甲烷氮气的分离选择性明显优于Si/Al分子筛;多齿配体MOFs材料因配体较长,孔道较大,具有与活性炭相当的甲烷氮气分离选择性;MOFs中的不饱和金属位增大了孔道极性,不利于分离性能的提高;单齿甲酸配体构建的超微孔[Ni₃(HCOO)₆]框架具有非常优异的CH₄/N₂分离性能,其选择性高达7.0,是Si/Al分子筛与活性炭的2倍。这为高效甲烷氮气分离材料的设计提供了新的参考依据。     

Separation of methane from different gas mixtures using modified silicon carbide nanosheet: Micro and macro scale numerical studies

This research discusses the separation of methane gas from three different gas mixtures, CH₄/H₂S, CH₄/N₂ and CH₄/CO₂, using a modified silicon carbide nanosheet (SiCNS) membrane using both molecular dynamics (MD) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods. The research examines the effects of different structures of the SiCNSs on the separation of these gas mixtures. Various parameters including the potential of the mean force, separation factor, permeation rate, selectivity and diffusivity are discussed in detail. Our MD simulations showed that the separation of CH₄/H₂S, and CH₄/CO₂ mixtures was successful, while simulation demonstrated a poor result for the CH₄/N₂ mixture. The effect of temperature on the diffusivity of gas is also discussed, and a correlation is introduced for diffusivity as a function of temperature. The evaluated value for diffusivity is then used in the CFD method to investigate the permeation rate of gas mixtures.     

一维直孔道MOFs对CH4/N2和CO2/CH4的分离

非常规天然气未来可以作为常规天然气的有效补充,其中低浓度煤层气和生物质燃气分别需要脱除大量的N₂ 和CO₂以达到富集和纯化CH₄的目的。本研究针对CH₄/N₂这一对较难分离的气体组合,选取了具有一维菱形孔道的MOFs材料Cu(INA)₂作为吸附剂,将合成的样品做了XRD和TG表征,测试了纯气体CO₂、CH₄和N₂的吸附曲线,利用巨正则系综蒙特卡罗(GCMC)分子模拟和理想吸附溶液理论(IAST)计算了气体的吸附热和该材料对于CH₄/N₂和CO₂/CH₄的吸附选择性系数;3 MPa压力下制备的颗粒样品填装吸附分离装置,进行了混合气体CH₄/N₂ (50%/50%)和CO₂/CH₄ (50%/50%)的穿透试验,分离的结果显示,Cu(INA)₂不仅高选择性地吸附CH₄/N₂混合物中的CH₄(S_CH4/N2=10),而且对CH₄/N₂的分离效果优于CO₂/CH₄。     

SAPO-34 membranes for CO2/CH4 separations: Effect of Si/Al ratio

Silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) membranes with Si/Al gel ratios from 0.05 to 0.3 were synthesized by in situ crystallization onto porous, tubular stainless steel support. Pure SAPO-34 membranes were obtained when the Si/Al ratio was 0.15 or higher. The adsorbate polarizability correlated with the adsorption capacity on SAPO-34, and the amounts of gases adsorbed were in the order: CO₂ > CH₄ > N₂ > H₂. The Si/Al ratio did not affect the pore volume significantly, but it changed the CO₂ and CH₄ adsorption equilibrium constants. The SAPO-34 membranes effectively separated CO₂ from CH₄ for feed pressures up to 7 MPa. At 295 K, for a pressure drop of 138 kPa and a 50/50 feed, the CO₂/CH₄ selectivity was 170 for a membrane with a Si/Al gel ratio of 0.15. At 7 MPa, the CO₂/CH₄ selectivity was 100 and the CO₂ permeance was 4 × 10⁻⁸ mol/(m² · s · Pa) at 295 K. This membrane was also separated CO₂/N₂ (selectivity = 21) and H₂/CH₄ (selectivity = 32) mixtures at 295 K and a pressure drop of 138 kPa. Competitive adsorption and difference in diffusivities are responsible for CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/N₂ separations, whereas the H₂/CH₄ separation was due to diffusivity differences. For a membrane with Si/Al gel ratio of 0.1, a mixture of SAPO-34 and SAPO-5 formed, and the CO₂/CH₄ selectivity was lower.     

Intensification of low-grade methane enrichment in nitrogen mixture by CH4/CO2 displacement

To solve the problem of CO₂ uncompleted desorption in the process of CO₂ displacement enhancing the adsorption separation of CH₄/N₂, a small amount of product gas CH₄ was used as purge gas to improve the CO₂ desorption. CH₄/CO₂ mixture gas obtained from desorption step was recycled as the displacement gas to enhance the enrichment of low-grade methane in nitrogen mixture. In this work, the research conducted the experiments for CH₄/N₂ separation using CH₄/CO₂ displacement intensification adsorption and the laboratory-made coconut shell activated carbon as sorbent. The mathematical models were built in gPROMS and the accuracy of models was verified by comparison of simulations and CH₄/N₂/CO₂ breakthrough experiments. The performance of enrichment of low-grade methane with displacement intensification using different displacer was compared. The result showed that the process with CH₄/CO₂ displacement had higher purity product than CO₂ displacement. The CH₄/ CO₂ mixed gas replacement enhanced vacuum pressure swing adsorption cycle experiment was carried out, which can jointly enrich 14% CH₄/ N₂ and 53% CH₄/CO₂ to 98.8%, and at the same time obtain a recovery rate of 77.8%.     

CH4-N2在自支撑颗粒型Silicalite-1上的吸附分离及PSA模拟

纯硅分子筛Silicalite-1原粉（Si/Al>470）在6 MPa压力下制成自支撑颗粒状吸附剂,经XRD和77 K氮气吸脱附表征表明自支撑颗粒型的Silicalite-1保留了原粉的晶体结构和比表面。静态重量法测试了273/298/313 K下CH₄和N₂在其上的吸附等温线,利用理想吸附溶液理论（IAST）法计算了吸附剂对CH₄/N₂的选择性。动态气体穿透实验测试了颗粒型Silicalite-1吸附剂对不同浓度CH₄/N₂混合气的分离效果,结果表明该吸附剂更适合于低浓度甲烷（20%/80% CH₄/N₂）的富集脱氮。通过总传质模型利用数值模拟预测了颗粒型Silicalite-1吸附剂的变压吸附分离（PSA）富集低浓度煤层气中甲烷的效果。模拟结果显示20%/80%的CH₄/N₂混合气经一次提浓,CH₄浓度可以提升至37%~41%,回收率达到60%~92%;30%/70%的CH₄/N₂混合气经一次提浓,CH₄浓度可以提升至50%~53%,回收率达到58%~92%。     

界面聚合法制备用于脱氮提纯CH4的N2优先渗透ZIF-90/聚酰胺混合基质膜

作为一种高效的分离方法,膜法分离非常规天然气具有较理想的应用前景。相较CH₄优先渗透膜,N₂优先渗透膜优势在于分离N₂/CH₄混合气后CH₄处于高压侧,利于后续处理。以均苯三甲酰氯为油相单体,间苯二胺为水相单体,采用界面聚合法在聚砜基膜上制备致密超薄聚酰胺分离层,并通过向其中引入孔径可允许N₂分子通过而不允许CH₄分子通过的纳米颗粒ZIF-90,在膜内形成固定的N₂传递通道,成功制备了用于脱氮提纯CH₄的N₂优先渗透混合基质膜。膜渗透选择性能测试结果显示当混合基质膜中纳米颗粒掺杂量为0.30 g·L^-1时,2 bar（1 bar=0.1 MPa）进料压力下,N₂渗透速率达1.16×10^-9 mol·m^-2·s^-1·Pa^-1,N₂/CH₄分离因子达16.6,分离因子比未掺杂ZIF-90的聚酰胺膜提高46.5%,具有一定的处理非常规天然气脱氮提纯甲烷的应用潜力。     

界面聚合法制备用于脱氮提纯CH4的N2优先渗透ZIF-90/聚酰胺混合基质膜

作为一种高效的分离方法,膜法分离非常规天然气具有较理想的应用前景。相较CH₄优先渗透膜,N₂优先渗透膜优势在于分离N₂/CH₄混合气后CH₄处于高压侧,利于后续处理。以均苯三甲酰氯为油相单体,间苯二胺为水相单体,采用界面聚合法在聚砜基膜上制备致密超薄聚酰胺分离层,并通过向其中引入孔径可允许N₂分子通过而不允许CH₄分子通过的纳米颗粒ZIF-90,在膜内形成固定的N₂传递通道,成功制备了用于脱氮提纯CH₄的N₂优先渗透混合基质膜。膜渗透选择性能测试结果显示当混合基质膜中纳米颗粒掺杂量为0.30 g·L^-1时,2 bar（1 bar=0.1 MPa）进料压力下,N₂渗透速率达1.16×10^-9 mol·m^-2·s^-1·Pa^-1,N₂/CH₄分离因子达16.6,分离因子比未掺杂ZIF-90的聚酰胺膜提高46.5%,具有一定的处理非常规天然气脱氮提纯甲烷的应用潜力。     

ZIF-8/乙二醇-水浆液吸收-吸附CH4/H2和CH4/N2

为了有效地捕集焦炉气及煤层气中的甲烷,提出了一种新型捕集技术:吸收-吸附组合方法,该方法通过把ZIF-8分散到乙二醇水溶液中形成悬浮浆液,实现对甲烷组分的捕集。首先测定了甲烷、氮气和氢气在浆液中的吸收-吸附容量,得出吸着量大小的顺序为CH₄> N₂> H₂,然后对CH₄/H₂和CH₄/N₂的混合气进行吸着平衡研究,发现浆液均能有选择性地吸着甲烷。对浆液中回收的ZIF-8材料进行XRD表征,分析证明在整个吸着过程中ZIF-8结构没有发生变化并且ZIF-8/乙二醇-水浆液能重复利用。     

CH4/CO2混合气置换强化含氮低品质甲烷的浓缩

针对CO₂置换吸附分离CH₄/N₂过程中CO₂再生困难的问题,采用少量产品气CH₄真空吹扫以提高CO₂的解吸效果,并以解吸得到的CH₄/CO₂混合气为置换步骤的置换气,通过置换来强化含氮低品质甲烷的浓缩过程。以自制椰壳活性炭为吸附剂,对CH₄/CO₂混合气置换强化吸附回收含氮低品质甲烷工艺过程进行了实验与模拟研究。在gPROMS软件中建立并求解固定床吸附分离模型方程,预测了CH₄、N₂ 和CO₂在自制椰壳活性炭上的竞争吸附穿透曲线,通过预测结果和实验的对比,验证了数学模型方程的准确性。对比了不同置换气强化吸附分离低品质甲烷的效果,结果表明CH₄/CO₂混合气置换强化相对于CO₂置换强化可获得更高纯度产品。进行了CH₄/CO₂混合气置换强化真空变压吸附循环实验,可以将14%的CH₄/N₂和53%的CH₄/CO₂联合富集到98.8%,同时获得77.8%的回收率。     

Circumventing fuel-NOx formation in catalytic combustion of gasified biomass

It has been shown that it is possible to decrease fuel-NO_x produced from NH₃ using catalytic combustion of a synthetic gasified biomass at fuel-lean conditions. In a certain temperature regime where the conversion of fuel components, such as CO, H₂ and CH₄, is low and conversion of NH₃ is high, it is suggested that the formed NO_x is reduced by the remaining fuel components, mainly hydrocarbons. With oxide catalysts only ca. 10% of the NH₃ was converted to NO_x, the rest to N₂. It has also been shown that the ignition sequence of CO, H₂ and CH₄ varied for different catalysts and different experimental conditions, and that methane coupling and methanation reactions occurred before ignition of CH₄.