Growth process and short chain alcohol separation performance of fluoride-containing NaY zeolite membrane

Growth process of the NaY zeolite membranes was investigated by fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel.Compared with the fluoride-free precursor synthesis gel,the irregular NaY zeolite crystals were dissolved into amorphous by the fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel initially,the amorphous contained the Y-type zeolite characteristic bands by the IR characterization.The fine square NaY zeolite crystals arose from the amorphous,which were accumulated and gradually grew into a dense NaY zeolite layer on the support surface after 6.5 h.Because the excessive NaY zeolites were dissolved by the strong alkaline and fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel,there was plenty of amorphous on NaY zeolites layer for prolonging the crystallization time.The assynthesized NaY zeolite membranes had a good separation performance and repeatability for separation of 10 wt%methanol(MeOH)/methyl methacrylate(MMA) mixture by pervaporation,the flux and separation factor were(1.27 ± 0.07) kg·M~(-2)·h~(-1) and(4900 ± 1500) at 323 K,respectively.Besides,the NaY zeolite membranes were applied to separate the other short chain alcohol from the various alcohol/organic ester and alcohol/organic ether mixtures,the NaY zeolite membranes showed high short chain alcohol perm-selectivity.     

超微NaY分子筛的合成和催化芳烃转化性能

进行了超微NaY分子筛的合成。以工业化为基础,系统研究了导向剂的老化时间、分子筛的成胶温度、凝胶的老化温度和时间、以及晶化温度和时间等因素对NaY分子筛细化的影响,合成出n(SiO₂)/n(Al₂O₃)≥5,粒度分布范围小,平均粒径小于300 nm 的超微NaY分子筛。测定表明,BET比表面积大于890 m2·g^-1。分别采用合成的分子筛与常规分子筛作为催化剂载体,以甲苯作为模型化合物考察了催化剂的催化脱芳烃性能。结果表明,与常规微米分子筛相比,超微NaY分子筛负载的Pt催化剂的甲苯加氢活性相当,但在加氢产物分布中,环异构化产物的量明显增加,裂化产物则明显减少。     

疏水硅沸石吸附1,3-丙二醇的研究

FX-Ⅱ型沸石对1,3-丙二醇单组分溶液中1,3-丙二醇的静态饱和吸附量达到121.1 mg/g;在1,3-丙二醇和甘油的混合溶液中,研究了甘油质量浓度、吸附时间、吸附温度和盐离子质量浓度对1,3-丙二醇吸附的影响,实验结果表明高的甘油质量浓度对1,3-丙二醇吸附影响较大,吸附时间为14 h时1,3-丙二醇吸附达到平衡,低温及低盐离子质量浓度有利于1,3-丙二醇吸附;对实际发酵液的静态吸附结果表明,增大发酵液pH值可以减少有机酸对1,3-丙二醇的竞争吸附;pH值为7时,1,3-丙二醇吸附量达到102.5 mg/g;筛选了与吸附剂相关的脱附剂,用体积分数50%的乙醇解吸,解吸率达到86%。在此基础上初步研究了沸石对发酵液中1,3-丙二醇的动态吸附,1,3-丙二醇解吸率为82%。与传统的蒸馏法相比,沸石吸附法工艺简单,具有较大的研究和应用前景。     

MFI型分子筛膜的制备及表征

采用无模板剂的二次生长合成方法,在-αA l2O3基膜上合成了MFI型分子筛膜,用XRD,SEM和气体渗透实验等方法进行表征,表明合成在-αA l2O3基膜的物质为MFI型分子筛。二次生长分子筛膜的正/异丁烷理想分离系数在298 K和473 K时分别为77和70,气体分离数据表明,2种分子筛膜对气体分离是由分子筛分占主导,同时分子筛膜完整无裂缺。不同温度,通过MFI分子筛膜渗透汽化分离质量分数分别为5%、50%和95%的乙醇/水的渗透通量和分离因子,结果表明渗透通量随温度的升高而升高,而分离因子随温度的升高却降低;渗透通量随乙醇质量分数的升高而降低,分离因子却随质量分数的升高而升高。     

Synthesis of zeolite L membranes with sub-micron to micron thicknesses

The growth of zeolite membranes with controlled thicknesses in the sub-micron to micron region is examined, using zeolite L as the example. It was demonstrated that by controlling the concentration of the zeolite solid load and suspension viscosity, dip-coating provided a method to prepare zeolite seed layers of controlled thicknesses. Disk-shaped zeolite L crystals, with size distribution of 0.5–2 μm in diameter, were used as seed crystals for the growth of 2–7 μm thick membranes. By choosing the composition of the secondary growth medium, as well as time and temperature, crystal growth primarily occurred along the xy-plane in these micron plus-thickness membranes, with eventual thickness similar to the originally deposited seed layer. For the synthesis of sub-micron-sized membranes, seed crystals from 20 to 60 nm were used and growth was observed along the z-axis. The optimum secondary growth conditions was found to occur at 60 h of growth time (40 h for sub-micron membranes) using a temperature of 110 °C with a solution composition of 10K₂O:1Al₂O₃:20SiO₂:2000H₂O. Membranes were characterized by electron microscopy and single gas permeation studies, providing confirmation of membrane densification.     

The change of the unit cell dimension of different zeolite types by heating and its influence on supported membrane layers

In comparison with the well-known swelling of organic polymer membranes, zeolite membranes have been considered for a long time as relatively stiff. The problem of the different thermal expansion coefficients of the α-Al₂O₃ support and the zeolite layer was usually reduced on a possible crack formation during the template removal of MFI membranes. However, the crack formation could be avoided by an extremely slow heating rate and by membrane layers formed of small and non-oriented zeolite crystallites. Several papers have shown that the isomorphous incorporation of Al into the MFI structure (silicalite → ZSM-5) results in an increase of the non-selective intercrystalline transport and – as a consequence – the separation selectivity drops. In accordance with this observation, no shape-selective gas separation is reported for the Al-rich zeolite membranes MOR, FAU and LTA. On the other hand, these membranes allow the highly selective separation of water from organic mixtures due to hydrophilic interactions. In the present paper the change of the unit cell dimension (UCD) for zeolites LTA, FAU, MOR and MFI was studied as a function of temperature and water content using Rietveld refinement. Parallel to the determination of the linear and volume expansion coefficients by in situ-heating XRD, the de-watering and de-templating was studied by thermogravimetry (TGA). A strong UCD-change was found for all Al-rich zeolite types as a result of the de-watering. In contrast, the smallest changes of the UCD in the temperature range 50–450 °C were found for MFI crystals. Nevertheless, also for MFI membrane layers with rising temperature an increasing tension between the expanding α-Al₂O₃ support and the slightly shrinking membrane layer takes place. Zeolite layers of small crystals with either a random or a preferential crystal orientation relative to the support and an only partial de-watering in the case of Al-rich zeolite layers can minimize the tension in the support-membrane system. Thus, the irreversible formation of macroscopic cracks can be avoided and the formation of small intercrystalline pores in the mesopore region becomes reversible.     

Pervaporation dehydration of isopropyl alcohol with NaY zeolite incorporated hybrid membranes

With a solution technique, NaY zeolite incorporated, tetraethylorthosilicate‐crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes were prepared. The resulting membranes were tested for their ability to separate isopropyl alcohol/water mixtures by pervaporation in the temperature range of 30–50°C. The effects of the zeolite content and feed composition on the pervaporation performance of the membranes were investigated. The experimental results demonstrated that both flux and selectivity increased simultaneously with increasing zeolite content in the membranes. This was explained on the basis of the enhancement of hydrophilicity, selective adsorption, and establishment of a molecular sieving action attributed to the creation of pores in the membrane matrix. The membrane containing 15 mass % zeolite exhibited the highest separation selectivity of 3991 with a flux of 5.39 × 10^?2 kg/m² h with 10 mass % water in the feed at 30°C. The total flux and flux of water were close to each other for almost all the studied membranes, and this suggested that the membranes could be used effectively to break the azeotropic point of water/isopropyl alcohol mixtures to remove a small amount of water from isopropyl alcohol. From the temperature‐dependent diffusion and permeation values, the Arrhenius activation parameters were estimated. The activation energy values obtained for water were significantly lower than those for isopropyl alcohol, and this suggested that the developed membranes had a higher separation efficiency for water/isopropyl alcohol systems. The activation energy values for total permeation and water permeation were found to be almost the same for all the membranes, and this signified that coupled transport was minimal because of the highly selective nature of the membranes. Positive heat of sorption values were observed in all the membranes, and this suggested that Henry's mode of sorption was predominant. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Preparation and characterization of CO2-selective Pebax/NaY mixed matrix membranes

CO₂-selective Pebax/NaY mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were prepared by incorporating NaY zeolite into Pebax matrix. The morphology, chemical groups, thermal stability, and microstructure of the MMMs were investigated by scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The effects of zeolite loading amount, permeation temperature and pressure on the CO₂/N₂ separation performance of the resultant membranes were studied. The as-prepared MMMs are much superior to the pristine Pebax membranes in terms of permeability and selectivity. The CO₂ permeability and CO₂/N₂ selectivity can respectively reach to 131.8 Barrer and 130.8 for MMMs made by the starting materials containing 40 wt % NaY. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48398.     

Synthesis and characterization of zeolite NaY from rice husk silica

Rice husk silica (RHS) in amorphous phase with 98% purity was prepared from a waste rice husk from rice milling by leaching with hydrochloric acid and calcination. The RHS was used effectively as a silica source for the synthesis of zeolite Y in sodium form (NaY). The zeolite in pure phase was obtained from a two-step synthetic route in which the starting gels were mixed, aged for 24 h at room temperature and crystallized for 24 h at 90 °C. The diameter of single crystal particles from a scanning electron microscope was approximately 1.0 μm, whereas the average particle diameter from laser diffraction particle size analyzer was approximately 10 μm because of the agglomeration of small crystals. Longer crystallization time in this route resulted in a mixed phase containing NaY and zeolite P in sodium form (NaP). In addition, a one-step synthetic route (no aging) was studied and the product was also a mixed phase zeolite.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramic Membranes (W‐Type Zeolite Membranes)

In this article, effects of synthesis parameters (synthesis temperature, synthesis time, and number of layers) on W‐type zeolite membranes synthesized over flat SUS supports for O₂/SF₆ gas separation were experimentally investigated. Experiments were carried out at these levels of synthesis temperature: 165°C, 185°C, and 200°C; synthesis time: 6, 12, and 18 h and number of layers: 1 and 2. Permeation measurements, XRD and SEM analysis were used for characterization of the synthesized membranes. The results showed that increasing synthesis temperature from 165°C up to 185°C increases separation factor of O₂/SF₆, however, further increasing decreases the separation performance. The same trend was observed for synthesis time for the single layer synthesized zeolite W membrane, although for the double layer synthesized zeolite W membrane, separation factor increased with increasing synthesis time. Repetition of layering has a net positive effect on separation factor of O₂/SF₆, and negative effect on permeation flux through the membranes. This behavior was attributed to the dual effect of synthesis temperature and synthesis time on selectivity. More zeolite crystals are deposited and larger crystals are formed at higher synthesis temperatures and longer synthesis times. Well W‐type zeolite membrane was synthesized at 185°C for 18 h with two repeating layers with a high separation factor of 20.1.     

管式支撑体内表面NaA分子筛膜的合成与表征

采用转动合成方式通过二次生长法在管式α-Al₂O₃支撑体内表面合成了NaA分子筛膜,采用X射线衍射仪（XRD）、场发射扫描式电子显微镜（FE-SEM）和渗透汽化分离技术对所合成的膜进行了系统表征。考察了合成釜转速对分子筛膜合成的影响,结果表明合成釜转速的提高有利于分子筛膜合成。在转速为4 r·min^-1时所合成NaA分子筛膜分离因子高达2370,渗透通量1.86 kg·h^-1·m^-2左右（乙醇/相似文献   

Characterization and performance evaluations of sodium zeolite‐Y filled chitosan polymeric membrane: Effect of sodium zeolite‐Y concentration

Sodium zeolite‐Y (NaY zeolite) filled chitosan polymeric membranes were developed and characterized. The impact of adding different concentrations of NaY zeolite into the homogeneous chitosan membrane was investigated. The surface morphology, mechanical–physical properties, sorption, and pervaporation performance for the dehydration of isopropanol–water mixture separation by the pervaporation process were studied and evaluated. A homogeneous chitosan membrane showed preferential water sorption and permeation compared to isopropanol. The optimum concentration of NaY zeolite added to the homogeneous chitosan membrane was 0.4 wt %, which showed that the dispersion of the NaY zeolite was the most homogeneous and finely covered by the chitosan polymer in the zeolite–chitosan polymer interface. The tensile strength and percent strain at maximum of this membrane were 59.347 MPa and 27.5%, respectively. The sorption experiments showed that the degree of swelling was 6.54% with 1.01 wt % isopropanol sorbed in these membranes. The pervaporation separation tests demonstrated that the NaY zeolite filled chitosan membrane was capable for isopropanol–water mixture separation and improved the pervaporation separation index from 272 (homogeneous chitosan membrane) to 2687. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 99: 1740–1751, 2006     

Enhancement of NaA zeolite membrane properties through organic cation addition

Thin NaA zeolite membranes, with uniform and small crystals, were prepared on the tubular -Al₂O₃ support by adding a small amount of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH) in the clear synthesis solution. The as-synthesized NaA zeolite membranes were characterized by XRD and SEM. The permeation properties of the membranes were evaluated by pervaporation and gas permeation. The effects of TMAOH amount on membrane formation and permeation properties were investigated. By addition of suitable amount of TMAOH in the clear synthesis solution, the crystals size of NaA zeolite could be remarkably reduced from about 10 μm to 3–4 μm, and the membrane thickness correspondingly reduced from about 16 μm to 5 μm. The thinner membrane prepared by adding TMAOH in the clear synthesis solution, with uniform and small crystal, displayed higher perm-selective properties than that without adding TMAOH. For the as-synthesized NaA zeolite membrane prepared with adding suitable amount of TMAOH (x = 1), the separation factor (water/isopropanol) was 4700 and the flux was 1.67 kg/(m² h), which were higher than that without adding TMAOH of 339 and 1.08 kg/(m² h), respectively. The ideal separation factor of H₂/N₂ was 6.60, higher than that without adding TMAOH of 3.41.     

多级孔道ZSM-5分子筛超滤膜的制备

利用二次生长法,以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（CTAB）为结构导向剂,一步水热合成了多级孔道ZSM-5分子筛膜。结果表明,CTAB球形胶束与分子筛颗粒自组装形成了介孔结构,同时,CTAB胶束及疏水长链抑制了晶体的长大。通过调整CTAB/SiO₂摩尔比、合成温度及晶化时间等制膜条件,改变分子筛膜的晶体颗粒尺寸及膜层交联度,实现了分子筛膜介孔结构的有效调节,其孔径范围7~30 nm。在CTAB/SiO₂摩尔比为0.05、合成温度180℃、时间20 h下,多级孔分子筛膜纯水渗透通量达到138 kg·m^-2·h^-1·MPa^-1,截留分子量28500,对应平均孔径7.39 nm,达到小孔径超滤的标准。     

Preparation and permeability of ZSM-35 zeolite membranes on porous stainless steel tubes

ZSM-35 zeolite membranes were prepared on porous stainless steel tubes with silica sol and tetraethoxysilane as silica source, and with 1-butylamine and ethylenediamine as templates, respectively. The characterization of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the membranes prepared with ethylenediamine as the template displayed growth orientation with their crystal planes (h00) parallel to the support surface. The single-component permeability tests of H₂, N₂ and C₃H₈ showed that the membranes synthesized with ethylenediamine as the template, compared with those with 1-butylamine as the template, showed relatively higher permeation rates and ideal separation factors, and above their corresponding ideal Knudsen diffusion factors, which might be attributed to the different growth orientation of zeolite membranes synthesized with different templates.     

Synthesis of zeolite rho: Aging temperature effect

This paper focuses on deciphering the gel aging temperature effect on the crystallization of zeolite rho(RHO). Increased gel aging temperature (from room temperature to 55°C and no aging) caused an increase in induction periods and decreased the crystallization rate during the synthesis of RHO. Other crystalline phases such as chabazite were formed along with increasing aging temperature. The largest crystal size of RHO increased proportionally to aging temperatures up to about 9 m. These results suggest that aging temperature greatly affected the crystallization, the crystal sizes, the purity and the formed crystalline phases during the synthesis of zeolite rho. This study suggests that most of RHO nuclei are formed during gel aging and their formation is depressed by the increased aging temperatures.     

Dehydration of ethylene glycol by pervaporation using gamma alumina/NaA zeolite composite membrane

High-quality zeolite NaA membranes were synthesized on modified α-alumina supports. The surface of macroporous α-alumina supports was modified by deposition of an ultrafiltration layer of γ-alumina. The zeolitic top layers were synthesized via the secondary growth method. The required seeds for the membrane synthesis were prepared via the hydrothermal synthesis using organic template of tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAOH) to obtain nano-sized seeds. The synthesized seeds and membranes were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The separation performance of membranes was evaluated in pervaporation (PV) dehydration of ethylene glycol (EG). Effect of operational parameters including feed composition, feed flow rate, and feed temperature on separation performance of the synthesized NaA zeolite membranes were investigated. The membranes showed separation factor of 10,996 and high total flux of 7.16 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ for feed temperature of 80 °C, feed flow rate of 1.5 L/min, and feed concentration of 90 wt.% EG.     

Effect of calcination temperature of kaolin as a support for zeolite membranes

Ceramic membranes specially zeolite membranes are usually used for dewatering of organics by pervaporation. In the previous work, it was observed that kaolin calcined at 1050 °C has a separation factor 19.25 while kaolin calcined at 800 °C does not show any separation activity and its separation factor is equal to 1. In this research, effect of calcination temperature on flux and separation factor of kaolin modules that prepared by electrophoresis as a support of zeolite membranes was investigated. By increasing the kaolin calcination temperature, the flux of membrane increases due to many pores created in the module. This was confirmed by SEM micrographs. The highest flux was about 18 kg/m² h for modules calcined at 1200 °C with ethanol 95%. Their separation factors were almost the same for each module. It was very low but comparable with some porous and non-porous polymeric membranes. Increasing calcination temperature causes module strength to enhance. It was found that the module calcined at 1200 °C may be suitable as a support for zeolite A membranes.     

Photocatalytic degradation of omethoate using NaY zeolite-supported TiO2

The degradation of omethoate was conducted using H₂O₂ as oxidant, TiO₂ supported on NaY zeolite as photocatalyst and a 300W lamp as light source. The effect of the calcination temperature of the photocatalyst, the amount of TiO₂ loaded on NaY zeolite, the photocatalyst amount, the pH value and the radiation time on the degradation ratio of omethoate were investigated. The results show that TiO₂/NaY zeolite photocatalyst prepared by sol-gel method had good photocatalysis. The photocatalytic optimum oxidation conditions of omethoate are as follows: the calcination temperature of the photocatalyst is 550°C,the amount of TiO₂ loaded on NaY zeolite is 35.2 wt-%, the amount of photocatalyst is 5 g/L, pH = 8 and the radiation time is 180 min. Under these conditions, the removal ratio of omethoate is up to 93%.