Open AccessMulticomponent Transport through Realistic Zeolite Membranes: Characterization & Transport in Nanoporous Networks
Author(s) -
W. Curtis Conner
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/910537
Subject(s) - membrane , nanoporous , characterization (materials science) , zeolite , sorption , materials science , porosity , porous medium , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , adsorption , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis , biochemistry
These research studies focused on the characterization and transport for porous solids which comprise both microporosity and mesoporosity. Such materials represent membranes made from zeolites as well as for many new nanoporous solids. Several analytical sorption techniques were developed and evaluated by which these multi-dimensional porous solids could be quantitatively characterized. Notably an approach by which intact membranes could be studied was developed and applied to plate-like and tubular supported zeolitic membranes. Transport processes were studied experimentally and theoretically based on the characterization studies