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Hydrogen (H 2 )/Toluene (TOL) Separation via One and Two Stages of the Bis(triethoxysily)ethane (BTESE) Membranes.

Suhaina Mohd IbrahimXin YuShigeru MiyataKengo MishinaFeridoun SalakSulaiman Oladipo LawalToshinori TsuruKen-Ichi Sawamura
Published in: Membranes (2024)
The separation ability of bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane (BTESE) membranes for hydrogen (H 2 ) purification from hydrogen (H 2 )/toluene (TOL) gas mixtures after a methylcyclohexane (MCH) dehydrogenation process was investigated via one-stage and two-stage membrane processes. This study revealed that BTESE membranes of varied pore sizes (0.4, 0.5, and 0.7 nm) in a one-stage configuration can manage to achieve a H 2 purity ~99.9%. However, the TOL concentrations fell within a wide range, ranging from 280 to 5441 ppm. A primary goal of this research was to lower the TOL concentration in the permeate stream below 200 ppm. Hence, by applying the two-stage membrane, it was demonstrated that the TOL concentration in the permeate stream could be lowered below 200 ppm.
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