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4 Results and discussion<br />

differences the H2/CO2 permselectivity of this membrane <strong>in</strong>creases from 4.2 to 5.3 as the<br />

temperature <strong>in</strong>creases from 115 to 190ºC. This is comparable to values observed <strong>for</strong> ZrO2<br />

membranes. 141,142 The activation energies <strong>for</strong> He transport through membranes #202,<br />

#204 and #205 are 3.9, 7.9 and 15 kJ/mol, respectively, which is <strong>in</strong>dicative of an<br />

<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g degree of micropore diffusion <strong>in</strong> these membranes.<br />

Ln[Permeance s m 2 Pa/mol)]<br />

0.24 228 0.25 0.26 189 0.27 0.28 156 0.29 0.30 103 0.31 103 0.32<br />

-12.0<br />

7<br />

-12.5<br />

-13.0<br />

-13.5<br />

-14.0<br />

T (ºC)<br />

-14.5<br />

3<br />

0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.32<br />

1000/RT (mol/kJ)<br />

108<br />

Hydrogen<br />

Carbon dioxide<br />

Permselectivity<br />

Figure 75: H2/CO2 permselectivity as a function of temperature and Arrhenius plots <strong>for</strong> H2 and CO2<br />

permeation of a Ti0.5Zr0.5O2 membrane (#205) calc<strong>in</strong>ed at 600ºC.<br />

Because of its outstand<strong>in</strong>g per<strong>for</strong>mance, the hydrothermal stability of this particular<br />

membrane (#205) has been tested. The effect of exposure to water vapour on He and N2<br />

permeation is presented <strong>in</strong> Figure 76. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the exposure, a strong decrease <strong>in</strong> both the<br />

He and N2 permeance is immediately observed. The amount of permeat<strong>in</strong>g water was too<br />

small to be determ<strong>in</strong>ed gravimetrically. After term<strong>in</strong>ation of the steam exposure,<br />

degass<strong>in</strong>g results <strong>in</strong> a steady <strong>in</strong>crease of both He and N2 permeation. Only after a period<br />

of approximately 750 hours the He permeation starts to decrease. Both permeation<br />

measurements and visual <strong>in</strong>spection of the membrane surface after the experiment<br />

exclude the occurrence of layer delam<strong>in</strong>ation which can result from hydrothermal<br />

treatment. In fact, a He/N2 permselectivity above 10 is observed aga<strong>in</strong> after exposure to<br />

steam after flush<strong>in</strong>g the membrane <strong>for</strong> 500 h which demonstrates a high degree of<br />

stability of the micropore structure. Besides, the γ-Al2O3 <strong>in</strong>termediate layer was not<br />

delam<strong>in</strong>ated as expected from the hydrothermal test<strong>in</strong>g on SiO2 membranes of the<br />

recently reported work of Duke et al. 94<br />

6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

H 2/CO 2 Permselectivty

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