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Article history: The present article focuses on making asymmetric porous hollow fiber membranes of polysulfone (PSF)
Received 18 April 2017 through alternating phases of process using ethanol (2 wt.%) as a non-soluble additive in polymer so-
Revised 2 August 2017
lution. An aqueous solution of 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) was used as the splitter fluid to prevent
Accepted 6 August 2017
the formation of internal dense crust and water was used as an external coagulant. The surface poros-
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ity, the pore size and the effective porosity of membrane were examined through characteristic tests.
Keywords: The structure of membrane was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The performance of the
Polysulfone produced membranes was examined to absorb and excrete carbon dioxide in a gas–liquid contactor mem-
Hollow fiber membrane brane through the solution of mono-ethanolamine (MEA). The results of gas absorption and stripping test
Gas–liquid contactor membrane showed that the liquid phase is enhanced by increasing the flow rate. Membranes produced by ethanol
Absorption indicated that the absorption and excretion of carbon dioxide hollow fiber membrane made of PSF were
Stripping
more than other membranes. The highest absorption of carbon dioxide (3.9 × 10−3 mol/m2 /s) and strip-
ping (2.00 × 10−4 mol/m2 /s) could be obtained at the liquid flow rate of 300 and 200 ml/min, respectively.
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Fig. 1. Schematic of CO2 absorption/stripping mechanism in gas–liquid membrane contactors: (A) absorption; and (B) stripping [34].
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Table 3
Specifications of hollow fiber membranes derived from PSF.
Table 4 of carbon dioxide in the liquid phase in the entry and output
Details of contacting gas–liquid membrane systems.
of the stripping module was measured by titration method to
Module i.d. (mm) 15 determine the amount and efficiency. In the titration method,
Module length (mm) 250 10 ml of output liquid sample was poured in a beaker from the
Fiber o.d. (mm) 0.9–1.0
module and more than this amount (about 12 ml) solution of 0.1 M
Fiber i.d. (mm) 0.45–0.50
Effective fiber length(mm) 180 NaOH was added to the solution to fully ionize carbon dioxide
number of fibers 30 dissolved in the solution. Then, some barium chloride (BaCl2 ) was
Contact area (inner, mm2 ) 4521 added to the solution. Next, the solution was shaken well until all
the carbon dioxide dissolved in the solution to be formed deposits
of BaCO3 (physically or chemically). The remaining NaOH solution
the liquid absorption flows on the shell side, the surface of area is was titrated in the solution by HCl and phenolphthalein was used
calculated by the following relation: as an indicator. To measure the amount of the excreted carbon
dioxide, few drops of methyl orange added to the solution and the
A 0 = nπ d i L (8) solution was titrated with HCl. The amount of HCl used in this
where n is the number of fibers (in this study, 10), di is inner di- stage is practiced as moles of carbon dioxide to a number of moles
ameter of fibers, and L are effective fiber length. The form of the of MEA to calculate the amount of absorbed carbon dioxide. All
pilot reactor is presented in Fig. 2. experiments were performed within 30 min to achieve steady state
conditions to collect fluid samples. Carbon dioxide concentration
2.5. Experiment of CO2 stripping was calculated by the following equation:
moL
(N.V )HCL
The amount of stripping CO2 and the efficiency contactor of MCO2 = (9)
L Vsample
made membranes were measured by gas–liquid module. Thirty
pieces of hollow fiber membrane were randomly placed in module Carbon dioxide stripping efficiency was calculated by the fol-
in a stainless steel. Details of contact membrane modules are lowing module:
shown in Table 4. In this method, nitrogen gas (N2 ) flows inside
the shell and MEA solution rich in CO2 in the hollow fiber as C
sweep stream flow. Nitrogen gas is inserted to liquid flow module
η (% ) = 1 − l,o × 100 (10)
Cl,i
in order to prevent wetting problem. Pressure and flow rate of
liquid and gas were controlled by a control valve. Fluid pressure where Cl,o is carbon dioxide concentration in the liquid phase at
was considered higher than 0.2 × 105 Pa to avoid forming bubbles the outlet of the membrane module (mol/m3 ) and Cl,i is the con-
on the liquid. Operating pressure and temperature were kept centration of carbon dioxide in the liquid phase of input membrane
constant in 80 °C and 0.5 × 105 Pa, respectively. The concentration module (mol/m3 ). Laboratory stripping of carbon dioxide flux on
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Fig. 4. SEM images of the cross section fiber membranes made of hollow sulfone (PSF): (a) without additive, (b) 2 wt% ethanol.
the inner surface of the hollow fiber was calculated as below: membrane has an outer diameter from about 0.75 to 0.9 mm, in-
ternal diameter ranges from 0.4 to 0.45 mm and the wall thick-
Cl,i − Cl,o × Ql
JCO2 = (11) ness is in the range of 0.175–0.225 mm. The structure of the cross-
Ai section area and the inner surface of the membrane are shown in
In relation (11), JCO2 is the flux of carbon dioxide excretion Fig. 4(a) and (b) and Fig. 5(a) and (b). Figures reveal that all forms
(mol/m2 /s), Ql is the rate of liquid’s flow (m3 /s), and Ai is the in- of hollow fibers have a porous shell and a finger-like substrate with
ner surface of the hollow membrane (m2 ). Fig. 3 features out a large holes originated from the outer surface of the hollow fibers
schematic view of the membrane contactor system in the experi- and hollow fiber walls spread. The inner surface of the membrane
mental stripping. is also made of a sponge-like layer. Since the use of mixed sol-
vent solution (NMP) is as a cutting fluid, it delays the solidification
of the membrane. All the membranes of inner surface are shown
3. Results and discussion
without the shell. This event is due to the high content of NMP
in intrinsic coagulation. In fact, this phenomenon in the inner sur-
PSF hollow fiber membrane was made of wet spinning method
face is directed into opening micro-porous structure. As water acts
using two different additive concentrations in the spinning solu-
as a strong non-solvent, the work is done by water as the exter-
tion. The morphology of membranes was studied by scanning elec-
nal coagulant membranes with a layer outer shell. As observed in
tron microscopy (SEM) and also studying cross-section and the
Fig. 5, membrane made from ethanol as an additive to the polymer
inner surface in different magnifications. This made hollow fiber
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Fig. 5. SEM images of the structure of the inner surface of the hollow fiber membranes made of sulfone (PSF): (a) without additive, (b) 2 wt.% ethanol.
3.50E-07
Y = 5E-10x + 9E-08
R2= 0.9481
3.00E-07
N2 Permeance (mol/m2 s pa)
2.50E-07
2.00E-07
1.00E-07
Without additive
PSf+2% Ethanol
5.00E-08 Linear (Without additive)
Linear (PSf+2% Ethanol)
0.00E+00
100 150 200 250 300 350
solution has more pores than the membrane without ethanol used to calculate the average size of pore. As observed, the cal-
which is due to ethanol’s ability to create openings while solidi- culated permeation of N2 for all membranes has a tendency to in-
fication. crease as pressure gets higher. This phenomenon divulges that both
Poiseuille and Knudsen flows affect the permeation of N2 through
3.1. Carbon dioxide absorption and stripping in the hollow fiber PSF membranes. Remarkably, the slope of the membrane prepared
membrane with 2 wt.% ethanol as an additive is very small and it shows that
Knudsen flows need more gas leakage than Poiseuille flows due to
Table 3 briefly illustrates gas permeability test, the measure- the size of small holes.
ment of critical pressure of water entering into the membrane Given the critical water entry pressure, all membranes can re-
(CEPw), measuring porosity, and coefficient of contact with water sist additional pressure applied on the shell (0.2 × 105 Pa) dur-
and collapse pressure (collapsing). The porosity ranged from 70.54 ing the absorption of carbon dioxide. Membranes made without
to 74.90% is considered to be sufficiently high and assigned to low ethanol solution are shown in lower critical entry water pres-
concentration of polymer in the polymer solution (dope). Figs. 6 sure than other membranes (Table 4) because of larger size of
and 7 disclose the average of N2 permeance against the pressure this membrane pore. Consequently, this membrane has a fewer
data linked together by a linear equation with a correlation co- contact ratio than other manufactured membranes. Larger pores
efficient (R2 ). Thus, this equation contributes to demonstrate that facilitate the entry of water into the membrane and reduce the
there is a relationship between linear equation and a correlation membrane contact ratio with water. The broken down and dis-
coefficient (R2 ). According to the method mentioned in the experi- integrated pressure for all produced membranes is in high levels
mental section and the results presented in Table 4, the data were for all membranes, this pressure is significantly higher than the
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3.50E-07
y = 5E-10x + 9E-08
R² = 0.9481
3.00E-07
2.00E-07
1.00E-07
Without additive
5.00E-08
PSf+2% Ethanol
0.00E+00
100 150 200 250 300 350
Mean pressure (KPa)
Fig. 7. The amount of permeance of N2 as a function of average pressure of the hollow fiber membranes ( without additives, 2 wt.% ethanol).
4.50E-03
4.00E-03
PSf + 2 wt.% Ethanol
3.50E-03
Without additive
Absorption flux (m0l.m-2.s-1)
3.00E-03
2.50E-03
2.00E-03
1.50E-03
1.00E-03
5.00E-04
0.00E+00
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Liquid flow rate (ml.m-1)
Fig. 8. The effect of Absorption flow rate (MEA) on the absorption of CO2 in gas–liquid membrane contactors.
operating pressure test. As shown in this table, breaking down and oride can be applied to absorb CO2 [44,45]. Fig. 8 illustrates that
disintegrating the membrane pressure can be enhanced by increas- the CO2 flux of the membranes prepared without ethanol is signif-
ing the diameter of the pores of the membranes. Holistically, nitro- icantly lower than the other membranes. Table 4 also shows that
gen gas flow moves easier through the membrane as the diameter the effective porosity of the effective membrane surface is smaller
of the pores is increased. In fact, higher pressure is needed for the than other membranes. Therefore, the contact area between gas
break-up of membrane. and liquid flux is smaller and absorption is less than other mem-
branes. The solution made with 2 wt.% solution of ethanol, as an
3.2. The effect of additives on the absorption of carbon dioxide additive, has the highest amount of absorption and discharge flow.
Fig. 7 indicates the effect of the flow of ethanolamine solution 3.3. Effect of additives on the stripping of carbon dioxide
made as carbon dioxide flux absorption membranes made. As ob-
served, the flow rate increase can make the flux of CO2 enhance. Fig. 9 displays the amount of carbon dioxide gas to liquid ve-
Liquid phase resistance is a mass transfer process controller for the locity of the membranes prepared with 0 and 2 wt.% ethanol. As
sake of gas absorption in membrane contactors in liquids [43]. On observed, the amount of carbon dioxide stripping is significantly
the other hand, it seems that the rate of CO2 gas flow has no im- lower than the other membranes in comparison to the speed of
pact on CO2 flux because applying pure carbon dioxide in the gas liquid in a membrane produced without ethanol. Effective porosity
has no resistance to transport CO2 . As reported in other studies, of this membrane is smaller than the other membranes. Therefore,
membrane of poly-ethylene tetra-fluoride and poly vinylidene flu- the contact area between gas and liquid is smaller. Moreover, the
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Fig. 9. The effect of liquid rate on the flux rate of stripping of carbon dioxide with 0 and 2 wt.% ethanol concentrations in the membranes made.
90
80
70
Stripping efficiency (%)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Liquid velocity (m/s)
Fig. 10. The effect of fluid velocity on stripping efficiency (MM 1 = mol/L, T = 80 °C).
absorption flux is smaller than the other membranes. The maxi- 3. Remarking the critical pressure of water inlet, all mem-
mum speed of the stripping of liquid carbon dioxide was obtained branes are used in the additional pressure on the shell side
by the membrane produced by 2 wt.% ethanol as an additive in the (0.2 × 105 Pa) during the process could not resist.
polymer solution. It is inferred from Fig. 10 that the stripping and 4. The increase of CO2 absorption is directed into increasing the
desorption efficiency is raised by increasing the fluid velocity. The flow rate.
highest amount of desorption 2.00 × 10−4 (mol/m2 /s) was achieved 5. Uptake and excretion of carbon dioxide absorption is increased
in 200 ml/min (0.7 m/s) liquid flow rate, the efficiency was ob- by accelerating the fluid velocity.
tained as 75% at this maximum flow rate. This is due to the de- 6. Increasing the fluid velocity contributes to eke out the amount
crease in boundary layer resistance of liquid and the increase in of carbon dioxide and maximum process efficiency was 75%.
carbon dioxide mass transfer coefficient in the higher fluid flow 7. The solution made with 2 wt.% solution of ethanol, as an addi-
rate [46–48]. tive, has the highest amount of absorption and discharge flow.
8. The liquid flow rate 200 ml/min (0.7 m/s) was obtained at the
highest excretion 2.00 × 10−4 mol/m2 /s.
4. Conclusion
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