CO2 SELECTIVE CERAMIC MEMBRANE FOR WATER-GAS-SHIFT REACTION WITH CONCOMITANT RECOVERY OF CO2

In this quarter, we have focused on the completion of the loose ends of the experimental study. A series of CO{sub 2}-affinity membranes (carbonaceous base) prepared previously were characterized and evaluated for their suitability for the proposed application The CO{sub 2} permeance and selectivity are 0.5 to >3 m{sup 3}/m{sub 2}/hr/bar and 4 to 10 for CO{sub 2} over nitrogen respectively. Based upon its performance dependence on temperature and pore size, we conclude that this type of CO{sub 2} affinity membrane shows significant surface affinity to CO{sub 2} over nitrogen even at the temperature as high as 220 C, which is within the typical operating condition for LTS-WGS. Future study should focus on mixture separations for CO/CO{sub 2}/H{sub 2} to establish the selectivity of CO{sub 2} over CO and H{sub 2} which are present in the WGS reaction of the coal gasifier off-gas