CIESC Journal ›› 2009, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 707-710.

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Separation of Sulfur/Gasoline Mixture with Polydimethylsiloxane/Polyetherimide Composite Membranes by Pervaporation

赵长伟1, 李继定2, 陈剑2, 亓荣彬2, 栾兆坤1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;
    2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 收稿日期:2008-12-02 修回日期:2009-03-23 出版日期:2009-08-28 发布日期:2010-12-30
  • 通讯作者: ZHAO Changwei, E-mail: zhaocw@rcees.ac.cn
  • 作者简介:
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2009CB623404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(5070Å109,20736003);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2007AA06Z317).

Separation of Sulfur/Gasoline Mixture with Polydimethylsiloxane/Polyetherimide Composite Membranes by Pervaporation

ZHAO Changwei1, LI Jiding2, CHEN Jian2, QI Rongbin2, LUAN Zhaokun1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;
    2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2008-12-02 Revised:2009-03-23 Online:2009-08-28 Published:2010-12-30
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2009CB623404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(5070Å109,20736003);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2007AA06Z317).

摘要: Worldwide environment has resulted in a limit on the sulfur content of gasoline.It is urgent to investigate the desulfurization of gasoline.The polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)/polyetherimide(PEI)composite membranes were prepared by casting a PDMS solution onto porous PEI substrates and characterized by scanning electron microscope(SEM).The membranes were used for sulfur removal from gasoline by pervaporation.The effects of feed temperature,sulfur content in the feed and PDMS layer thickness on membrane performance were investigated,and an activation energy of permeation was obtained.Experimental results indicated that higher feed temperature yielded higher total flux and lower sulfur enrichment factor.The total flux varied little with the increase of sulfur content in the feed,but the sulfur enrichment factor first increased with the amount of thiophene added into the gasoline,and then the variation was little.The increase of PDMS layer thickness resulted in a smaller flux but a larger sulfur enrichment factor.The result indicates that the PDMS/PEI composite membranes are promising for desulfurization by pervaporation.

关键词: polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)/polyetherimide(PEI)composite membranes, sulfur removal, gasoline, pervaporation

Abstract: Worldwide environment has resulted in a limit on the sulfur content of gasoline.It is urgent to investigate the desulfurization of gasoline.The polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)/polyetherimide(PEI)composite membranes were prepared by casting a PDMS solution onto porous PEI substrates and characterized by scanning electron microscope(SEM).The membranes were used for sulfur removal from gasoline by pervaporation.The effects of feed temperature,sulfur content in the feed and PDMS layer thickness on membrane performance were investigated,and an activation energy of permeation was obtained.Experimental results indicated that higher feed temperature yielded higher total flux and lower sulfur enrichment factor.The total flux varied little with the increase of sulfur content in the feed,but the sulfur enrichment factor first increased with the amount of thiophene added into the gasoline,and then the variation was little.The increase of PDMS layer thickness resulted in a smaller flux but a larger sulfur enrichment factor.The result indicates that the PDMS/PEI composite membranes are promising for desulfurization by pervaporation.

Key words: polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)/polyetherimide(PEI)composite membranes, sulfur removal, gasoline, pervaporation