Nanocomposites membranes represent a promising alternative to the limitations of organic and inorganic materials for high productivity and selectivity gas separation membranes. The previously developed concept of emulsion-polymerized mixed matrix (EPMM) membranes was further advanced in this book by investigating the effects of surfactant and compatibilizer on inorganic loading in poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO)-based EPMM membranes, in which inorganic part of the membranes originated from tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). The polymerization of TEOS, which consists of hydrolysis...

This book deals with deriving the properties of the microporous silica membranes from first principles and also investigates the feasibility of application of the currently available silica membranes in separation of carbon dioxide in IGCC process. Separation of multicomponent gas mixtures in membranes is also reviewed in this work and shortcut methods are provided for different flow configurations.