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How can Microwave Heating Contribute to the Development of Zeolite Membranes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
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In this work the growth of both a zeolite (MFI) and a zeolite-like material (SOD) were investigated in/on αAl2O3 tubular support, using hydrothermal conditions and microwave (MW) heating. The method reveals efficient for the rapid synthesis of MFI/αAl2O3 membranes although gentle conditions were required in order to limit the thermal degradation of the template. Promising results were also obtained for directly growing SOD in/on the support. In both MFI and SOD MW synthesis the chemical dissolution of the αAl2O3 support influences the final membrane characteristics. In the case of SOD synthesis, this phenomena which increases with both temperature and support size, alters the membrane homogeneity (composition and structure). In order to get round it, MWs were used to prepare SOD small crystals which were deposited on/in the αAl2O3 support and submitted to a secondary growth. Homogeneous membranes were then obtained whose ideal selectivities αH2/N2 and αHe/N2 reaches respectively 4.5 at 20°C and 6.2 at 115°C (these selectivities are lower than 2 for a ZSM-5 membrane in similar conditions).
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