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US 9,308,502 B1Granted
High permeability polyimide membranes: gas selectivity enhancement through UV treatment
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsCarl W. Liskey, Chunqing Liu, Michael B. Hamoy
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Abstract
Polyimide membranes are provided that provide extremely high permeability. The polyimides do not contain carbonyl or sulfonyl functional groups. These membranes are useful in separating gases including the separation of gas pairs including carbon dioxide/methane, hydrogen/methane and propylene/propane as well as other gas mixtures. The membrane selectivity can be adjusted by exposure to ultraviolet light.
Claims3
A UV treated polyimide membrane comprising a polyimide polymer having a formula
- where m and n are independent integers from 10 to 500 and are in a ratio from 1:10 to 10:1.
A method of preparing a UV treated polyimide polymer membrane comprising:
- a) a condensation reaction of pyrometallic dianhydride (PMDA) with a mixture of 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3-phenylenediamine (TMPDA) and 4,4′-methylene bis(2,6-dimethylaniline) (TMMDA) in a polar solvent to produce a polyimide polymer;
- b) then making a polyimide polymer membrane from said polyimide polymer;
- and
- c) treating said polyimide polymer membrane with UV radiation.
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