1313 results about "Membrane reactor" patented technology

The invention discloses a preparation method and an application of an anti-pollution hydrophilic separating membrane. The preparation method is characterized in that a pyrocatechol derivative is used as an accelerant and a curing agent between a separating membrane material and a hydrophilic material, when blending casting film liquid of the separating membrane is prepared, the pyrocatechol derivative is added to blending liquid of the separating membrane material and the hydrophilic material, and the pyrocatechol derivative is subjected to polymerization cross-linking in a phase conversion process of the membrane preparation, so that the effect of fixing the hydrophilic material is achieved. The preparation method of the anti-pollution hydrophilic separating membrane has strong universality and is suitable for the blending of multiple hydrophilic materials and multiple membrane materials. The preparation method is simple, easy to operate, mild in conditions, economic, high-efficiency, environmentally-friendly, easy for industrialization and suitable for the preparation of multi-functional hydrophilic micro-filtration membranes, ultra-filtration membranes, nano-filtration membranes, reverse-osmosis membranes, positive-osmosis membranes, pressure-delay osmosis membranes, pervaporation membranes and the like which are used for liquid and gas separation and membrane reactors.

This invention provides hydrogen-permeable membranes for separation of hydrogen from hydrogen-containing gases. The membranes are multi-layer having a central hydrogen-permeable layer with one or more catalyst layers, barrier layers, and/or protective layers. The invention also relates to membrane reactors employing the hydrogen-permeable membranes of the invention and to methods for separation of hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing gas using the membranes and reactors. The reactors of this invention can be combined with additional reactor systems for direct use of the separated hydrogen.

The invention provides an integrated internal circulation type denitrification and decarburization bio-membrane reactor and an operating method thereof. The main body of the reactor consists of an anoxic zone on the lower part, an aerobic zone on the upper part and a settling zone on the periphery of the aerobic zone; a composite filler is filled in the anoxic zone, and a water inlet pipe is communicated with the bottom of the anoxic zone; the aerobic zone is partitioned into a filler zone for adding a carrier on the upper part and a mud-water mixing zone on the lower part by adopting an orifice plate, the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone are partitioned through an impermeable partition plate, and a plurality of aeration pipes are arranged at the bottom of the aerobic zone and provided with air inlet pores; and the settling zone consists of three parts, namely a clean water zone, a contact settling zone and a sludge returning zone which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, wherein the bottom of the sludge returning zone is provided with a sludge returning seam and communicated with the bottom of the aerobic zone. The reactor realizes zero power consumption in sludge returning, and is compact in structure; and a back flushing system is not required in the contact settling zone, and additional agents and carbon sources are not required, so that the reactor is low in running cost.

A method of generating a synthesis gas product stream and carbon dioxide in which a fuel is combusted in an oxygen transport membrane combustor to produce a flue gas stream containing the carbon dioxide and water. Reforming duty is divided between a combined reforming process and a gas heated reformer to produce the product stream. The flue gas stream is used to supply heat to a primary, steam methane reforming stage of the combined reforming process. Residual methane, produced in the primary stage, is reacted in a secondary stage having an oxygen transport membrane reactor. Heat produced in the secondary stage is supplied to the gas heated reactor to support its operation. The flue gas stream is cooled and water is separated therefrom to produce the carbon dioxide at a concentration of at least 85 mol percent.

A CO₂-facilitated transport membrane of excellent carbon dioxide permeability and CO₂/H₂ selectivity, which can be applied to a CO₂ permeable membrane reactor, is stably provided. The CO₂-facilitated transport membrane is formed such that a gel layer 1 obtained by adding cesium carbonate to a polyvinyl alcohol-polyacrylic acid copolymer gel membrane is supported by a hydrophilic porous membrane 2. More preferably, a gel layer supported by a hydrophilic porous membrane 2 is coated with hydrophilic porous membranes 3 and 4.

An apparatus for osmotic power generation and desalination of seawater using a salinity difference is provided.

The apparatus for osmotic power generation and desalination using a salinity difference includes: a first osmotic membrane reactor having a first salt water position space and a third salt water position space separated by a first forward osmotic membrane; a second osmotic membrane reactor having a second salt water position space and a draw solution position space separated by a second forward osmotic membrane; a high pressure pump connected between the second salt water position space and the third salt water position space and supplying salt water which has passed through the second salt water position space to the third salt water position space and pressurizing salt water, which has passed through the second salt water position space, to supply it to the third salt water position space such that pressure retarded osmosis can be made in the first osmotic membrane reactor; a desalination unit obtaining fresh water by separating a draw solute from a draw solution diluted through a transmission of water in salt water of the second salt water position space by way of the draw solution position space; and a turbine driven by flow force of salt water discharged from the third salt water position space to produce electric energy.

A gas turbine systems of reducing NO_x emissions and enhancing operability comprises a compressor; a combustor disposed downstream of and in fluid communication with the compressor; a turbine assembly disposed down stream of and in fluid communication with the combustor; an oxygen-enriched gas source disposed in selective fluid communication with the compressor, the combustor, or a combination of the foregoing, wherein the oxygen-enriched gas source is a pressure swing absorption system, an electrolyzer, or a membrane reactor.

The invention concerns the production of filter materials for the purification and disinfection of water, water solutions and other liquids, as well as for sterilizing filtration of injections and other solutions, for concentration of biomolecules in physiological liquids, concentration and extraction of viruses, preparation of apyrogenic water, in biocatalytic diaphragm reactors. The invention solves the problems of a new filter material production, characterized by high sorption properties, high retention efficiency of submicron electronegative particles, microorganisms, submicron non-polar particles and chemical contaminations, and, at the same time, characterized by low hydrodynamic resistance. A base of filter material is the nonwoven organic synthetic polymeric fabric, modified by the aluminum hydroxide particles, fixed to the surface of base fibers for improvement of its sorption properties and for making it positively charged. A method of filter material production comprises: applying the modifying composition onto the fibrous base in the form of organic nonwoven synthetic polymeric fabric, wherein said modifying composition comprises the particles of the aluminum-based material, hydrolysis thereof results to formation and fixation of the aluminum hydroxide particles to the base fibers. A method of fluid filtration is carried out using the filter material as a non-woven organic synthetic polymeric fabric, to the fibers of which the aluminum hydroxide particles are fixed.

A hydrogen generator comprising a hydrogen membrane reactor, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, an air supply, an air supply line, a combustion fuel supply line, a tail gas supply line, a combustion by-product line for transporting combustion by-products from the combustion chamber, and a reaction product line. A membrane assembly to be joined to a reactor chamber of a hydrogen generator, which comprises a membrane; and a membrane support comprising a sintered porous metal. A reactor assembly comprising a reaction chamber containing a porous metal substrate, two membrane assemblies, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, and a tail gas supply line and a reaction product line. Methods associated with the hydrogen generator, membrane assembly and reactor assembly.

The invention discloses a nano loaded titanium-based electric catalytic film comprising a conductive microporous separating titanium film matrix and a catalytic coating. Furthermore, the invention also discloses a preparation method of the nano loaded titanium-based electric catalytic film, which comprises the following steps of: (1) preprocessing the titanium film matrix by sand blasting, alkali washing, and acid etching: soaking the matrix after sand blasting in an NaOH solution for 0.5 to 2h, then processing for 1 to 2h in an oxalic acid solution with the mass percent concentration of 10 percent after washing to a neutral state, washing with water and drying at 100 to 120 DEG C; and (2) preparing and loading a catalytic coating: preparing the catalytic coating by adopting a sol-gel method, a thermal decomposition method, an electrodeposition method or a chemical vapor deposition method and loading at the surface of the titanium film matrix and in a hole. Furthermore, the invention also discloses a film reactor comprising the nano loaded titanium-based electric catalytic film. According to the nano loaded titanium-based electric catalytic film, the defects on material strength, range limitation of working voltage, catalytic oxidation efficacy and the like in the prior art are solved.

A process for separating a homogeneous metathesis catalyst and, optionally, one or more homogeneous metathesis catalyst degradation products from a metathesis reaction mixture containing in addition to said metathesis catalyst and said metathesis catalyst degradation product(s), one or more olefin metathesis products, one or more unconverted reactant olefins, and optionally, a solvent. The process involves contacting the metathesis reaction mixture with a nanofiltration membrane, such as a polyimide nanofiltration membrane, so as to recover a permeate containing a substantial portion of the olefin reaction products, the unconverted reactant olefins, and optional solvent, and a retentate containing the metathesis catalyst, and optionally, metathesis catalyst degradation product(s). In another aspect, this invention pertains to a continuous metathesis reaction-catalyst separation process, preferably, conducted in a nanofiltration membrane reactor.

Novel compositions suitable for fabrication of CO₂-selective membranes are disclosed. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to compositions comprising polyimide/polyamine blends and copolymers, and to compositions comprising interfacially polymerized polyamides. In another aspect this invention is directed to novel CO₂-selective membranes comprising such polyimide/polyamine blends and copolymers, and to novel CO₂-selective membranes comprising interfacially polymerized polyamides. In yet another aspect, the present invention is directed to a novel water-gas-shift (WGS) reactor comprising the novel CO₂-selective membranes. Advantageously, the use of the novel CO₂-selective membrane allows alteration of the normal WGS reaction equilibrium, shifting the reaction towards production of H₂. Carbon dioxide on the high pressure, feed gas side of the membrane reactor reacts with the novel membranes of the present invention at the interface between the feed gas and the membrane. The reaction product permeates through the membrane to the interface between the feed gas and the low pressure side of the membrane, where the CO₂ desorbs into the low pressure side and is removed.

The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell for internal reforming of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, in particular, to a solid oxide fuel cell in which one side of solid oxide electrolyte (YSZ) is attached to an air electrode (La_0.8Sr_0.2MnO₃) and its other side is attached to a catalyst electrode of Ni-YSZ type or perovskite type metal oxide. The electrochemical conversion system using the solid oxide fuel cell permits the occurrence of internal reforming of hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide concomitantly with the coproduction of a syngas and electricity, and overcomes the shortcomings associated with the catalytic deactivation due to carbon deposition and the high-energy consumption.

The invention provides a preparation method of nano barium sulfate with the controllable particle size distribution. The preparation method takes BaCl2 and Na2SO4 as raw materials, respectively prepares two types of solution and then simultaneously adds the two types of solution into a rotary liquid membrane reactor with the high-speed rotation at the same flow rate for carrying out nucleation reaction, and centrifugal washing and drying are carried out to the obtained slurry to obtain the nano BaSO4 with the particle size of 30-120nm and the narrower particle size distribution. The purpose of precisely controlling the particle size of the product can be achieved by regulating and controlling the rotational speed, the gap and other operation parameters of the reactor, thereby being capable of preparing the BaSO4 with the particle size of 30-40nm. The method combines the advantages of a micro-reactor and a high gravity reactor and simultaneously avoids the shortcomings of the micro-emulsion method, the complex method and the like, thereby having small reaction space and high preparation speed and being capable of meeting the requirements on the industrial preparation of the nano BaSO4.

A compact hydrogen generator for use with fuel cells and other applications includes a hydrogen membrane reactor having a combustion chamber and a reaction chamber. The two chambers are have a fluid connection and a heat exchange relationship with one another. The hydrogen generation apparatus also includes a fuel supply, a fuel supply line for transporting fuel from the fuel supply to the reaction chamber, an oxygen supply, an oxygen supply line for transporting oxygen form the oxygen supply to the combustion chamber, as well as a tail gas supply line for transporting tail gas supply line for transporting tail gases form the reaction chamber, a combustion by-product line for transporting combustion by-products for the combustion chamber, and a reaction product line for transporting hydrogen from the reaction chamber.

The process of preparing high purity hydrogen with liquid hydrocarbon in a palladium film reactor adopts Ni base catalyst with high activity at low temperature to obtain liquid hydrocarbon converting rate near 100 % at the conditions of 450-550 deg.c temperature and carbon space velocity as high as 30,000/hr, and uses high performance composite metal palladium film simultaneously at the conditions of 500-600 deg.c temperature and carbon space velocity as high as 2000/hr for timely separating hydrogen generated through water vapor reformation of liquid hydrocarbon to avoid methanation reaction, so as to obtain methane selectivity lower than 3 % and hydrogen selectivity higher than 97 % and obtain high pure hydrogen in the permeation side of the palladium film. The present invention has low hydrogen producing cost and may be used widely in hydrogen refilling station and small dispersed power station.

The present invention relates to a reactor and a process suitable for extracting carbon dioxide from carbon dioxide-containing gas stream. The reactor is based on a two module system where absorption occurs in one module and desorption occurs in the other module. The carbon dioxide extraction may be catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase.

A shared or common environment membrane reactor containing a plurality of planar membrane modules with top and bottom thin foil membranes supported by both an intermediary porous support plate and a central base which has both solid extended members and hollow regions or a hollow region whereby the two sides of the base are in fluid communication. The membrane reactor operates at elevate temperatures for generating hydrogen from hydrogen rich feed fuels.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional electrode bio-membrane system used for processing high-ammonium-nitrogen wastewater with a low carbon-nitrogen ratio. According to the invention, a barrier membrane concentric with a reactor body is arranged in the reactor body; with the barrier membrane, the reactor body is separated into a round anode zone and an annular cathode zone; a microbe carrier filling material is filled in the anode zone, and a positive electrode is arranged at the center of the anode zone; a negative electrode is arranged in the cathode zone, and conductive particles arefilled in the cathode zone, wherein the conductive particles serve as a third electrode; the negative electrode and the conductive particles both serve as microbe carriers; a water inlet pipe is arranged on the bottom of the anode zone, and a water outlet pipe is arranged in the cathode zone; the water outlet pipe is arranged on an outer wall on the upper end of the reactor body. According to theinvention, in a same electrode bio-membrane reactor, an eligible environment for the microbes is created with an electrochemical effect; an electron acceptor and an electron donor are respectively provided, such that nitrification and denitrification actions are respectively carried out, and ammonium-nitrogen wastewater can be effectively treated. The system is advantaged in low energy consumption, high efficiency, simple structure, and easy operation.