Abstract
Membrane-based propylene/propane (C3H6/C3H8) separation has the potential to significantly reduce the extremely high energy consumption in the conventional distillation process. However, no large-scale commercialization case currently exists despite decades of remarkable advancements in membrane materials. This challenge can potentially be attributed to a lack of understanding of the close relationship between material properties and membrane configurations, including confinement-driven transitions in polymer dynamics from the bulk to thin films (
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 120215 |
Journal | Journal of Membrane Science |
Volume | 645 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-01-26Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): BAS/1/1323-01-01, OSR-2019-CPF-4101.3
Acknowledgements: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Ho Bum Park reports financial support was provided by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Ho Bum Park reports financial support was provided by Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology.This publication is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. OSR-2019-CPF-4101.3 and baseline funding for I. Pinnau (BAS/1/1323-01-01). H. B. Park acknowledges the financial support from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, under Award No. 20013583 (grant #202100000000669).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Filtration and Separation
- General Materials Science
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry