Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 1558-1564.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.20436

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Preparation and Performance of Mordenite Zeolite Membrane Using Fluoride Route

REN Xiuxiu, YANG Jianhuaa, CHEN Zan, YANG Xingbao, LU Jinming, ZHANG Yan, WANG Jinqub   

  1. Institute of Adsorption and Inorganic Membrane, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2012-04-18 Revised:2012-06-07 Online:2012-09-11 Published:2012-09-11

Abstract: High performance mordenite zeolite membranes in fluoride media with organic-free template were prepared on macroporous α-Al2O3 tubes by secondary growth. The seeding method was used hot dip-coating and could form a thin and compact layer. The effects of NaF content and Si/Al ratio on the morphology and pervaporation properties of the as-synthesized membranes were studied. The prepared membranes with a molar composition 6Na2O:1.2Al2O3:30SiO2:780H2O:1.5NaF for pervaporation experiments were carried out at 70 °C and vacuum pressure 400 Pa in a 91.5% EtOH/H2O system. The results indicated that the separation factor reached 6872 with flux 0.51 kg/(m2·h). The H2O concentration of permeation side for pervaporation of IPA/H2O, acetic acid/H2O systems can reach 100% (limit in GC detection). The membranes almost keep high selectivity as before after acid test with 1 mol/L acetic acid in the H2O/EtOH system. The membranes may have potential applications as membrane reactors in acetic ether production with a higher transformation ratio.

Key words: mordenite zeolite membrane, pervaporation, hot dip-coating, acid-resistance, fluoride route