Evaluations of Hydrogen Permeation on Al2O3-CuO-ZnO-Based Cobalt Composite Membrane
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Hydrogen has attracted clean energy media as a high-quality and renewable energy source in recent years. On the one hand, a ceramic catalyst and/or catalyst support such as Al2O3 has often been a preferred choice due to their specific properties such as thermal stability and high surface area. Al2O3-CuO-ZnO was synthesized by using the sol-gel process with aluminum isopropoxide and primary distilled water as the precursor and solvent. In this synthesized process, metal oxides caused to precursors such as copper and zinc nitrate were added. To prepare membranes, cobalt metal powder was used to increase the strength and durability. The Al2O3-CuO-ZnO/Co composite membranes were produced using hot press sintering for consolidation of powders following reactively mechanical alloying process. The characterizations of membrane were measured XRD, FE-SEM and EDS. Hydrogen permeation evaluations were examined at a room temperature to 773 K under increasing pressure. Hydrogen permeation rate was obtained with 0.18 mol m-2 s-1 at 773 K result from complex diffusion mechanism such as Sievert’s type, Knudsen diffusion and/or molecular sieving.
Authors: Ji Hee Park, Tae Whan Hong, Mie Won Jung
Institution: Sungshin Women's University
Language: English
Subfield: Filtration and Separation
Field: Chemical Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Sungshin Women`s University
OpenAlex ID: W2052071950