Muhammad Riaz
School of Chemical and Materials Engineering,
Islamabad
Pakistan
Review Article
Oxygen Transport Membranes and their Role in CO2 Capture and Syngas Production
Author(s): Muhammad Riaz* and Muhammad Abdullah Butt
Muhammad Riaz* and Muhammad Abdullah Butt
Membrane technology for gas separation has seen remarkable improvements in the last 20 years, particularly in the area of air separation for a cost-effective production of highly pure oxygen gas. It is rapidly paving way for alternate route to orthodox separation processes like cryogenic distillation. Solid-state electrochemical cells based on oxygen-ion conduction permit high temperature selective transport of O2 in the form of ionic flux. Hence these systems can act as filters for molecular oxygen either for generation or separation of oxygen gas. The solar thermochemical conversion of CO2 and H2O into syngas is usually carried out at a high temperature of above 1500°C in repeated heating?cooling cycles with the help of durable metal oxide catalysts. Oxygen Transport Membranes (OTMs) are high density ceramic membranes which display mixed conductivity of oxygen ions and electrons and a .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9589.1000181