This paper focused on a novel method of electroless plating ruthenium (Ru) on solid or porous substrates like porous stainless steel (PSS) discs or ceramic tubes. A novel complexing plating bath of Ru was developed. It is proven that Ru can be deposited directly on these substrates by the bath at a temperature of 328 K and strong alkaline environment. TGA, SEM, EDX and XRD confirmed the success...

The present work is focused on the investigation of the performance and long-term stability of two composite palladium membranes under different operating conditions. One membrane (Pd/porous stainless steel (PSS)) is characterized by a ~10 µm-thick palladium layer on a porous stainless steel substrate, which is pretreated by means of surface modification and oxidation; the other membrane (Pd/Al...

The high-pressure (100-2500 kPa) hydrogen permeance of two membranes, each composed of a thin palladium film (~22 μm) deposited on the oxidized surface of a porous stainless steel tubular substrate (0.2 μm grade support) has been determined over the 623 – 723 K temperature range. The hydrogen flux was proportional to the H2 partial pressure in the retentate raised to an exponent of ~0.55 for on...

in this work a new resistance model has been presented based on that of henis-tripodi which can be used for interpretation of gas permeation data in composite and asymmetric membranes. in contrast to the previous works, in this model the fraction of the support layer surface that includes the pores filled with coating material has been taken into account. the influences of the filled pores on s...

in this work, novel thin film composite membranes (tfcs) of poly (ether-6-block amide) (pebax-1657) on a polyvinyl chloride (pvc) ultrafiltration membrane as support were prepared using inclined coating method for co2 separation. investigating the effects of top selective layer thickness formed by controlling the coating angle (15-60°) and polymer solution concentration (5-10 wt.%), and also, t...

chitosan/polyethersulfone (cs/pes) composite membrane was prepared from casting chitosan solution on polyethersulfone substrate membrane. the substrate membrane was prepared by phase inversion technique using polyethersulfone (pes) and dimethylacetamide (dmac) as solvent with and without the addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone (pvp) as pore-forming agent. the effects of the composition of the c...

Title of Document: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF PALLADIUM-BASED MEMBRANES FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION IN PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEMS Atul Bhargav, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Directed By: Dr. Gregory S. Jackson, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Selective Pd-based membranes can extract near pure H2 from hydrocarbon reformate gases in liquid-fueled standalone proton exchange ...