| AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Advanced Surface Engineering | Tuesday Sessions |
| Session SE+PS+SM-TuM |
| Session: | Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas, CVD and Other Deposition Methods |
| Presenter: | Ngozi Nwogu, Robert Gordon University, UK |
| Authors: | N.C. Nwogu, Robert Gordon University, UK E. Gobina, Robert Gordon University, UK |
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Carbon capture from point source emissions have been acknowledged as one of numerous strategies required for alleviating unrestricted release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. To keep greenhouse gases at controllable levels, large drops in CO2 emissions through capturing and separation will be necessary. Reduction and manipulation of materials at nanometre scale are key experiments in nano-science and nanotechnology. In this work, an experimental study is made on the preparation, the morphological characterization and the gas permeation of ordered ceramic multilayer membranes with silica top layer. We developed and manufactured a crack-free thin film membrane on a fresh tubular alumina ceramic membrane with pore diameter of 6000nm. By using a hybrid material of appropriate proportion, the nano-fabrication conditions are then controlled with extremely high carbon dioxide permeance due to the membrane immersion in a silica solution. Results obtained from the experiments show that the nanostructured silica membranes have potential applications in the treatment of large gas streams under low pressure conditions like carbon dioxide separation from flue gases.
Keywords: Carbon capture, CO2 Permeation, nanostructured ceramic membrane & flue gases