Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.

A device for continuous seawater desalination of and a method thereof. A hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite membrane is made of a hydrophobic polymer and carbon-based materials, and the carbon-based materials are, such as, carbon nanotubes or graphene. The hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite membrane is perforated to obtain the hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite membrane having micrometer-nanometer multi-level pore structure using laser light. Further, a surface is coated with a photothermal-electrothermal responsive polymer to increase electric joule heat and photothermal effects to increase energy utilization efficiencies, and the hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite membrane having multi-level pore structure and electrothermal effects and photothermal effects is finally obtained. A device is designed, a hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite porous membrane is applied to electro-induced and light-induced seawater desalination, and conditions are controlled to enable the hydrophobic carbon nanotube composite porous membrane to generate heat.

A carbon dioxide containing fluid is flowed through a membrane in an open position. The membrane encapsulates an adsorbent bed operating at a first temperature. The adsorbent bed adsorbs at least a portion of the carbon dioxide of the carbon dioxide containing fluid. The membrane is adjusted to a closed position, thereby isolating the adsorbent bed and preventing fluid flow into and out of the membrane. The adsorbent bed is heated to a second temperature, thereby desorbing the carbon dioxide captured from the carbon dioxide containing fluid. The membrane is adjusted to the open position. The adsorbent bed is cooled to the first temperature.

A pervaporation apparatus and method for liquid mixture separation are disclosed. The pervaporation disclosed utilizes an interfacial-heating membrane utilizing induction heating to provide temperature differences across the membrane for driving liquid mixture separation. The pervaporation system may include an electromagnetic induction heating device that is placed close to or encapsulated in a membrane module wherein one or more membranes with surfaces containing ferromagnetic or other induction-responsive materials. The membrane surface generates localized heat owing to the presence of a ferromagnetic composition that converts electric energy from an induction source to thermal energy. The ferromagnetic composition could include, without limitation, metals, metal alloys, composite materials, nanocomposite materials, nanoparticles, meshes, and combinations thereof.

Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.

A separation membrane suitably for water separation. The membrane includes a porous substrate layer and an active layer arranged over at least a part of the substrate layer. The active layer includes a lamellar structure comprising at least two layers of treated two-dimensional material.

The present invention relates to a membrane distillation system comprising a flat-sheet composite mixed matrix hydrophilic/hydrophobic membrane having at least a hydrophilic layer and a hydrophobic layer. The hydrophilic layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer and inorganic nanoparticles having high thermal conductivity. The hydrophobic layer comprises fluorinated surface-modifying macromolecules (SMM). Also disclosed is a phase inversion method for manufacturing the membrane.

A polymer membrane, methods of gas separation utilizing the polymer membrane, and methods of producing the polymer membrane are disclosed herein. The polymer membrane includes a crosslinked polyethylene glycol network polymer according to formula (I): ##STR00001##

A polymer composite membrane, a method for fabricating same, and a lithium-ion battery including same are provided. The polymer composite membrane includes a porous base membrane and a heat-resistant layer covering at least one side surface of the porous base membrane, the heat-resistant layer includes a plurality of heat-resistant sub-layers sequentially stacked, and pore-blocking temperatures of the heat-resistant sub-layers are sequentially increased from inside to outside; each of the heat-resistant sub-layers includes at least one of a first heat-resistant polymer material and a second heat-resistant polymer material, and each of the heat-resistant sub-layers is separately configured as a fiber network structure; the melting point of the first heat-resistant polymer material is not less than 200° C.; and the melting point of the second heat-resistant polymer material is not less than 100° C.

A method for producing a porous hollow fiber membrane for humidification, the method comprising dry-wet spinning a spinning dope comprising a water-soluble organic solvent solution composed of polyphenylsulfone resin and hydrophilic polyvinylpyrrolidone using water as a core liquid; then performing a crosslinking treatment at 120 to 220° C. for 1 to 20 hours; and then dipping the resultant in an acidic solution with a concentration of 5 to 500 ppm. The obtained porous hollow fiber membrane has improved hydrophilicity without impairing the wettability of the porous hollow fiber membrane. Since, humidification performance of the porous hollow fiber membrane alone can be improved, it is effective as a humidifying membrane for fuel cells.