10. Jülicher Werkstoffsymposium

Gas Separation Membranes for Zero-emission Fossil Power Plants

15th - 16th June 2009

The reduction or avoidance of CO2 emissions especially from fossil power plants is a major target in the present socio-economic, environmental and political situation. This mission could be achieved by introducing gas separation techniques using membranes. This technology would be associated with significantly lower efficiency losses compared with conventional separation technologies.
These membranes will enable the separation of the technically relevant gases, O2/N2, H2/CO2 and CO2/N2, in the various power plant concepts in order to achieve the purest possible exhaust gas stream of the greenhouse gas CO2.
Although membranes are already used for substance separation in other fields (e.g. chemical industry), membranes for separating the technically relevant gases in fossil power plants are still far from being suitable for implementation in industrial applications. This symposium will outline the state-of-the-art of promising membrane materials, manufacturing routes, properties, characterisation and the possible implementation of membranes for gas separation in new fossil power plant concepts.

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