Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation

Abstract Membrane‐based gas separation provides an energy‐efficient approach for the simultaneous CO2 and H2S removal from sour natural gas. The fluorinated polyimide (PI) membranes exhibited a promising balance between permeability and permselectivity for sour natural gas separation. To further imp...

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Main Authors: Yi Ren, Patrick T. Wright, Zhongyun Liu, Shijie Yang, Lu Lu, John Yang, Xuezhen Wang, Sheng Guo
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-03-01
Series:Advanced Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202416109
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Patrick T. Wright
Zhongyun Liu
Shijie Yang
Lu Lu
John Yang
Xuezhen Wang
Sheng Guo
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Sheng Guo
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description Abstract Membrane‐based gas separation provides an energy‐efficient approach for the simultaneous CO2 and H2S removal from sour natural gas. The fluorinated polyimide (PI) membranes exhibited a promising balance between permeability and permselectivity for sour natural gas separation. To further improve the separation efficiency of fluorinated PI membranes, a melamine‐copolymerization synthetic approach is devised that aims to incorporate melamine motifs with high sour gas affinity into the structure of the PI membranes. The fluorinated copolyimide membranes that are structurally engineered exhibited excellent solution‐processability and enhanced sweet‐mixed gas selectivity compared to their original PI membranes. Additionally, under a five‐component sour mixed‐gas feed, these melamine‐copolymerized fluorinated PI membranes provided superior combined H2S and CO2 removal efficiency in comparison to conventional glassy polymer membranes. The melamine‐copolymerization strategy provides an easily operable and generally effective approach to developing performance‐enhancing PI membranes for sour natural gas separation.
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spelling doaj-art-ea48b3dc75a7417aaf3aab5c44ff07ea2025-08-20T03:14:12ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442025-03-011211n/an/a10.1002/advs.202416109Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas SeparationYi Ren0Patrick T. Wright1Zhongyun Liu2Shijie Yang3Lu Lu4John Yang5Xuezhen Wang6Sheng Guo7Aramco Americas Boston Research Center Cambridge MA 02139 USAAramco Americas Boston Research Center Cambridge MA 02139 USASchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USAState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of High‐Performance Polymer Materials & Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 ChinaSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USAAramco Americas Boston Research Center Cambridge MA 02139 USAAramco Americas Boston Research Center Cambridge MA 02139 USAAramco Americas Boston Research Center Cambridge MA 02139 USAAbstract Membrane‐based gas separation provides an energy‐efficient approach for the simultaneous CO2 and H2S removal from sour natural gas. The fluorinated polyimide (PI) membranes exhibited a promising balance between permeability and permselectivity for sour natural gas separation. To further improve the separation efficiency of fluorinated PI membranes, a melamine‐copolymerization synthetic approach is devised that aims to incorporate melamine motifs with high sour gas affinity into the structure of the PI membranes. The fluorinated copolyimide membranes that are structurally engineered exhibited excellent solution‐processability and enhanced sweet‐mixed gas selectivity compared to their original PI membranes. Additionally, under a five‐component sour mixed‐gas feed, these melamine‐copolymerized fluorinated PI membranes provided superior combined H2S and CO2 removal efficiency in comparison to conventional glassy polymer membranes. The melamine‐copolymerization strategy provides an easily operable and generally effective approach to developing performance‐enhancing PI membranes for sour natural gas separation.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202416109carbon dioxidehydrogen sulfidemelaminenatural gaspolyimide membrane
spellingShingle Yi Ren
Patrick T. Wright
Zhongyun Liu
Shijie Yang
Lu Lu
John Yang
Xuezhen Wang
Sheng Guo
Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
Advanced Science
carbon dioxide
hydrogen sulfide
melamine
natural gas
polyimide membrane
title Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
title_full Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
title_fullStr Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
title_full_unstemmed Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
title_short Melamine‐Copolymerization Strategy Engineered Fluorinated Polyimides for Membrane‐Based Sour Natural Gas Separation
title_sort melamine copolymerization strategy engineered fluorinated polyimides for membrane based sour natural gas separation
topic carbon dioxide
hydrogen sulfide
melamine
natural gas
polyimide membrane
url https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202416109
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