European Commission FP7 Project 228631
Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations
The concept of the DoubleNanoMem project is based on the use of high free volume polymers with inherent nanoscale porosity in combination with nanofillers with structured porosity to further enhance the separation performance of these polymers. Radical improvement of the permeability and productivity without loss of selectivity, with respect to the currently available commercial membranes, or improvement of the selectivity without loss of permeability are the main requirements for a successful replacement of traditional gas, vapour or liquid separations by membrane-based processes. The use of composite or nanostructured membrane materials is seen as one of the few approaches with the real potential to achieve this.
PARTNERS
Institute on Membrane Technology - National Research Council, Italy.
A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Federation.
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.
University of Calabria, Italy.
ZAO STC "Vladipor", Russian Federation.
University of Manchester, U.K.
Tecno Project Industriale S.r.l., Italy.
