Carbon dioxide separator membrane structure, method of manufacturing same, and carbon dioxide separator including same

US10173178B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION · US
• INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS) · IN

Inventors

• Abhijit Prakash Deshpande · Chennai, IN
• Susy Varughese · Chennai, IN
• Rahul Shevate · Thuwal, SA
• Elamathi Swaminathan · Madanapalle, IN
• Kadhiresan Ambalavanan · Mumbai, IN
• Shraddesh MALVIYA · Mumbai, IN
• Chockkalingam Karuppaiah · Troy, US
• Arne Ballantine · Palo Alto, US
• Michael Gasda · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A carbon dioxide membrane structure, a method of making the same, and a carbon dioxide separator including the same. The membrane structure may include a carbon dioxide separation membrane containing PVA and a carrier, and a polysulfone-based support having an average pore size ranging from about 40 to about 90 μm.