Membrane for the separation of a mixture of a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid and methods for use thereof

US9375685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Sudhir S. Kulkarni · Jamkhed, IN
• Madhava R. Kosuri · Newark, US
• Fan Z. WORLEY · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02C20/40
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A composite fluid separation membrane includes a separation layer on a porous support layer where the separation layer comprises a cross-linked polysiloxane copolyether.