Membrane Hydrogen Mixture Separation: Modelling and Analysis

Innovative binary nickel membranes for hydrogen separation were developed. They proved their competitive ability in comparison with traditional palladium and palladium–nickel membranes. Moreover, it’s necessary to take into account the simplicity and low cost of their technology, low material consumption against the traditional one. Developed nickel membranes were applied in the experimental facility for membrane gas separation designed at A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The theoretical base of hydrogen mixture membrane separation and algorithms of simulation were developed. “Membrane Gas Separation 1.0” (MGS v. 1.00) software package was created to study various design solutions of the experimental facility to compare membrane elements of various types (tube and capillary), to study the effect of mass transfer processes on impurity gas concentration in the membrane module for different regimes. This software package gives a possibility to choose the optimal design solution with maximum process efficiency for specific engineering task.