Composite polymeric membranes for the separation of gas mixtures and their preparation.

摘要

The invention pertains to composite polymeric membranes for the separation of gas mixtures and a method for their preparation. The membranes have higher selectivity in the separation of mixtures He/N2 and O2/N2, suitable mechanical properties and a high permeability. They consist of a polymeric porous base made from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenyleneoxide) and a polymeric selective separation layer formed from a polyamidoimide of the general formula I, and n = 140- 220, or from an interpolymeric equimolar complex of PAI-1 with polyvinylpyrrolidone, or from an aromatic polyimide of the general formula II, and n = 150-230, or of the general formula III, where n = 150-240, or from polymeric imides of the general formula IV, or also from their copolymers with styrene, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. The method for the preparation of these composite polymeric membranes consists in saturation of a porous base of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenyleneoxide) with an inert organic solvent, e.g. aliphatic C7H16 to C10H22 aliphatic hydrocarbons or their mixtures, drying, and coating with a 1 to 25 mass-% solution of the selective separation polymer in an organic solvent incompatible with the organic liquid, e.g. N-methylpyrrolidone, N,N-dimethylformamide, and/or N,N-dimethylacetamide.