DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF GAS PERMEABILITY THROUGH MEMBRANES

摘要

A device for the measuring membrane permeability in electrical/electrochemical/photo-electrochemical fields is provided. The device comprises a permeation cell and a tube mounted within the cell. An electrode is mounted at one end of the tube. A membrane is mounted within the cell wherein a corona is discharged from the electrode in a general direction toward the membrane thereby generating heated hydrogen atoms adjacent the membrane. A method for measuring the effects of temperature and pressure on membrane permeability and selectivity is also provided.