The wetting and fouling of a membrane contactor deteriorated performance of the
membrane gas absorption system for CO 2 post-combustion capture in coal-fired power
plants. To solve these problems, in this study, a superhydrophobic ceramic (SC) membrane
contactor was fabricated from an alumina tube with a ZrO 2 layer by means of grafting with
fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) in a triethoxy-1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-tridecafluoro-n-octylsilane solution. The
performances of the SC membrane contactor and polypropylene (PP) hollow fiber …

Wetting and fouling of membrane contactor result in performance deterioration of membrane
gas absorption system for CO 2 post-combustion capture of coal-fired power plants. To solve
these problems, in this study, a superhydrophobic ceramic (SC) membrane contactor was
fabricated by chemically modification using 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctylethoxysilane (FAS)
solution. The membrane contactor fabrication costs for both SC membrane and PP
(polypropylene) membrane contactors per unit mass absorbed CO 2 were roughly the same …