Pressure vessel containing ion transport membrane modules and processes making use thereof

• Main Authors: RACKERS, KEITH GERARD, ARMSTRONG, PHILLIP ANDREW, WAHLE, HAROLD W, BLAKE, JAMES ERIC, NATARAJ, SHANKAR, WILSON, MERRILL ANDERSON, STEIN, VANERIC EDWARD, CAROLAN, MICHAEL FRANCIS, KNEIDEL, KURT E, OHRN, THEODORE R, CHEN, CHRISTOPHER M, VAN DOORN, RENE HENDRIK ELIAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.04.2009
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxi...