Abstract:The main components of coke oven gas are hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4), and separating the two gases has important industrial value. Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) was used as the matrix of the H2 separation composite membrane. Beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and ethylenediamine-modified beta-cyclodextrin (mβ-CD) were used as fillers. Methylcyclohexane (EC) and N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) were used as solvents. A series of β-CD/MAPP membranes and mβ-CD/MAPP membranes were prepared by the solution blending method. The prepared membranes were characterized by FTIR, XRD, TGA, and SEM. Based on the H2/CH4 separation performance test of the membranes, the effects of the addition amounts of β-CD and mβ-CD (mass percentage based on MAPP) on the H2 permeability and H2/CH4 separation selectivity of β-CD/MAPP membranes and mβ-CD/MAPP membranes were investigated. CD molecules have a hollow cavity structure, which loosens the membrane microstructure and improves the H2 permeability of the CD/MAPP membranes. The good bonding between CD fillers and the MAPP matrix further improves the H2/CH4 separation selectivity of the CD/MAPP membranes. The results show that the addition of β-CD and mβ-CD can improve the H2/CH4 separation performance of the MAPP membrane. With the increase of β-CD addition (25%, 50%, 75%), the H2 permeability of β-CD/MAPP membranes gradually increased from 448 mol/(m2·s) to 519 mol/(m2·s), and the H2/CH4 separation selectivity first increased and then decreased. The 50%β-CD/MAPP membrane had the highest H2/CH4 separation selectivity (66.6), which was 5.7 times that of the MAPP membrane (11.7). With the increase of mβ-CD addition (25%, 50%, 75%), the H2 permeability of mβ-CD/MAPP membranes gradually increased from 410 mol/(m2·s) to 489 mol/(m2·s), the H2/CH4 separation selectivity first increased and then decreased. The 50%β-CD/MAPP membrane had the highest H2/CH4 separation selectivity (73.7), which was 6.3 times that of the MAPP membrane (11.7). Under the same filler addition amounts (25%, 50%, 75%), the H2 permeability of the β-CD/MAPP membranes was higher than that of the mβ-CD/MAPP membranes, but the H2/CH4 separation selectivity was lower.