Masters Theses

Abstract

"The purpose of this investigation was to study the permeability and separation of carbon dioxide and hydrogen by gaseous diffusion employing barriers of polystyrene. The offset of temperature and barrier thickness on the permeability and separation of carbon dioxide and hydrogen wore Investigated for barriers of one, three, and five-mil thicknesses and for temperatures of 26, 35, 45, and 50 degrees centigrade.

With an increase in barrier thickness of one to five- mils, the permeability of carbon dioxide decreased to one-fourth of its value at the one-mil thickness. The hydrogen permeability decreased to approximately two- thirds of its value at the one-mil thickness rhea the barrier thickness increased from one to five-mils.

An increase in temperature from 26 to 50 degrees centigrade resulted in an increase In permeability of hydrogen of three and one-half per cent. The same temperature increase caused the permeability of carbon dioxide to increase by eight and one-half per cent.

It was observed that the degree of separation of a fifty mole percent mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen was increased 22 per cent with an increase in barrier thickness of one to five-mils"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Primrose, Russell A.

Committee Member(s)

Conrad, Frank H., 1902-1983
Fuller, Harold Q., 1907-1996
Lee, Ralph E., 1921-2010

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1962

Pagination

viii, 103 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-100).

Rights

© 1962 Carl J. Wallace, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 1423

Print OCLC #

5949013

Electronic OCLC #

1048459370

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