The present invention discloses new types of polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes and methods for making and using these membranes. The polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes are prepared by fabricating a polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane by dispersing molecular sieve particles in
The present invention discloses new types of polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes and methods for making and using these membranes. The polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes are prepared by fabricating a polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane by dispersing molecular sieve particles in a continuous aromatic polyimide matrix with pendent hydroxyl groups ortho to the heterocyclic imide nitrogen; and then converting the polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane to a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane by heating between 200° and 600° C. under inert atmosphere or vacuum. The polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes of the present invention can be fabricated into any convenient geometry such as flat sheet (or spiral wound), tube, hollow fiber, or thin film composite. These polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membranes exhibit high thermal stability, significantly higher selectivity than the neat polybenzoxazole polymer membranes, and much higher permeability than traditional mixed matrix membranes.
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1. A process for separating at least one gas or liquid from a mixture of gases or liquids comprising providing a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane that is permeable to at least one of said gases or liquids wherein said polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane is prepared by first fabric
1. A process for separating at least one gas or liquid from a mixture of gases or liquids comprising providing a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane that is permeable to at least one of said gases or liquids wherein said polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane is prepared by first fabricating a polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane by dispersing molecular sieve particles such as AlPO-14 molecular sieve particles in a continuous aromatic polyimide matrix with pendent hydroxyl groups ortho to the heterocyclic imide nitrogen; and then converting the polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane to a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane by applying heat between 300° and 600° C. under inert atmosphere or vacuum; contacting the mixture of gases or liquids to one side of the polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane to cause said at least one of said gases or liquids to permeate the polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane and removing from an opposite side of the polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane a permeate gas or liquid composition comprising a portion of the at least one gas or liquid that permeated the membrane. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said gas or liquid comprises at least one volatile organic compound in an atmospheric gas. 3. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise a mixture of hydrogen, nitrogen, methane and argon in an ammonia purge stream. 4. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise hydrogen from a hydrocarbon vapor stream. 5. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise a mixture of at least one pair of gases selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and oxygen, carbon dioxide and methane, and hydrogen and methane or a mixture of carbon monoxide, helium and methane. 6. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise natural gas comprising methane and at least one gas component selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, hydrogen sulfide, helium and other trace gases. 7. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise hydrocarbon gases, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and mixtures thereof. 8. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprise mixtures of olefins and paraffins. 9. The process of claim 1 wherein said gases or liquids comprises mixtures of iso paraffins and normal paraffins. 10. The process of claim 1 wherein said polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane further comprises a species selected from the group consisting of cobalt porphyrins, phthalocyanines and silver (I). 11. A process of separating liquid mixtures by pervaporation wherein said process comprises contacting a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane liquids with a liquid mixture comprising at least one organic compound wherein said polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane is prepared by first fabricating a polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane by dispersing molecular sieve particles such as AlPO-14 molecular sieve particles in a continuous aromatic polyimide matrix with pendent hydroxyl groups ortho to the heterocyclic imide nitrogen; and then converting the polyimide-based mixed matrix membrane to a polybenzoxazole-based mixed matrix membrane by applying heat between 300° and 600° C. under inert atmosphere or vacuum. 12. The process of claim 11 wherein said organic compound is selected from the group consisting of alcohols, phenols, chlorinated hydrocarbons, pyridines and ketones. 13. The process of claim 11 wherein said liquid mixture comprises a mixture of sulfur compounds with gasoline or diesel fuels. 14. The process of claim 11 wherein said liquid mixture comprises a mixture selected from the group consisting of ethylacetate-ethanol, diethylether-ethanol, acetic acid-ethanol, benzene-ethanol, chloroform-ethanol, chloroform-methanol, acetone-isopropylether, allylalcohol-allylether, allylalcohol-cyclohexane, butanol-butylacetate, butanol-1-butylether, ethanol-ethylbutylether, propylacetate-propanol, isopropylether-isopropanol, methanol-ethanol-isopropanol, and ethylacetate-ethanol-acetic acid.
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