The invention is a membrane comprising a dense skin of a polyestercarbonate, wherein the diphenolic residue in the backbone of the polyestercarbonate is a tetrabromo diphenolic residue, wherein the membrane has a separation factor for oxygen and nitrogen of 6.5 or greater at 24°C. In another aspect, the invention is a method of separating oxygen from a mixture of gases comprising nitrogen and oxygen, wherein the method comprises (a) contacting the gas mixture with one side of a thin, non-porous membrane comprising a polyestercarbonate described hereinbefore while maintaining a pressure difference across the membrane with the lower pressure being on the other side of the membrane; and (b) removing the permeated oxygen from the other side of the membrane, wherein separation factor for the oxygen and nitrogen is 6.5 or greater at 24°C. The membranes of this invention demonstrate surprisingly high separation factors for oxygen and nitrogen separations. The membranes of this invention have good mechanical properties and therefore are useful under more extreme conditions, for example temperature and pressure, than many commercially used membranes.
本发明是一种由聚酯
碳酸酯致密表皮组成的膜,其中聚酯
碳酸酯骨架中的二
酚残基为四
溴二
酚残基,在 24°C 时,膜的氧氮分离系数为 6.5 或更大。在另一个方面,本发明是一种从包括氮气和
氧气的气体混合物中分离
氧气的方法,其中该方法包括:(a) 将气体混合物与包括前述聚酯
碳酸酯的无孔薄膜的一侧接触,同时保持膜两侧的压力差,较低的压力位于膜的另一侧;(b) 从膜的另一侧除去渗透的
氧气,其中
氧气和氮气的分离系数在 24°C 时为 6.5 或更大。本发明的膜在
氧气和氮气分离方面表现出令人惊讶的高分离系数。本发明的膜具有良好的机械性能,因此与许多商业使用的膜相比,可以在更极端的条件下使用,例如温度和压力。