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声明
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Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
List of Tables
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概要
Abstract
摘要
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Problems
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Scopes of the Study
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 The importances of carbon dioxide capture
2.2 Capturing carbon dioxide from the air
2.2.1 Carbon dioxide enrichment technologies
2.2.2 Membrane separation for capturing carbon dioxide
2.2.3 Capturing carbon dioxide by facilitated transport membrane
2.3 The usage of carbon dioxide on photosynthesis organisms(e.g microalgal cultivation)
2.3.1 Correspondence between the concentration of carbon dioxide and microalgal cultivation
2.3.2 Possibility of CO2 capture and utilization for microalgal cultivation
Chapter 3 Materials and Experiment
3.1 Materials
3.2 Membrane preparations
3.3 Membrane characterizations
3.3.1 Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transmission Infrared Spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR)
3.3.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM)
3.4 Gas permeation experiment
3.5 Microalgal cultivation
3.5.1 Materials and method
Chapter 4 Characteristics of Membrane Separation
4.1 PVA crosslinking studies
4.2 Characteristic of PEI-PVA/PES membrane via FTIR
4.3 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) morphology
4.3.1 Pristine PES membrane
4.3.2 Membrane cross-section of composite PEI-PVA/PES membrane
4.3.3 Effect of drying temperature on surface morphology of composite PEI-PVA/PES membrane
4.3.4 Effect of the drying temperature on membrane cross-section
4.3.5 SEM image of high PEI and PVA composition
Chapter 5 Facilitated Transport for Capturing Carbon Dioxide from the Air
5.1 Facilitated transport membrane
5.1.1 Facilitated transport model
5.2 Membrane Separation process for capturing CO2 from air
5.3 Separation performance
5.3.1 Effect of different PEI concentrations
5.3.2 Effect of feed flow rate on membrane performance
5.3.3 Effect of drying temperature On separation performances
5.3.4 Effect of low PVA concentration
5.4 Optimum performance for concentrating CO2 from air and recovery capacity
5.4.1 Determination of microalgal growth by different CO2 sources
5.4.2 Economic evaluation
Chapter 6 Conclusions and recommendations
6.1 Conclusions
6.1.1 Innovations
6.2 Recommendation for assessing future energy technologies
References
List of publications