Workshop Fees

	One Workshop (one Saturday OR one Sunday)	Two Workshops (one Saturday AND one Sunday)
Regular	$650	$1300
Student	$325	$650

Workshop Schedule

Please follow the links provided to obtain a description of the workshops or scroll to the bottom of the page.

Saturday July 12, 2008

Membrane-based gas separations     Professor Benny Freeman, University of Texas - Austin     Professor Glenn Lipscomb, University of Toledo     Hans Wijmans, Membrane Technology Research, Inc.   Fuel cells     Professor Peter Pintauro, Case Western Reserve     Professor Ryszard Wycisk, Case Western Reserve   Polymeric and inorganic membrane materials and membrane formation     Professor Jerry Y.S. Lin, Arizona State University     Michael D. Guiver, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa   Measurement methods for membranes     John Pellegrino, University of Colorado - Boulder

Sunday July 13, 2008

Emerging membrane materials and manufacturing methods     Klaus V. Peinemann, GMT Membrantechnik GmbH     Suzanna P. Nunes, GKSS, Germany     Bruce Hinds, University of Kentucky   Membrane desalination technology     Craig Bartels Ph.D., Hydranautics     Rich Franks, Hydranautics

Workshop Descriptions

Detailed descriptions of each workshop are provided below.

Workshop: Membrane-based gas separations

Lecturers Benny Freeman, University of Texas, freeman@che.utexas.edu Glenn Lipscomb, University of Toledo, glenn.lipscomb@utoledo.edu Hans Wijmans, Membrane Technology & Research, Inc., wijmans@mtrinc.com   Saturday July 12, 2008 ABSTRACT This workshop will cover the entire spectrum of membrane-based gas and vapor separations: from the materials science of gas separation membranes and the fundamentals of membrane transport to the design and economics of industrial gas separation applications. This workshop should be of interest to membrane researchers as well as membrane practitioners. OUTLINE Materials: Freeman, 8-10:45 AM Material science of gas separation membranes and transport mechanisms   Modules: Lipscomb, 10:45-12 and 1-2:30 PM Module Manufacture (patent review) Scroll/spiral wound module formation Fiber bundle/tubesheet formation and types Header and case design Module Performance Basic design equations for gas separations Hollow fiber versus spiral wound Module inefficiencies: fiber size/property variation & poor shell flow distribution Novel designs   Applications: Wijmans, 2:30- 5:15 PM Basics of Gas Separation System Design Pressure ratio Multi-step and multi-stage configurations Gas Separation Industry: History and Overview Air Separation Nitrogen - enriched Air Oxygen - enriched Air Hydrogen Separation Natural Gas Separation Acid Gas Removal Nitrogen Removal NGL Recovery/Fuel Conditioning VOC Removal/Recovery Other Applications: Drying, Biogas Separation Membrane Contactor Applications   Future Developments/Directions: ALL

Workshop: Fuel cells

Lecturers Peter N. Pintauro, Case Western Reserve University, pnp3@po.cwru.edu Ryszard Wycisk, Case Western Reserve University, ryszard.wycisk@case.edu   Saturday July 12, 2008 ABSTRACT This workshop will give a comprehensive overview of ion conductive fuel cell membranes by combining topics in electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, and membrane science. The basic operation of hydrogen/oxygen, direct methanol, and alkaline fuel cells will be presented, along with the function and requirements of the membrane in these fuel cells. The current state-of-the- art fuel cell membranes will be reviewed and experimental methods will be presented for preparing, characterizing, and testing the membranes. OUTLINE Overview and Basic Principles Operation of hydrogen/oxygen, direct methanol, and alkaline fuel cells; fuel cell components; fuel cell markets and cost targets; electrochemical and transport processes during fuel cell operation (Pintauro).   Requirements of Membranes for Fuel Cells Ion conductivity; chemical, thermal and mechanical stability; fuel/gas crossover (Pintauro).   Experimental Methods for Fuel Cell Membrane Evaluation Conductivity; swelling; crossover; electrochemical characterization; stability (Wycisk).   Review of Current Fuel Cell Membranes Proton conducting membranes: including Nafion® and its modifications, sulfonated polyarylenes, polyimides, and polyphosphazenes; acid-doped polybenzimidazoles and anhydrous systems; anion-exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells (Wycisk).   Strategies for Preparing Proton Conducting Membranes Types of ion- exchange groups; direct synthesis vs. post-modification; control of swelling (physical, covalent, and ionic crosslinking); blends, IPNs, grafts, and block copolymers; preparation of membrane-electrode-assemblies (Wycisk).   Summary Current outlook and future trends; the importance of nano- morphology; examples from studies at Case Western Reserve University (Pintauro).

Workshop: Polymeric and inorganic membrane materials and membrane formation

Lecturers Michael Guiver, National Research Council of Canada, Michael.Guiver@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Jerry Y.S. Lin, Arizona State University, jerry.lin@asu.edu   Saturday July 12 ABSTRACT: This workshop includes synthesis and properties of polymeric and inorganic membranes. INORGANIC MEMBRANES: Jerry Lin The inorganic membrane portion covers synthesis methods for and basic properties of inorganic membranes. synthesis methods, including slip- casting, sol-gel, chemical vapor or liquid deposition, and solid state reaction for fabrication of various types of inorganic membranes. OUTLINE Introduction to Inorganic Membranes Major References, Historical Overview of Inorganic Membranes, Common Membrane Elements/Modules, Uncommon Membrane Elements/Modules, Inorganic membrane vendors   Macroporous (Microfiltration) Membranes Preparation of Membrane Support, Preparation of Microfiltration Membranes, Packing of Particles from Suspension, Sintering of Macroporous Ceramics   Mesoporous (Ultrafiltration) Membranes Methods for Preparing Mesoporous Membranes, Sol-Gel Derived Mesoporous Membranes, Properties of Mesoporous Membranes   Microporous Membranes Sol-Gel Synthesis of Microporous Materials, Hollow Fiber Inorganic Membranes, Carbon Membrane-Method of Pyrolysis, Zeolite Membranes   Dense Membranes Dense Silica Membranes, Metal Membranes, Protonic Conducting Ceramic Membranes, Perovskite Type Ceramic Membranes, Fluorite-Type Ceramic Membranes POLYMERIC MEMBRANES: Michael D. Guiver The polymer membrane portion will provide an overview on material selection and fabrication techniques for production of polymeric membranes. The structures and separation properties of a variety of membranes for microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, gas separation will be presented. If workshop facilities allow, there will be a practical demonstration of membrane casting as well as opportunities to participate. OUTLINE Material Selection basic principles of polymer science, material selection for different membrane separation processes, structure/property relationships.   Formation of Polymer Membranes by Phase Separation immersion precipitation, thermally- induced phase separation process, microporous membranes, dense, thin-skinned asymmetric membranes.   Hands-on Experiments If workshop facilities allow use of small quantities of solvents, there will be a practical demonstration and workshop participation in flat- sheet membrane formation by the phase separation process. Introduction to various membrane types, structures and modules.   Formation of Thin-Film Composite Membranes solution coating processes, interfacial composite membranes, multilayer composites.   Membrane Modifications methodology for surface and bulk modification by chemical and plasma techniques.

Workshop: Measurement methods for membranes

Lecturer John Pellegrino, University of Colorado at Boulder, john.pellegrino@colorado.edu   Saturday July 12 ABSTRACT This workshop provides an overview of the entire field of membrane science, technology, and applications through measurements, and is therefore an excellent resource for novices with a technical background, as well as, seasoned veterans interested in broadening their scope (or having a refresher.) The workshop will provide a survey of the various instruments and measurement techniques used to characterize the physical and chemical properties of membranes and processes. After a broad introduction to membranes, there will be four main areas: 1) general mechanical and physico-chemical characterization of membranes/materials; 2) transport figures-of-merit; 3) analytical, visualization and structural characterization methods; and 4) esoteria. OUTLINE Introduction to Membranes dense; microporous; polymeric; inorganic; homogeneous; asymmetric; composite; mixed   General Mechanical and Physico- Chemical Properties density: helium pycnometry, density gradient columns, fractional free volume; streaming potential; contact angle; thermal and mechanical analysis - differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, thermal relaxation; dielectric relaxation   Transport Figures-of- Merit review of transport models; dense and porous membranes; steady and unsteady state analysis; single component and multi-component; gas, vapor and liquid solubility coefficients (gravimetric, time lag): pressure decay; quartz microbalances; surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices; TGA; Diffusion coefficients: time lag; sorption kinetics; diffusion cell; pure and multi-component permeation; MWCO; ATR- FTIR; high throughput methods   Structural, Visualization, and Analytical Characterization Techniques porosimetry methods; electron (SEM, TEM, ESEM) and high- resolution optical microscopies; scanning force and tunneling (AFM) microscopies; neutron scattering (SANS); small and wide angle x-ray spectroscopy (SAXS and WAXD); molecular mass - gel permeation chromatography; dynamic light scattering; IR spectroscopy; surface spectroscopies: x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, auger electron spectroscopy; raman spectroscopy; electron paramagnetic resonance; fluorescence and depletion   Esoteria Field Flow Fractionation; acoustic time-domain reflectometry (ATDR); dielectric impedance spectroscopy for conductivity; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); molecular modeling; positron annhilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS)

Workshop: Emerging membrane materials and manufacturing methods

Lecturers Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, GKSS, Germany, klaus-viktor.peinemann@gkss.de Susanna Nunes, GKSS - Forschungszentrum, nunes@gkss.de Bruce Hinds, University of Kentucky, bjhinds@engr.uky.edu   Sunday July 13 ABSTRACT This workshop will focus on emerging new membrane materials (polymeric and inorganic/organic hybrids). The workshop will not present state-of-the- art techniques for membrane fabrication. Recent developments will be presented and their potential for future industrial applications will be discussed. Topics include: membrane manufacturing by molecular self- assembly of block copolymers and other components, "breath figures", preparation of isoporous membranes, carbon nanotubes as selective membrane channels, nanostructured mixed matrix membranes for gas and liquid separation, nano-fabrication of membranes, stimuli responsive membrane materials, membranes for controlled drug release, tailoring and properties of multicomponent membranes, The most important recent patents in these fields will be reviewed. Klaus-V. Peinemann has more than 25 years academic and industrial experience in the field of membrane development. He coordinated a number of European projects for membrane development and he is co-founder of GMT Membrantechnik GmbH, one the few European companies developing and producing gas separation membranes. Klaus-V. Peinemann served as President of the European Membrane Society, he organised or coorganised 15 international workshops on membrane preparation. Since many years he is also lecturing at the Leibniz University of Hannover on membranes for medical applications. Suzana P. Nunes has been involved in membrane science for more than 25 years and is currently head of department of membranes for energy at GKSS, Germany. She was 10 years Professor at the University of Campinas, Brazil, on membranes and polymer physical chemistry. In Germany she coordinated particularly in the last 7 years European and National projects on fuel cell and on the dissemination of membrane technology for young scientists (Marie Curie program). Bruce Hinds is Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky. The focus of the Hind’s group research program is to fabricate functional materials at the nanometer scale. Bruce Hinds is a pioneer in carbon nanotube based membranes. He will present the state-of-the art of CNT-based membrane research and he will discuss the future perspectives.

Workshop: Membrane desalination technology

Lecturers Craig Bartels, Hydranautics, cbartels@hydranautics.com Rich Franks, Hydranautics, rfranks@hydranautics.com   Sunday July 13 ABSTRACT The workshop is configured as a one day program of about 6 hours of lectures. The workshop topics include practical information regarding configuration, performance and operating conditions of membrane technology applied to desalination of brackish and seawater and salinity reduction in wastewater reclamation systems. The program will include description of technical aspects of membrane technology as applied to salinity reduction. Required feed water quality, pretreatment options, operating parameters and performance of RO units in this type of application will be discussed. Various configurations of modern commercial desalination systems will be presented. Information on representative product water quality and parameters affecting rejection rates will be included. The workshop material will also include information on economics of commercial systems and approach to cost optimization. Final part of the workshop will be conducted as an open forum discussion on R&D directions that could potentially improve reliability of the commercial processes, reduce water cost or provide solutions to produce product water of required quality. OUTLINE Session 1 Characteristics of commercial NF/RO membrane technology Configuration and nominal performance of commercial membrane elements for RO and NF applications Calculation of performance Field results   Session 2 Configurations of commercial plants Configuration of commercial plants for brackish, seawater and wastewater reclamation Plant components Design parameters of membrane plants for above applications   Session 3 Plants performance, operation and maintenance Representative performance of RO/NF membrane units Acceptable range of operating parameters Performance normalization Scaling and fouling phenomena Performance restoration   Session 4 Advanced design solutions Boron reduction process alternatives Optimization of recovery rate in brackish and seawater systems Energy usage reduction through hybrid brackish - seawater system configuration Utilization of large diameter elements   Session 5 Process economics Components and methods of evaluation of process economics Review of published information on cost information Optimization of system configuration and operating parameters   Session 6 Open forum discussion on promising R&D directions Required/possible directions of improved membrane elements performance Improvement of effectiveness of pretreatment processes Control of biofouling in seawater syystems New requirements of product water quality