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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L74064/01
Title:	ROPA: NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS FOR MEMBRANE REACTORS
Principal Investigator:	Barnes, Professor P A
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Department:	Chemical and Biological Sciences
Organisation:	University of Huddersfield
Scheme:	ROPA
Starts:	01 February 1998	Ends:	31 January 2000	Value (£):	88,919
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Catalysis & Applied Catalysis Materials Synthesis & Growth
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Chemicals
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Conventional polymeric or carbon-based membranes offer excellent selectivity but have considerable limitations in terms of their temperature and/or oxidative stability, making them unsuitable for many catalytic processes. This proposal seeks to develop novel high temperature ceramic materials for use as micro/mesoporous membranes to overcome these limitations whilst retaining the physical properties which are necessary for optimum performance. The new materials are based on silicon carbide/carbon composite ceramics formed by the pyrolysis of polycarbosilianes and polysilazanes. Feasibility studies have shown that these materials can be produced with the necessary high surface areas, micro/mesoporous structure and very high temperature stability.
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