Zeolite Membranes–Current Status and Future

Abstract

In recent years, there have been increasing interests in zeolite membranes. The membranes have been successfully applied at the industrial scale for solvent dehydration by pervaporation or vapor permeation. This review gives an overview of the recent research trends of zeolite membranes, especially of our current challenges to membrane reactors of esterification reaction and methanol synthesis in the carbon neutral field.