SBIR Phase I: Fabrication of Low-Cost Modules Incorporating Microporous Silica Membranes for Natural Gas Purification

SBIR 第一阶段：采用微孔二氧化硅膜制造用于天然气净化的低成本模块

• 批准号: 9860416
• 负责人: Richard Higgins
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: CeraMem Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-01-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9860416&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Fabrication; Low; Cost

9860416 This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses development of economical devices for purification of low-quality raw natural gas to pipeline quality. A large fraction of domestic natural gas reserves are currently uneconomical for recovery based on current market conditions because they contain significant amounts of non-methane gas. Membrane separations have appreciable potential for natural gas purification, but membrane devices with improved productivity over current state-of-the-art devices are required. The overall objective of this program is to develop a novel fabrication approach to incorporate microporous silica membranes into low-cost, highly compact modules. These membranes have high selectivity and extremely high permeability for separation of impurities from methane. Commercial availability of such modules would appreciably reduce costs associated with upgrading of low-quality natural gas resources. In Phase I, the chemistry underlying the novel fabrication approach will be studied. Microporous silica membranes will be incorporated on small support coupons via this approach and their gas permeation characteristics will be measured to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the approach. The gas separation membrane modules to be developed in this program would reduce costs associated with separation of a variety of industrially significant gas streams in applications including natural gas upgrading, carbon dioxide recovery from enhanced oil recovery operations, biogas processing, and helium recovery.

9860416小企业创新研究一期项目主要研究低质量原料天然气净化到管道质量的经济装置的开发。根据目前的市场条件，很大一部分国内天然气储量目前不具有经济效益，因为它们含有大量的非甲烷气体。膜分离在天然气净化方面具有可观的潜力，但需要比目前最先进的设备生产率更高的膜装置。该项目的总体目标是开发一种新的制造方法，将微孔二氧化硅膜整合到低成本，高度紧凑的模块中。这些膜对甲烷中杂质的分离具有高选择性和极高的渗透性。这种模块的商业化供应将显著降低与低质量天然气资源升级有关的成本。在第一阶段，将研究新制造方法的化学基础。微孔二氧化硅膜将通过这种方法结合在小支撑片上，并测量其气体渗透特性，以证明该方法的技术可行性。在该项目中开发的气体分离膜模块将降低与各种工业重要气流分离相关的成本，包括天然气升级、强化采油作业中的二氧化碳回收、沼气处理和氦气回收。