SBIR Phase II: Multilayer Membrane-Based Permeation for Cost-Effective Olefin/Paraffin Separation

该SBIR第二阶段项目的重点是烯烃/烷烃分离。乙烯和丙烯的产量比任何其他有机化学品都要大。 一种新的膜系统正在开发中，它提供了高的烯烃回收率，极高的烯烃通量，大大提高了烯烃/链烷烃的选择性超过传统的促进传输膜，和长期的操作稳定性。 在第二阶段，将展示实验室原型。将该膜系统集成到烯烃装置中将以更节能和更经济的方式大幅改善乙烯、丙烯和丁二烯。聚合物级烯烃可以很容易地用这种膜工艺生产，只需少量的后处理。经济分析表明，将所提出的膜系统并入乙烯装置中可以大大降低整个装置的投资和操作成本。 由于降低了能耗，该膜工艺将相应地减少温室气体CO2的排放。

This SBIR Phase II project focuses on olefin/paraffin separation. Ethylene and propylene are produced in larger quantities than any other organic chemicals. A new membrane system is under development, which provides high olefin recovery, extremely high olefin fluxes, drastically improved olefin/paraffin selectivities over conventional facilitated transport membranes, and long-term operation stability. During Phase II, a laboratory prototype will be demonstrated. Integration of this membrane system into an olefin plant will drastically improve ethylene, propylene and butadiene in a more energy efficient and economical way. Polymer-grade olefins can be easily produced with this membrane process with minor post-treatments. Economic analysis showed that incorporation of the proposed membrane system into an ethylene plant can drastically reduce capital and operating costs of the entire plant. As a result of reduced power consumption, this membrane process will correspondingly reduce emission of greenhouse gas CO2.