Recovering helium from Australia’s natural gas: A case study for advanced adsorption processes to concentrate dilute gases

从澳大利亚天然气中回收氦气：先进吸附工艺浓缩稀气体的案例研究

• 批准号: DE140100569
• 负责人: A/Prof Thomas Rufford
• 金额: $ 25.87万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE140100569
• 关键词: Recovering; helium; Australia; natural; gas

This project will deliver breakthroughs in gas separation technologies for the production of helium from natural gas. Global demand for helium in critical medical, scientific and industrial applications is projected to grow at around five per cent per annum. To overcome the forecast short falls in helium production, new low cost and energy efficient technologies to recover helium from natural gas fields must be developed. This project will contribute novel microporous adsorbents, a better understanding of helium sorption kinetics and general methodologies for design of pressure swing adsorption processes to concentrate dilute mixtures.

该项目将为从天然气中生产氦气的气体分离技术带来突破。在关键的医疗、科学和工业应用中，全球对氦气的需求预计将以每年5%左右的速度增长。为了克服氦气产量的预测性短缺福尔斯，必须开发新的低成本和节能技术来从天然气田回收氦气。该项目将提供新型微孔吸附剂，更好地了解氦吸附动力学和设计变压吸附工艺浓缩稀混合物的一般方法。