Development of High Performance Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Hollow Membrane Fibre

乙醇是许多行业使用的重要物质。由于生物燃料和绿色塑料生产的推动，世界乙醇消费量正在急剧增长。乙醇生产消耗水和能源。Whitefox Technologies Inc.该公司（Whitefox）利用一项专利技术使这一过程变得更加绿色，该技术在提高水和能源效率的同时最大限度地减少了浪费。他们的一步模块化膜工艺用于各种等级的乙醇（燃料和工业），对高含水量具有很强的耐受性，无需蒸馏阶段。其结果是一种新颖的、完全集成的工艺，最大限度地提高了水和能源效率。20年来，Whitefox一直与工程公司和乙醇生产商合作，将膜技术应用于乙醇脱水生产高品位乙醇。Whitefox已经开发并商业化了基于膜辅助有机溶剂脱水的工艺解决方案，他们有一种新的有前途的聚苯并咪唑（PBI）纤维技术。他们正在寻求与SAIT合作，以实现一致的新型中空纤维膜技术平台，用于机械，热（高于500° C）和化学暴露下的各种技术分离。这一新颖高效的工艺显著降低了乙醇在制药、医疗诊断、有机特产和生物燃料商品生产过程中的能耗、用水量和温室气体排放。Whitefox为欧洲、巴西和北美的客户提供解决方案，其模块化系统可满足每天6，000至100万升的各种容量。

Ethanol is a vital substance used across many industries. The world's ethanol consumption is growingdramatically due to the drive for biofuels and green plastic production. Ethanol production consumes water andenergy. Whitefox Technologies Inc.'s (Whitefox) has greened this process with a patented technology thatminimizes waste while increasing water and energy efficiencies. Their single step modular membrane process for various grades of ethanol (fuel and industrial) have a strong tolerance for high water content removing the need for a distillation stage. The outcome is a novel, fully integrated process that maximizes water and energy efficiencies.For 20 years, Whitefox has worked with engineering companies and ethanol producers to apply membranetechnology to ethanol dehydration producing a high grade ethanol. Whitefox has developed andcommercialized process solutions based on membrane-assisted dehydration of organic solvents They have a new a promising technology with Polybenzimidazole (PBI) fibers. They are seeking to work with SAIT toachieve a consistent novel hollow fibre membrane technology platform for a variety of technical separations under mechanical, thermal (above 500° C) and chemical exposure. This novel efficient process significantly reduces energy consumption, water usage and greenhouse gas emission during the use of ethanol in theproduction of pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostics, organic specialties and biofuel commodities. Whitefox is providing solutions to customers in Europe, Brazil and North America, with a modular system catering to alarge range of capacities from 6,000 to 1 million liters per day.