Development of High Performance Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Hollow Membrane Fibre

高性能聚苯并咪唑（PBI）中空膜纤维的研制

• 批准号: 548779-2019
• 负责人: Tofani, Rick
• 金额: $ 10.73万
• 依托单位: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693627
• 关键词: Development; Performance; Polybenzimidazole; PBI; Hollow

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.

乙醇是许多行业中使用的重要物质。由于生物燃料和绿色塑料生产的动力，世界的乙醇消耗正在生长。乙醇生产消耗水和富术。 WhiteFox Technologies Inc.（WhiteFox）通过获得专利的技术将该过程绿化，该技术可以最大程度地减少废物和提高水和能源效率。他们针对各种等级的乙醇（燃料和工业）的单步模块化膜过程具有很强的耐受性，可消除蒸馏阶段的需求。结果是一个新颖的，完全整合的过程，可最大化水和能源效率。20年来，WhiteFox与工程公司和乙醇生产商合作，将膜技术应用于乙醇脱水，从而产生高级乙醇。 WhiteFox根据有机溶液的膜辅助脱水开发了商业化的工艺解决方案，他们使用Polybenzimidazole（PBI）纤维具有新的A Promise技术。他们正在寻求与SAIT合作，以实现一个一致的新型空心纤维膜技术平台，以在机械，热力（500°C以上）和化学暴露下进行各种技术分离。这种新颖的有效过程可大大减少乙醇在制药，医学诊断，有机特种和生物燃料商品的生产过程中使用乙醇期间的能源消耗，用水和温室气体排放。 WhiteFox正在为欧洲，巴西和北美的客户提供解决方案，模块化系统迎合了每天6,000至100万升的警报范围。