Advancing olefin/paraffin separation with Permylene technology

轻质烯烃生产是一个价值数十亿美元的商品工业。烯烃/链烷烃分离工艺是能量密集型的，具有高资本成本。膜技术由于其能够利用热力学和动力学机制、不存在相变和柔性膜结构而表现出用于烯烃/烷烃分离的高潜力。Imtex Membrane Corporation（Imtex）是一家清洁技术公司，使用其专有的Permylene技术从石蜡中分离和纯化烯烃。与传统方法相比，Imtex需要更少的能源，产生更少的废物，将运营成本降低高达50%。Imtex已与南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）的环境技术（ET）研究小组接洽，以推进再生和预处理程序，以1）改善受损的膜; 2）评估各种流下的金属阳离子反应性; 3）调查特定组分在预定工艺条件下的反应速率和影响。

Light olefins production is a multi-billion-dollar commodity industry. The olefin/paraffin separation process is energy-intensive with high capital costs. Membrane technology exhibits a high potential for olefin/paraffin separation because of its ability to take advantage of thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms, an absence of phase change and the flexible membrane structures. Imtex Membrane Corporation (Imtex) is a cleantech company that separates and purifies olefins from paraffin using their proprietary Permylene technology. Imtex requires less energy and produces less waste than traditional methods, lowering operational expenses by up to 50%. Imtex has approached the Environmental Technologies (ET) research group at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) to advance regeneration and pre-treatment procedures to 1) improve a compromised membrane; 2) evaluate the metal cation reactivity under various streams; 3) investigate the reaction rates and implications of specific components in pre-determined process conditions.