Advancing olefin/paraffin separation with Permylene technology

轻烯烃生产是一个价值数十亿美元的大宗商品行业。烯烃/烷烃分离过程耗能大，投资成本高。膜技术由于能够利用热力学和动力学机制、无相变和膜结构灵活等优点，在烯烃/烷烃分离方面显示出很高的潜力。Imtex膜公司(Imtex)是一家清洁技术公司，使用其专有的Permyl技术从石蜡中分离和提纯烯烃。与传统方法相比，Imtex需要的能源更少，产生的废物更少，运营成本最高可降低50%。Imtex已与南艾伯塔省理工学院(SAIT)的环境技术(ET)研究小组接洽，以推进再生和前处理程序，以1)改善受损的膜；2)评估不同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度和影响。

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.