Advancing olefin/paraffin separation with Permylene technology

轻质烯烃生产是一个价值数十亿美元的大宗商品产业。烯烃/石蜡分离工艺是能源密集型工艺，投资成本高。膜技术在烯烃/石蜡分离中表现出很大的潜力，因为它能够利用热力学和动力学机制，没有相变和柔性膜结构。Imtex膜公司（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，可将运营成本降低50%。Imtex已经与南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）的环境技术（ET）研究小组进行了接触，以推进再生和预处理程序，以改善受损的膜；2)评价不同流下金属阳离子的反应性；3)在预先确定的工艺条件下，研究特定组分的反应速率和影响。

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.