Nanostructured facilitated transport membranes

这项研究涉及的基本问题是新型纳米结构的促进传输膜分离气体，这是传统技术难以实现的。在促进运输中，通过与嵌入膜中的促进剂的选择性和可逆络合，增强了对混合物中目标组分的许可选择性。这些膜的目标是1)烯烃/石蜡分离（取代或补充传统的能源密集型低温蒸馏），2)从空气中富集O2（增强燃烧），以及3)从烟气中捕获CO2（用于温室气体排放控制）。它们都直接关系到加拿大在资源和能源行业创新技术的战略发展。

This research deals with the fundamental issues of novel nanostructured facilitated transport membranes to separate gases that are difficult and costly to perform with traditional technologies. In facilitated transport, the permselectivity to a target component in a mixture is enhanced by selective and reversible complexation with the facilitating agents imbedded in the membrane. The membranes are targeted at 1) olefin/paraffin separation (to replace or complement with the traditional energy-intensive low temperature distillation), 2) O2 enrichment from air (for enhanced combustion), and 3) CO2 capture from flue gas (for greenhouse gas emission control). They are all directly related to Canada's strategic development of innovative technologies in the resource and energy industries.