Development of High Performance Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Hollow Membrane Fibre

乙醇是许多行业使用的重要物质。由于对生物燃料和绿色塑料生产的推动，全球乙醇消费量正在急剧增长。乙醇生产消耗水和能源。Whitefox技术公司（Whitefox）利用一项专利技术使这一过程变得绿色，该技术可以最大限度地减少浪费，同时提高水和能源效率。他们的单步模块化膜工艺适用于各种等级的乙醇（燃料和工业），对高含水量具有很强的耐受性，无需蒸馏阶段。其结果是一个新颖的、完全集成的过程，最大限度地提高了水和能源的效率。20年来，Whitefox一直与工程公司和乙醇生产商合作，将膜技术应用于乙醇脱水生产高纯度乙醇。Whitefox已经开发并商业化了基于膜辅助有机溶剂脱水的工艺解决方案，他们对聚苯并咪唑（PBI）纤维进行了新的有前途的技术。他们正在寻求与SAIT合作，以实现一致的新型中空纤维膜技术平台，用于机械，热（500°C以上）和化学暴露下的各种技术分离。这一新型高效工艺显著降低了在药品、医疗诊断、有机特产和生物燃料产品生产过程中使用乙醇的能耗、用水量和温室气体排放。Whitefox为欧洲、巴西和北美的客户提供解决方案，其模块化系统可满足每天6000至100万升的大范围产能。

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.