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Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Azimin Tazilan, Juhana Salim, Norasmah Othman
AKEPT International
Putrajaya, Malaysia
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INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Advanced e brane echnology
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1.0 Introduction
Separation processes play an importantrole inthe chemicalprocess
industries (CPI) forpurifyingraw materials,recoveringproductsstreamsandtreatmentofwastestreams.
Separationandpurificationprocessesareenergy intensiveaccounting for15% globalusage in 2008.
Membrane is knownasoneofthe mostrecentandadvancedtechnologyin chemicalengineering forseparationandpurificationprocesses.
Membranetechnologytherefore, canbeanalternativetechnologyofferinghugeenergyandoperation costsaving.
Carbondioxide,which falls intothe categoryofacidgases (asdoes
hydrogensulfide, forexample) is commonly found innaturalgasstreams
atlevelsashighas 80%.
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2.0 The need statements
Robustandefficient membrane materialthat candealtwithincreasing CO2 concentration
Costeffective membranesystem forstableandlongterms
operation
Viableenergysavingalternative forCO2 removalprocess.
Develop and own technology that can envy
the oil and gas industries
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3.0 The Approach
A simple yetverypracticalapproachhasbeendesignandimplemented inordertoachievetheneedstatements. Theyare:
Incorporatinganinorganic fillerto caterforharshandlongtermoperating conditions
Developnew formulation which canheightened membraneseparationperformance
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4.0 The enefits
Thenew membranesystem achieved >100% performance improvementcomparedto conventional membranesystem
Canbeoperatedat >100 oC
Promotegreenerenvironmentbyefficientlyremoving CO2 gas.
Highvalue factortechnology:
SaveOPEX up to 50%
SaveCAPEX up to 30%
BasedontotalprocessCapacity of 1000 MMSCFD of 15%CO2.
The materialdevelopedallows membranesystem to be tailored inadvancedwaytoseparateothergas impurities.
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5.0 Competition
Thereareexisting fourcompaniesproducingsimilarproducts,butwithout incorporating inorganic filler. Theyare:
UOP
MTR Natco
AirLiquide
However,theyareusingdifferentbase materialandtheiroverallinvestment cost forsimilarcapacity ishigherbyabout 20%.
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Advanced Mem rane Technology CO2Removal from Natural Gas
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