MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY Membrane Technology at TECNALIA is focused on the development of Membrane Materials for Industrial Gas Separation demands. Aiming at increasing the efficiency, reducing the operating and capital costs and physical as well as environmental footprint for the target separations: EXAMPLES OF EQUIPMENTS www.tecnalia.com Polymeric membranes in a module Preparation of inorganic membranes POLYMERIC MEMBRANES INORGANIC MEMBRANES Inorganic membranes to reach where polymeric membranes cannot reach Hollow fiber membrane preparation, a step forward towards industrial application Membrane performance gas permeation testing equipment (Different Pressures, temperatures and gas compositions) Carbon membranes preparation equipment Semi- Industrial Hollow fiber spinning set-up to go from lab to plant Robeson Upper Bound polymers zeolite molecular sieves carbon sieves potential hybrid membranes Commercially Attractive Region 0.1X 1X 10X 100X 1000X PERMEABILITY 100 Y 10 Y 100 Y Y A Membrane commercially attractive region for gas separation where TECNALIA is focused Gas separation membranes for industrial/environmental applications H 2 Separation H 2 purification in refineries H 2 separations in syngas processes Mostly Metallic Membranes, could be manufactured for membrane reactors CO 2 Capture Post-combustion Pre-combustion Oxyfuel Metallic,Polymeric, Composite Membranes Natural gas processing Biogas upgrading Air Separation Oxygen Polymeric, Composite and Carbon Membranes Olefin/Paraffin Separation For hybrid processes to decrease the energy intensity (Ethylene/Ethane, Propylene/Propane) Composite and Carbon Membranes N 2 and CO 2 removal Polymeric, Composite and Carbon Membranes @high and low pressures