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Development of ceramic membranes for olefin recovery from liquefied petroleum gases

Obiettivo

Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) processes in the area of crude oil refining lead to Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG's) that contain a high amount of olefins (propylene and butane), which are high value petrochemical feedstock. An alternative to the current research on shape-selective cracking and oligomerization at high temperature (> 400°C) should be a membrane technology in which the olefin selective separation from their respective paraffin counterparts could be achieved at low temperature (< lOO°C). This is now possible taking into account recent advances in zeolite membrane development. The purpose of this project is to develop an innovative separation process that will offer a realistic and cost efficient solution for the removal of C3-C4 olefins from LPG's and the subsequent recovery of these hydrocarbons, by developing highly selective membrane systems, which exhibit high permeability properties.

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Meccanismo di finanziamento

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinatore

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 'DEMOKRITOS'
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Indirizzo
Terma Patriarchiou Grigoriou
15310 ATHENS
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