Objective 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. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbonsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleumengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologies Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 'DEMOKRITOS' EU contribution No data Address Terma Patriarchiou Grigoriou 15310 ATHENS Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS Greece EU contribution No data Address Charilaou 6th KM - Thermi Road 57001 THERMI See on map Total cost No data ECO CERAMICS BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Staalstraat 10 1940 EC BEVERWIJK See on map Total cost No data ECOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELLIER France EU contribution No data Address 8,Route de Mende 1919 34293 MONTPELLIER See on map Total cost No data FUNDACION LEIA CENTRO DE DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO Spain EU contribution No data Address Leonardo da Vinci 13 Parque Tecnologico de Alava 01510 MIÑANO MAYOR - ALAVA See on map Total cost No data HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. Greece EU contribution No data Address National Road Athens Korinthos 17 km 19300 ASPRPYRGOS See on map Total cost No data REPSOL PETROLEO SA Spain EU contribution No data Address 183,Calle Embajadores 183 28045 MADRID See on map Total cost No data SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SA Spain EU contribution No data Address Severo Ochoa 4 (P.T.M) 28760 TRES CANTOS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER II - SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DU LANGUEDOC France EU contribution No data Address Place Eugène Bataillon 2, (015) 34095 MONTPELLIER See on map Total cost No data