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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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