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High pressure facilitated membranes for selective separation and process for the use thereof
Assignee: Standard Oil Co
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Filing: 1990-04-09
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-04-09
Abstract
Abstract The subject invention relates to a process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feedstream comprising passing the feedstream containing the component through a separation unit, the separation unit containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of the porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving the component in the facilitator liquid on the feed side of the porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing the complex to the permeate side of the porous membrane; and d) releasing the component from the carrier. The invention further relates to a membrane for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feedstream comprising a porous membrane, having pores of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, the pores containing a facilitator liquid having an affinity for the component to be selectively separated, the membrane being capable of operating at a transmembrane pressure of about 100 psig to about 300 psig. The subject invention also relates to use of the above-identified process and membrane for the separation of vapor phase olefins from olefin-containing feed streams.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald J. Valus
- 👤 Reza Eshraghi
- 👤 Alexander E. Velikoff
- 👤 James C. Davis
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/22; B01D63/00; B01D63/02; B01D2313/00; B01D2313/22; B01D2313/221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit operating at a transmembrane pressure of from about 100 psig to about 1000 psig, and containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; and d) releasing said component from said carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit operating at a transmembrane pressure of from about 100 psig to about 1000 psig, and containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; and d) releasing said component from said carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said component is an olefin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said carrier is a metal complex.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said component is propylene and said carrier is AgNO 3 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said process further includes the step of continuously pumping said facilitator liquid through said permeate side of said membrane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said process further includes the step of recycling said component through a water saturator and to said permeate side of said membrane subsequent to step d).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said porous membrane is a hollow fiber membrane.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane has a molecular weight cut off of from about 500 to about 100,000.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane has a molecular weight cut off of from about 2,000 to about 30,000.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane is selected from the group consisting of polysulfone, cellulose acetate, regenerated cellulose, polyimide, polycarbonate, polyamide, fine pore ceramic, glass and metal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane is anisotropic.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said process further includes the step of collecting said component after releasing said component from said carrier.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process for the separation of vapor phase olefins from an olefin-containing feed stream comprising the steps of: a) directing said feed stream into a distillation column to produce an olefin-containing vapor and delivering said vapor to a membrane system for separation; b) contacting said olefin-containing vapor in said membrane system with a facilitator such that said olefin is complexed by said facilitator to produce an olefin/facilitator complex; c) removing said complex from said membrane system; d) decoupling said complex to produce uncomplexed olefin and uncomplexed facilitator; and e) recovering said olefin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process for the separation of vapor phase olefins from an olefin-containing feed stream comprising the steps of: a) directing said feed stream into a distillation column to produce an olefin-containing vapor and delivering said vapor to a membrane system for separation; b) contacting said olefin-containing vapor in said membrane system with a facilitator such that said olefin is complexed by said facilitator to produce an olefin/facilitator complex; c) removing said complex from said membrane system; d) decoupling said complex to produce uncomplexed olefin and uncomplexed facilitator; and e) recovering said olefin.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said process further includes the step of recycling said uncomplexed facilitator to said membrane system for reuse.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said process further includes the step of recycling said uncomplexed olefin through a water saturator and to said membrane system.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said olefin is ethylene.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said olefin is propylene.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said olefin is butylene.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said olefin is isobutylene.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said facilitator is a metal complex.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said facilitator is AgNO 3 .
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said membrane system operates at a transmembrane pressure of from about 100 psig to about 1000 psig.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 13 wherein said membrane system contains a porous hollow fiber membrane with a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; d) releasing said component from said carrier; and e) recycling said carrier to said membrane for reuse.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; d) releasing said component from said carrier; and e) recycling said carrier to said membrane for reuse.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; d) releasing said component from said carrier; and e) recycling said component through a water saturator and to said permeate side of said membrane.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for the selective separation of at least one component of a gaseous feed stream comprising passing said feed stream containing said component through a separation unit, said separation unit containing a porous membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, and a pore size of from about 10 Angstroms to about 200 Angstroms, and having disposed in the pores of said porous membrane a facilitator liquid comprising a carrier dissolved in a suitable solvent, including: a) dissolving said component in said facilitator liquid on said feed side of said porous membrane at the feed gas/membrane interface; b) forming a component-carrier complex; c) diffusing said complex to said permeate side of said porous membrane; d) releasing said component from said carrier; and e) recycling said component through a water saturator and to said permeate side of said membrane.
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