SEMINAR
Removal of CO2 from gas streams by membranes
Date: Friday Dec. 7th 2001
Place: Lunchroom KV, 2nd et. Sem Sælandsv. 4, Gløshaugen
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Open to everyone interested, NTNU
Sponsored by Statoil , F-Center, Rotvoll
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09:00 – 09:45 Status and potential on development of membrane materials for selective CO2-removal from gas stream
Professor May-Britt Hägg
09:45-10:15 Carbon membranes; development and potential for low pressure (max.7 bar) gas streams containing CO2
Dr.ing.stipendiate Jon A. Lie
10:15-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:30 Fixed-Site-Carrier (FSC)-membranes for removal of CO2
Dr. Baoan Li
About the seminar:
In relation to the ongoing debate world wide on climate changes and the need for CO2 capture from gas streams, the focus is also on membrane separation as a possible technical solution. Some membrane installations are already in place, but currently available materials with an acceptable lifetime have either too low flux or too low selectivity for CO2 to be of commercial interest for separation of large gas streams.
Membranes for pure gas separation represent, if successful, an environmental friendly and energy saving solution compared to more traditional separation techniques; no addition of chemicals are needed, small modules may replace large columns.
The future implementation of membrane modules for gas separation will strongly depend on the success of material development – many exotic materials are under development; some of them will be presented in the seminar.
About the lecturers:
Professor M-B Hägg and Dr.ing.stipendiate J. Lie are both at IKP, NTNU, while Dr. B. Li has his background from China where he worked on development of FSC-membranes for his PhD. This work was continued when Dr. Li spent a year as Post doc. with Prof. Hägg’s research group MEMFO in 2000-2001. Dr. Li has since then spent some months in Canada, and is currently joining the research group of Prof. Sirkar in New Jersey, USA, but will continue the co-operation with MEMFO for development of the FSC-membrane.