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MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY Membrane Technology at TECNALIA is focused on the development of Membrane Materials for Industrial Gas Separation demands. Aiming at increasing the e�ciency, reducing the operating and capital costs and physical as well as environmental footprint for the target separations:

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Polymeric membranes in a module Preparation of inorganic membranesPOLYMERIC MEMBRANES INORGANIC MEMBRANES

Inorganic membranes to reach where polymeric membranes cannot reach

Hollow �ber membrane preparation, a step forward towards industrial application

Membrane performance gas permeation testing equipment (Di�erent Pressures, temperatures and gas compositions)

Carbon membranes preparation equipment

Semi- Industrial Hollow �ber spinning set-up to go from lab to plant

Robeson Upper Bound polymers

zeolitemolecular

sieves

carbon sieves

potential hybridmembranes

Commercially Attractive Region

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PERMEABILITY

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Membrane commercially attractive region for gas separation where TECNALIA is focused

Gas separation membranes for industrial/environmental applications

H2 SeparationH2 puri�cation in re�neries

H2 separations in syngas processesMostly Metallic Membranes, could be manufactured for membrane reactors

CO2 CapturePost-combustionPre-combustion

Oxyfuel

Metallic,Polymeric, Composite Membranes

Natural gas processing

Biogas upgrading

Air Separation Oxygen Polymeric, Composite and Carbon

Membranes

Ole�n/Para�n SeparationFor hybrid processes to decrease the

energy intensity(Ethylene/Ethane, Propylene/Propane)

Composite and Carbon Membranes

N2 and CO2 removalPolymeric, Composite and Carbon

Membranes @high and low pressures