GPSMB-PPSPLITTER

A New Hybrid Solution for the Propane/Propylene Separation: the Gas-Phase Simulated Moving Bed PP Splitter

Coordinatore	UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO    more  Organization address address: PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA city: PORTO postcode: 4099 002 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Alirio Egidio Cognome: Rodrigues Email: send email Telefono: +351 22 508 1671 Fax: +351 22 508 1674
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Portugal [PT]
Totale costo	149˙337 €
EC contributo	149˙337 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-09-08   -   2012-01-07

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO  Organization address address: PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA city: PORTO postcode: 4099 002 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Alirio Egidio Cognome: Rodrigues Email: send email Telefono: +351 22 508 1671 Fax: +351 22 508 1674	PT (PORTO)	coordinator	149˙337.50

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Propylene is one of the world’s more important commodities, and the propane/propylene separation, usually performed by means of cryogenic distillation, one of the most difficult as energy-consuming operations currently practiced. Consequently, extensive studies have been developed to provide more sustainable solutions (mainly Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) and membrane technology), but presenting low recovery values as high-energy gaps in de/compression necessities. Recently, the Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering (LSRE-FEUP) researchers’ applied an continuous counter current chromatographic apparatus (Simulated Moving Bed, SMB) to this separation proving its feasibility with high purity propylene (>99.5%), high recovery (>99.0%) and quite promising productivity values >1000 kg of propylene/(m3zeolite.h) with less than half of distillation cooling as heating necessities. However, it is still necessary to prove its competitiveness. One will only have this point cleared if we simulate the complete process (SMB plus desorbent recovery units), optimize and consider different adsorbents, desorbents as the inclusion of different technologies: hybrid solutions. To accomplish it, an interdisciplinary approach must be employed: from the physical fundamentals (adsorption, distillation, membranes), thru optimization to the economic analysis. LSRE-FEUP will contribute with adsorption and membranes expertise, while one of the most rewarded groups in the field of chemical process design, simulation and optimization: Prof. Barton’s group at Department of Chemical Engineering-MIT, will support the distillation, dynamic modelling, simulation, optimization and economic evaluation. In this way, a European Researcher will be trained in a world ranked institute and reintegrate this knowledge back to Europe, raising further his career as the European research area and supporting a sustainable (energy efficient) and competitive solution for an important application.'