Synergistic sorbent separation for one-step ethylene purification from a four-component mixture
Kai‐Jie Chen, David G. Madden, Soumya Mukherjee, Tony Pham, Katherine A. Forrest, Amrit Kumar, Brian Space, Jie Kong, Qiuyu Zhang, Michael J. Zaworotko
Abstract
Selecting for ethylene Purification of ethylene from other gases produced during its synthesis, such as acetylene, ethane, and carbon dioxide, is an energy-intensive process. Chen et al. use a mixture of microporous metal-organic framework physisorbents that are selective for one of these four gases. A series of sorbents in a packed-bed geometry produced ethylene pure enough for making polymers. Science , this issue p. 241
Topics & Concepts
EthyleneSorbentMicroporous materialAcetyleneChemical engineeringPolymerChemistryCarbon dioxideGas separationComponent (thermodynamics)Materials scienceOrganic chemistryAdsorptionChromatographyCatalysisMembraneBiochemistryEngineeringPhysicsThermodynamicsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies