Efficient purification of ethene by an ethane-trapping metal-organic framework

Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 8697 - 8697
Published: Oct 29, 2015
Abstract
Separating ethene (C2H4) from ethane (C2H6) is of paramount importance and difficulty. Here we show that C2H4 can be efficiently purified by trapping the inert C2H6 in a judiciously designed metal-organic framework. Under ambient conditions, passing a typical cracked gas mixture (15:1 C2H4/C2H6) through 1 litre of this C2H6 selective adsorbent directly produces 56 litres of C2H4 with 99.95%+ purity (required by the C2H4 polymerization reactor)...
Paper Details
Title
Efficient purification of ethene by an ethane-trapping metal-organic framework
Published Date
Oct 29, 2015
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
8697 - 8697
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