Development of Ion Transport Membrane Oxygen Technology for Low-Cost and Low-Emission Gasification and Other Industrial Applications

This Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APCI) project will advance ion transport membrane (ITM) technology further towards the ITM Oxygen Development Facility, a 2,000 TPD demonstration-scale test unit. In addition, technical risks will be reduced through economics studies to assess cost and environmental benefits of the ITM system, which is expected to cost 30% less than conventional cryogenic oxygen separation technology. APCI has a co-current ITM project FT40343.

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Ion transport Membrane Wafer Architecture to enable separation of Oxygen from Air

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Abstract
J.M. Repasky, V.E. Stein*, P.A. Armstrong, M.S. Quintrell, A. Maxson, L.M. Bartone; "Ceramic and Coal: ITM Oxygen for Power Generation with Reduced CO2-Emissions," AIChE Spring National Meeting, Topical 5: Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy for the Twenty-First Century, (April 28-May 2, 2013) San Antonio, TX.

Principal Investigator

Douglas Bennett

bennetdl@airproducts.com

Project Benefits

This project focuses on increasing the efficiency and reducing the capital cost of oxygen (O₂) production through development and demonstration of ion transport membrane (ITM) technology. ITM uses mixed ion and electron conducting materials to produce high temperature/high purity O₂ at significantly lower capital than state-of-the-art cryogenic O₂ production systems. Specifically, this project will demonstrate a pilot-scale ITM O₂ production system, and construct a facility capable of producing the complex modules at a commercially relevant rate.

Project ID

FE0012065

Website

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

http://www.airproducts.com/