Gas Separations With Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Technology Benefits
- Lower operating and capital costs via improved efficiency, decreased energy usage, and lower (near ambient) operating temperatures.
- Technology Application
- This material has promise in numerous gas separation and storage applications, including parrafin/olefin separations, oxygen/nitrogen separation, and nitric oxide/nitrous oxide separation. More specifically, potential application include: Separation of oxygen from air via vacuum swing adsorption;Separation of hydrocarbons such as ethane/ethylene, ethylene/acetylene, propane/propylene and others via pressure, temperature or vacuum swing adsorption processes; andSeparation of gases based on preferential electron transfer reactions (i.e. nitric oxide/nitrous oxide).
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US20130053585A1
Application Number: US13593914A
Inventor: LONG, Jeffrey R. | BLOCH, Eric D. | MURRAY, Leslie
Priority Date: 25 Aug 2011
Priority Number: US20130053585A1
Application Date: 24 Aug 2012
Publication Date: 28 Feb 2013
IPC Current: C07F001502 | B01D005304 | C07C002950 | C07C004532 | C07D030104
US Class: 549523 | 095090 | 095129 | 095138 | 095143 | 096108 | 556146 | 568360 | 568910
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: GAS SEPARATIONS WITH REDOX-ACTIVE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Usefulness: GAS SEPARATIONS WITH REDOX-ACTIVE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Summary: The method is useful for separating constituent gases.
Novelty: Separating constituent gases from mixed gas stream containing first chemical and second chemical comprises e.g. contacting mixed gas stream with metal-organic framework adsorbent and adsorbing molecules of first chemical to framework
- Industry
- Chemical/Material
- Sub Category
- Chemical/Material Application
- Application No.
- 9675923
- Others
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Tech ID/UC Case
21885/2012-013-0
Related Cases
2012-013-0, 2012-009-1
- *Abstract
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With over 100 million tons produced annually, oxygen (O2) is among the most widely used commodity chemicals in the world -- and the demand for pure O2 could grow enormously due to its potential use in processes associated with the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-burning plants.
The separation of O2 from air is currently done on a large scale using an energy-intensive cyrogenic distillation process. Zeolites are also used for O2 / N2 separation, however this process is inherently inefficient as the materials used adsorb N2 over O2 with poor selectivity.
To address this situation, researchers at UC Berkeley have developed novel redox-active metal-organic frameworks for gas separation. In comparison to conventional materials, the Berkeley material displays incredible separation properties at temperatures that are much more favorable to those currently used in numerous gas separaton and storage applications.
- *IP Issue Date
- Jun 13, 2017
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Eric Bloch
Department:
Name: Jeffrey Long
Department:
Name: Leslie Murray
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
