Evonik Membrane Technology

Toolbox for
the Chemical Industry

Olivier Zehnacker

June 2021

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 About Evonik

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What we don't do

MEMBRANE
CAR TIRES TOWELS HYDROGEN NUTRITION SEPARATION
UNIT

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What we do
Living better with Evonik

more fuel saving fluffier handle ready healthier better performance

MEMBRANE
CAR TIRES TOWELS HYDROGEN NUTRITION SEPARATION
UNIT

Countless products gain their special attributes through our creative power.

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That’s specialty chemicals.
And that’s where we’re among the best in class.

> €12 billion €1.9 billion €1.15

sales* adjusted EBITDA* dividend per share

€780 million
Free Cash Flow
80% of sales from
€956 million
capital expenditures
leading market positions

>33,000 101 €1
adjusted earnings
employees nationalities per share*

* Fiscal 2020, ongoing activities

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Innovation Growth Fields
Tangible size already today – strong growth ahead

Company Presentation – Q2 2020

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New divisional structure
Growth divisions with common themes and attractive growth drivers

▪ Active Oxygen
▪ Coating Additives
▪ Catalyst
▪ Comfort & Insulation ▪ Animal Nutrition ▪ Baby Care
▪ Silica
▪ Interface & Performance ▪ Care Solutions ▪ Functional Solutions
▪ Silanes
▪ Crosslinkers ▪ Health Care ▪ Performance Intermediates
▪ Coating & Adhesive Resins
▪ Oil Additives
▪ High Performance Polymers

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High Performance Polymers Business Line
Key products and applications

Key products

Long-chain polyamide granules and powders PEEK Rubber

VESTAMID®, TROGAMID®, VESTOSINT®, VESTAMELT® VESTAKEEP® VESTENAMER®

Fibers Membranes Structural foams Tapes

P84® SEPURAN® ROHACELL® VESTAPE®

Markets and applications

Automotive Aerospace Industrial, Sports Optics Medical Consumer Additive Rubber, Hot gas Gas separation
Oil & Gas goods manufacturing rubber filtration
recycling

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 Evonik Membrane
technology

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We achieve high performances with our polymers

Performance Driven
= Polymers from Evonik
our polyimide product
= Semifinished products
from Evonik family exhibits market
= materials used for membrane PI leading gas separation
production by other players PAI PEEK properties
FPs
High-performance PPSU PPA
polymers PEI
PMI LCP

PES PPS
PA 1012
PA12
PMMI PSU
PA4.6
PA11
PAR
Transp. PA PPO PA 1010 PA612
PA 610
PMMA PPE PET
Engineering PBT
PA6 / PA66
polymers PC
POM
PUR
Cost Driven

ABS
SAN
Commodity PS
PP
Cellulose
polymers PVC Acetate PE PE-LD PE-HD

amorphous crystalline

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In-house chemistry capability enables
controlled tuning of intrinsic properties.

Homopolymers
Polyimide 1 Polyimide 2
- High selectivity - Low selectivity Selectivity/Separation Factor/Efficiency
- Moderate CO2 permeability - High CO2 permeability

P1 P2 PC
Evonik
PEI PI
PI Family
CA
PSf
P1 P2 P1 P2
PPO

P1-P2
- High selectivity
- High O2 permeability Permeability/Capacity

Block-Copolymers

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Evonik’s membrane business is based on two membrane platforms -
Hollow Fibre & Flat Sheet Membranes

Hollow Fibre Membranes – SEPURAN® Flat Sheet Spiral Wound Membranes – PURAMEM®

Spiral-
Hollow Fibre Coating of
Polymer Solution Ceramic or polymer Composite wound
Hollow Fibres Membrane selectivity
Polyimide (PI) support structure Membrane Membrane
Module layer
Module

Dip coated Selectivity Layer

Polymer Layer
Shell

Bore
Polymer porous support Ceramic or Polymer porous support
Selective skin (nm-range)

Targeting liquid & hydrocarbon recovery and selected Natural Gas

Targeting all Gas separation applications
applications

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Evonik’s membrane business is based on two membrane platforms -
Hollow Fibre & Flat Sheet Membranes

Hollow Fibre Membranes – SEPURAN® Flat Sheet Spiral Wound Membranes – PuraMem®

High Pressure Low Pressure High Pressure Low Pressure

Non-condensable Condensable
Slow Gas Fast Gas
Gas Vapour

CO, N2, CH4, C2, C3, … O2, CO2, H2, N2, CH4, O2, CO2, H2 C3, C4, Aromatics, ….

SEPURAN® PuraMem®

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SEPURAN® Product families - Hollow Fibre Membranes

▪ Market leading selectivity ▪ Market leader in Biogas upgrading

▪ Long term stability units
▪ Industry standard productivity

NG Green

SEPURAN®
▪ On site nitrogen generation ▪ He recovery from Source gas or
▪ Purities from 95-99.5% Diluted streams
▪ Superior air-factor (~2.2) ▪ H2 recovery
N2 Noble
▪ High productive modules ▪ H2/CO ratio adjustment
▪ CO concentration

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PuraMem® Product families based on spiral wound flat sheet

▪ Non-aqueous Homogeneous Liquid Separation ▪ Vapor and Volatile Organic

▪ Organic Solvent Nanofiltraion Compound Recovery
▪ Superior stability in non-aqueous solvents ▪ Based on a proven and reliable
technology platform and production
infrastructure

OSN PuraMem® VOC

▪ Generate extra product value in a wide

variety of applications in various process
industries ▪ Freely available on the market
▪ Reduction of cost, of energy consumption, ▪ Strong Price/Performance Ratio
and increased yield through gentle, ambient
temperature separations

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EVONIK membrane product portfolio currently targeting
all key gas separation membranes and is continuously expending

Technological development

2011 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

SEPURAN® SEPURAN® SEPURAN® PURAMEM® SEPURAN® SEPURAN® PURAMEM®

Green Biogas Noble Helium N2 OSN NG Noble Hydrogen VOC

More than 500 First of it’s kind Relaunch for Market launch Market launch
More than 150 Public launch in
references He source gas liquid & first large & first large
references 2020
upgrading unit separation scale NG plant scale reference

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Evonik impacts on full value chain
leads to superior membrane products

Value chain and Business Model of Evonik membrane business

Hollow Fibre Membrane OEM /

Monomer Polymer End User
Flat Sheet Cartridge Upgrading Unit

Technology Support &

Evonik Business Application Development

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Membrane facilities at a Glance

Marl, Germany Schörfling, Austria London, United Kingdom

▪ R&D for flat sheet ▪ Main production hub SEPURAN® ▪ Production facility for PuraMem®
▪ Advanced R&D topics ▪ R&D and Application Technology membrane modules
▪ Test facilities for SEPURAN®
▪ Business Management

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SEPURAN & PURAMEM operate worldwide with regional technical support

London
Marl Moskau
Toronto
Schörfling
Seoul
Parsippany Tokyo/Osaka
St. Louis
Dubai Shanghai

Mumbai
Kuala Lumpur
Accra
Singapore

Jakarta

São Paulo
Johannesburg

Sales Office

Sales and Technical Office

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 SEPURAN®
Gas separation
technology
with hollow fibres
membranes

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Membranes are characterized
by sorption and diffusion mechanisms

Feed (pFeed) Permeate (pPermeate) Transport mechanism

pFeed pPerm pFeed > pPerm
1 Sorption feed side
2 Diffusion through membrane
3 Desorption permeate side

1 2 3

Flow

H2
l
Methane
Membrane thickness

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SEPURAN® Polyimide Hollow Fibre:
Defect free, thin-skinned and robust.

Shell

Bore

Selective skin (nm-range)

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Illustration of gas separation process
in a hollow fibre membrane

Selective layer on the

outside

Porous substructure
for mechanical support

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A CO2/CH4 selectivity of >50 is
our USP for a successful process layout

Performance indicators for Evonik SEPURAN® Membranes

FAST
H2O 400

He 120

H2 90

CO2 30

O2 9.0 Mixture Selectivity*

CO 1.8 CO2 / CH4 50
N2 /O2 9
N2 1.0
H2 / CH4 150
CH4 0.6

SLOW

* Selectivity = Permeability Compound A / Permeability Compound B

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Upgraded Biogas is leaving the membrane as retentate under pressure

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Membrane Process Innovation - Achieved references and demonstrations are
well recognized and positioned in the market place

Waste to Biomethane Helium recovery from source gas On-site Nitrogen generation

▪ One of the biggest anaerobic waste treatment ▪ New developed “first of its kind” Evonik & ▪ World-scale on-site nitrogen generation plant
plants (industrial scale complex) - Montello, Linde Membrane and PSA hybrid technology for Nickel-Mine (supplied in March 2017) –
Italy (EU) - Mankota, CAN (NA) New Caledonia (APR) – 3000 Nm3/h

▪ 15.000 Nm3/h raw biogas upgraded to ▪ Upgrading of Helium from < 1% to high purity ▪ Nitrogen generation with 99.0 % purity
biomethane for grid injection and CNG Helium with 99.9999 %

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain
-= CLICK TO SELECT A FIELD =-

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery
from Cracker
SEPURAN® Noble
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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Evonik Membrane Technologies allow not only to produce Green Hydrogen
from Electricity but also from other substrates

Water Electrolysis with Process Step

Evonik AEM (Anion
Green
Exchange Membrane)
Electricity
Process Step
IN DEVELOPMENT With Evonik
Solution

Green
Product and
intermediate

GREEN
Hydrogen

At Production Site

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Evonik Membrane Technologies allow not only to produce Green Hydrogen
from Electricity but also from other substrates

Process Step
Water Electrolysis with
Green
Evonik AEM (Anion
Electricity
Exchange Membrane) Process Step
With Evonik
Solution

Green
Product and
intermediate
H2 (with CO2)
Biomass / Waste recovery from GREEN
Pyrolysis/ hydrocarbons using H2 separation from Hydrogen
Biomass and Waste
Cracking/ membrane CO2 using PSA
Gasification (SEPURAN® At Production Site
PURAMEM® VOC)

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Valorization of Gasification Process
Combining SEPURAN® Noble, PURAMEM® VOC and PSA

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Evonik Membrane Technologies allow not only to produce Green Hydrogen
from Electricity but also from other substrates

Process Step
Water Electrolysis with
Green
Evonik AEM (Anion
Electricity
Exchange Membrane) Process Step
With Evonik
Solution

Green
Product and
intermediate
H2 (with CO2)
Biomass / Waste recovery from GREEN
Pyrolysis/ hydrocarbons using H2 separation from Hydrogen
Biomass and Waste
Cracking/ membrane CO2 using PSA
Gasification (SEPURAN® At Production Site
PURAMEM® VOC)

If necessary
Biogas Upgrading with
liquefaction or
Biogas Membrane Steam reforming
compression as
(SEPURAN® Green)
Bio-CNG or Bio-LNG

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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What is Biomethane?

Biogas → Biomethane
Biogas CO2 Bio-Methane
(CH4 & CO2) (CH4)

Manure Hollow fibre membrane Electricity Gas injection

H
Biogas H C H
Residual and H BioLNG
waste materials Biomethane Liquefied natural gas

BioCNG
Energy crops Heat Compressed natural gas

Biomethane is Methane produced in a fully sustainable way. It has the same calorific value as fossil
based Natural gas as it is the same molecule but shows much lover greenhouse gas emissions!

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The applications and markets for Biomethane
Biogas

Alternative Fuel Grid Injection Chem. Build. Bloc

▪ Biomethane can replace ▪ Mostly common for ▪ Biomethane as CH4

fossil-based petrol, Biomethane is the building block can
Diesel and NG to fuel injection into the NG equally replace fossil-
cars and trucks and grid based methane for the
ships. ▪ Greening the gas – synthesis of higher
▪ Commonly used forms reducing fossil-based hydrocarbons
are BioCNG as NG with the aim to
compressed gas or reduce CO2 emissions
BioLNG as liquefied when used in
version for heavy duty respective electrical
trucks and ships power plants
▪ Currently the only valid
option to store
renewable energy

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 Sepuran® Green has more than
600 references around the globe.

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Substrates are changing from crops to waste streams.
Organic
Waste

Pipeline Food &

Agricultural Sewage Injection Beverages
Waste Sludge
Industrial CNG Greenhouse Industrial
Rawmaterial Fuel plants processes

Landfill Biogas Kitchen

Waste CH4 – CO2 Waste Industrial Biomethane LNG Carbon dioxide Industrial
Processes Fuel Dry Ice Gas
CH4 CO2

Energy Crops Heating

POME

Government Support
Industrial & private motivation
• Legal Framework & Standards
• Sustainability & Green House Gas saving mind-set
• Tax benefits & incentives
• Promote „greener“ produced products as such
• Environmental restrictions

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2020 - Selected Biogas Reference from Indian OEM
First Reference in India

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Syngas ratio adjustment with SEPURAN® Noble

Target: Set a specific ratio between H2 and CO for a subsequent chemical process

Syngas use examples:

▪ GTL / Fischer-Tropsch process

H2O He H2 CO2 O2 CO N2 CH4
▪ Methanol synthesis

▪ Oxo synthesis / Oxo alcohols production

Fast Slow
▪…

Relative permeation rates of various gases

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Syngas ratio adjustment with SEPURAN® Noble

Ratio H2/CO in crude

Hydrocarbon feed Syngas > than required SEPURAN® Adjusted H2/CO ratio
Syn-gas
Noble
(natural gas, coal, …) production eg: 2:1
(H2 skimming)
3:1
2.1:1

O2, H2O, … H2 rich gas

High recovery of CO due to high selectivity! Product syngas remains pressurized!

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First reference in Syngas Ratio Adjustment with SEPURAN® Noble

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Application: Recycling of homogeneous catalysts

Products

Processes …
➢ Metathesis
OSN
➢ Suzuki coupling
Reactor

➢ palladium catalyzed
cross-coupling
➢ Hydroformylation
Catalyst
recirculation
➢ Telomerisation
➢ …….

Educts

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Application: Hydroformylation

▪ Hydroformylation
Aldehyde
O
H 2/CO
R R O + R
Co or Rh
1 ...30 MPa
80 ... 180°C

Catalysts Ligand

Cat.

Olefine Cat. Reduced catalysts loss

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Application: Hydroformylation - New concept

Aldehyde

▪ Verify the concept in lab-scale:

▪ Catalyst recycling
▪ Permeability
▪ Catalyst stability Cat.

Olefine Cat. Reduced catalysts loss

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Application: Hydroformylation – Results

▪ 2 Stage Process: Permeate Stage 1 = Feed Stage 2

Different composition → different permeability Excellent catalyst recycling

Long term stability is verified Catalyst stability is verified

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Application: Hydroformylation – Results 2

Aldehyde
▪ Verify the concept in lab-scale:
▪ Catalyst recycling ✓
▪ Permeability ✓
▪ Catalyst stability ✓

Cat.
➢ Verification of concept in
pilot-scale Integration of
OSN- Unit Olefine Cat. Reduced catalyst loss
in production
plant

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Application: Hydroformylation - OSN unit in production plant

Engineering Construction Commissioning

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Application – Chrome Catalyst Recovery in China

▪ Heavy metal ions

• Cr content in feed solution>8000 ppm
• Rejection>99%
• Cr content in permeate<100 ppm
• Reduce waste
▪ Homogeneous catalyst recovery
• Keep active
• Reduce Capex

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Case Study for Process Industry: Recovery of monomers from gaseous
reactions PuraMem® VOC recovering 85 % of product losses

Condensation is Still a significant

limited by the vapour 10% M 100 Nm³/h amount of valuable
liquid equilibrium!
70% N2 product in offgas!
Offgas – e.g. Nitrogen 30% M
with valuable product M

Compressor Condenser valuable product

90% M is recovered
by condensation

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Case Study for Process Industry: Recovery of monomers from gaseous
reactions PuraMem® VOC recovering 85 % of product losses

60 Nm³/h
Condensation is PuraMem® VOC 95% N2
limited by the vapor 100 Nm³/h 5% M
liquid equilibrium!
70% N2
~85% of
10% M
30% M
remaining
Offgas – e.g. Nitrogen
with valuable product M
product
recovered!
1000 Nm³/h 40 Nm³/h
Compressor Condenser valuable product
33% N2
70% N2
67% M
30% M
90%+8% M is recovered
by condensation

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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 Evonik to support you in your
Raw
Materials
Utilities
Chemical
Reaction
Downstream
&
Storage
& Transport
Recycling

projects for gas and vapors

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery
SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

purification and separation

Green Hydrogen
Production
NG Conditioning
PuraMem® VOC
Syngas Ratio
Adjustment
Monomer Recovery
PuraMem® VOC
Hydrogen Injection
and Recovery

with membranes
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
Natural Gas Sweetening Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
SEPURAN® NG SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing
PuraMem® VOC

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Case Study for Oil & Gas:
Raw Natural Gas Dew Point Reduction with PuraMem® VOC

Comments
Natural Gas with lower dew Point

Raw ▪ PuraMem ® VOC can be used for

Natural Gas reducing pressure dew point of raw
natural gas before sweetening by
PuraMem® VOC separating heavy hydrocarbons from
methane
Compressor ▪ PuraMem ® VOC can also be used for
conditioning of fuel gas for a gas
engine or turbine
Heavy Hydrocarbons for energy use

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Areas of Application - On site and decentral Nitrogen Generation
Nitrogen

Fire protection
Fire extinguishing systems
Explosion protection

Shipping

Food storage and transport

Beverage bottling

Aviation

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SEPURAN® N2 – Differentiation of competitive technology

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Case Study for Oil & Gas:
Fuel gas PuraMem® VOC

Comments

▪ High C3+ removal

Raw Compressor ▪ High equipment reliability and on-
Natural Gas stream availability
▪ Compact, pre-assembled process
units
▪ Easy integration into existing facilities
Lean fuel gas ▪ Minimum supervision and
Gas maintenance
Engine
PuraMem® VOC
▪ Prolonged lifetime of gas turbines or
engines and related components

Natural gas with higher concentration of HHCs

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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On site O2 enriched air generation - areas of application

Fermentation &
Oxidation Reactions

Aquaculture, sea farming

Wastewater Treatment

Diving gases

General combustion process

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Oxygen Production can even be plug n’ play on the compressed air network

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Oxygen production up to 45% O2 Purity

X AF = Feed air [Nm³/h]

*The specifications are defined as Nm 3/h at a product pressure of N2 rich stream at 7 barg and 25°C. (Norm at 0°C ,1 atm)

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Basic example: Energy savings – OSN vs thermal separation

29t/h
product
Thermal separation
35t/h
Energy costs: 1,2 Mio. €/a
Investment costs: 2,2 Mio. €
6t/h
high boilers

35t/h 35t/h 29t/h

Membrane process:
TMP 25bar TMP 25bar product
Membrane costs: 220 T€/a
Investment costs: 1,7 Mio. € 6t/h 6t/h
high boilers

➔ 30% lower investment costs Savings

OSN ➔ 75% lower operational costs > 1 Mio. €/a

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Application: Recycling of secondary component

Low boiler ~ 3 wt.-% Aim:

Recycling of secondary
Secondary component with separation of
~ 92 wt.-%
component catalyst, mid- and high boiler

Mid boiler ~ 2 wt.-%

High boiler ~ 3 wt.-%

+ Catalyst

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Application: Recycling of secondary component – Existing process

Day tank
Low boiler

Secondary
component

Col A Col B
Feed

Feed mass flow ~ 70 t / h

Mid boiler

Bottom Bottom
High boiler +
To incineration Catalyst

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Application: Recycling of secondary component - Optimisation

OSN Measurement*

Low boiler ~ 3 wt.-%

High Permeability
Secondary
~ 92 wt.-%
component

Mid boiler ~ 2 wt.-% Low to medium rejection

High boiler ~ 3 wt.-% High rejection

+ Catalyst

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*using model system
Application: Recycling of secondary component - Process design with OSN

Experiments Simulation Simulation

with ACM Modules Connection
(Aspen Custom Modeler) (Aspen Plus)

Bild fehlt

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Application: Recycling of secondary component – Process design with OSN

Day tank

Col A Col B
Feed

▪ Option 1: Energy Saving

Bottom Bottom
Feed is constant but split between OSN and
distillation (energy reduction) To incineration
▪ Option 2: Capacity Increase
Capacity maintained on columns, additional Approximately 1% energy reduction for
capacity via OSN ever % flow through OSN membrane

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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H2 Recovery from ammonia purge gases with SEPURAN® Noble

Target of purge: Removal of process inerts from reactor system

Inert Gas in Ammonia process to be separated

H2O He H2 CO2 O2 Ar N2 CH4

Fast Slow

Relative permeation rates of various gases

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H2 Recovery from ammonia purge gases with SEPURAN® Noble

Liquid ammonia
H2 and N2 feed
Ammonia Cooler
reactor

H2 depleted
stream / inerts SEPURAN®
Noble Purge Recycle of
(H2 recovery) rich in H2 unreacted gases

Recovered
H2 (>95%)

Hydrogen recovered, while CH4, Ar and N2 are purged from system

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First reference in Hydrogen Recovery in Ammonia Plant
with SEPURAN® Noble

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Higher Separation Capacity and Higher Selectivity with SEPURAN® Noble will
allow to recover more hydrogen with a higher purity
RESULTS FROM FIELD TRIAL IN INDONESIA

Separation Capacity H2 Selectivity H2/CH4

32 000 170

20 000

13 600
52

20

Competitor Competitor Evonik SEPURAN® Competitor Competitor Evonik SEPURAN®

membrane used Membrane - Noble - H2 - Twin membrane used Membrane - Noble - H2 - Twin
since 2002 design value since 2002 design value

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Higher selectivity and capacity lead to higher Hydrogen recovery, higher
Hydrogen purity and higher inert rejection rate at same process conditions
1639 Nm³/h
1639 Nm³/h 125.6 bar(a) 35 °C 663.7 Nm³/h
125.6 bar(a)

H2
CO
61.1%
0.0% 1 Cartridges
H2
CO
17.2%
0.0% Benchmark replacement concept :
CH4 7.4% Competitor CH4 15.9%
N2
CO2
28.5%
0.0% 975.6 Nm³/h
N2
CO2
61.3%
0.0%
Competitor vs. Evonik
H2O 0.0% 35.3 bar(a) H2O 0.0%
Ar
O2
3.0%
0.0%
Ar
O2
5.6%
0.0%
At same Feed Flow Rate
C2H6 0.0% H2 91.0% C2H6 0.0%
CO 0.0%
CH4 1.7% Inert Rejection
H2 yield
N2 6.2% Rate
CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0%
89% 84%
Ar 1.2%
O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0%

1639 Nm³/h
1639 Nm³/h 125.6 bar(a) 35 °C 671.9 Nm³/h
125.6 bar(a)

H2 61.1% H2 15.4%
CO 0.0% 1 Cartridges CO 0.0%
CH4 7.4% SEPURAN® Twin CH4 16.8%
N2 28.5% N2 61.8%
CO2 0.0% 967.1 Nm³/h CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0% 35.3 bar(a) H2O 0.0%
Ar 3.0% Ar 6.0%
O2 0.0% O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0% H2 92.8% C2H6 0.0%
CO 0.0%
CH4 0.9% Inert Rejection
H2 yield
N2 5.3% Rate
CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0%
90% 90%
Ar 0.9%
O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0%

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At the same H2 Recovery rate, 10% more feed combined with much better
inert rejection rate are possible with EVONIK SEPURAN® Noble – H2
1639 Nm³/h
1639 Nm³/h 125.6 bar(a) 35 °C 663.7 Nm³/h
125.6 bar(a)

H2
CO
61.1%
0.0% 1 Cartridges
H2
CO
17.2%
0.0% Benchmark replacement concept :
CH4 7.4% Competitor CH4 15.9%
N2
CO2
28.5%
0.0% 975.6 Nm³/h
N2
CO2
61.3%
0.0%
Competitor vs. Evonik
H2O 0.0% 35.3 bar(a) H2O 0.0%
Ar
O2
3.0%
0.0%
Ar
O2
5.6%
0.0%
At same H2 Recovery Rate
C2H6 0.0% H2 91.0% C2H6 0.0%
CO 0.0%
CH4 1.7% Inert Rejection
H2 yield
N2 6.2% Rate
CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0%
89% 84%
Ar 1.2%
O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0%

1802.0 Nm³/h
1802 Nm³/h 125.6 bar(a) 35 °C 758.6 Nm³/h
125.6 bar(a)

H2 61.1% H2 16.6%
CO 0.0% 1 Cartridges CO 0.0%
CH4 7.4% SEPURAN® Twin CH4 16.5%
N2 28.5% N2 61.0%
CO2 0.0% 1043.4 Nm³/h CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0% 35.3 bar(a) H2O 0.0%
Ar 3.0% Ar 5.9%
O2 0.0% O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0% H2 93.4% C2H6 0.0%
CO 0.0%
CH4 0.8% Inert Rejection
H2 yield
N2 4.9% Rate
CO2 0.0%
H2O 0.0%
89% 91%
Ar 0.8%
O2 0.0%
C2H6 0.0%

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Hydrogen recovery from Vegetal Oil hydrogenolysis
with SEPURAN® Noble

Membrane
H2 rich offgas
H2

Diesel
Hydrotreater Residue to fuel

Recovery of H2 from diesel hydrotreater purge stream

Permeate Evonik higher

Pressure H2 recovery*
Added H2 value per year: >300 T$**
400 psig 7,5 %
300 psig 5,3 %

* Compared to established membrane in H2 market

** Assumptions: Value of H2 = $2.5/Mscf (very conservative)
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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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Case Study for Storage:
Tank Vapor Recovery e.g. petrol station or tank farm by PuraMem® VOC

Comments

The membrane unit separates

exhaust gas of the storage tank into

• a clean gas stream released into

Return of
Vapours
the environment

• vapor enriched stream which

may be saturated and will easily
liquefy

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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PA12 VESTAMID NRG Gas Pipes are a technical solution
for the use of existing gas network for Hydrogen Transportation

PA12 has excellent chemical resistance for natural gas, biogas and hydrogen

Hydrogen embrittlement is a metal specific phenomena and

PA12
is NOT applicable for any polymer
VESTAMID
NRG Gas
Pipes ISO 16486 part -1 for PA 12 will include information
about the effect of hydrogen

PA12 is much less permeable for CH4, CO2 and H2 compared to PE 100

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Renewable energy distribution concepts including SEPURAN® Noble
Hydrogen removal upstream hydrogen-sensitive processes
Natural Gas grids can be used to distribute renewable H2 (blending of H2 to NG):

NG + H2 NG
SEPURAN® NG to Hydrogen-
sensitive process
Noble e.g. glass industry

Natural Gas grid

H2 (+ CH4)
NG + H2 H2 enriched gas
to user
H2 enriched gas

Selective removal of H2 upstream hydrogen-sensitive industry to reach end-user specifications!

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Evonik Membranes full impact along the value chain

Downstream
Raw Chemical Storage
Utilities &
Materials Reaction & Transport
Recycling

Bio-methane N2 Production Catalyst Recovery Downstream Vapors Recovery

SEPURAN® Green SEPURAN® N2 PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® OSN PuraMem® VOC

Green Hydrogen NG Conditioning Syngas Ratio Monomer Recovery Hydrogen Injection

Production PuraMem® VOC Adjustment PuraMem® VOC and Recovery
SEPURAN® Noble SEPURAN® Noble
NG Dewpointing Helium Recovery Hydrogen Recovery
O2 Production from Ammonia Plant
PuraMem® VOC SEPURAN® Noble
SEPURAN® N2 SEPURAN® Noble

Hydrogen Recovery Back to

from Cracker overview
SEPURAN® Noble
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