Industrial materials company Compact Membrane Systems has unveiled a way to separate and concentrate olefins that it says represents a significant step in improving the way plastics and chemical precursors are produced and separated, saving energy and creating less waste. The process uses an electrochemical cell with two electrodes separated by a porous membrane.
Industrial materials company Compact Membrane Systems has unveiled a way to separate and concentrate olefins that it says represents a significant step in improving the way plastics and chemical precursors are produced and separated, saving energy and creating less waste. A pilot of the system is in use at the Delaware Refining Company site in Delaware City in the US.