TY - JOUR
T1 - Ion transport membrane technology for oxygen separation and syngas production
AU - Dyer, Paul N.
AU - Richards, Robin E.
AU - Russek, Steven L.
AU - Taylor, Dale M.
N1 - Funding Information:
An Air Products-led team is developing the ITM Oxygen technology in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy. The team consists of Ceramatec Inc., Eltron Research Inc., McDermott Technology Inc., Northern Research and Engineering Corporation (NREC), Texaco Inc., the Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The ITM Oxygen development project will proceed in three stages of development and scale-up toward commercialization. Phase 1, which commenced under a DOE Cooperative Agreement in October 1998, is a 3-year, $25 million effort, jointly funded by the DOE and Air Products, and focused on the construction of a 0.1 TPD oxygen technology development unit (TDU) for process concept validation tests. Phase 1 will also verify the economic prospects for integrating ITM Oxygen technology with IGCC and other advanced power generation systems.
Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the work of P.A. Armstrong, D.D. Brengel, M.F. Carolan, C.M. Chen, J.R. Inga, A. Makitka, D.L. Meixner, E. Minford, S. Nataraj, S.W. Rynders, V.E. Stein, M.J. Watson, J. Xu and other co-workers at Air Products, and the work of D.P. Butt, R.A. Cutler, J. Gordon, F.P. Skeele, M.A. Wilson and other co-workers at Ceramatec. Business development and management support from D.L. Bennett and E.P. Foster are also gratefully acknowledged. The authors gratefully acknowledge D.R. Madden and P. Le of DOE-NETL for their contributions to the CRADA evaluation of ITM Oxygen integration with IGCC. The funding of programs by the U.S. DOE (DE-FC26-97FT96052 and DE-FC26-98FT40343) and by NIST ATP is also gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2000/10/1
Y1 - 2000/10/1
N2 - Ion transport membranes (ITMs) are made from ceramic materials that conduct oxygen ions at elevated temperatures. Successful application of ITM technology will allow significant improvement in the performance of several large-scale industrial processes. The ITM Oxygen process, in which ITMs are used to separate high-purity oxygen from air, has the potential for significant advantages when integrated with power generation cycles. The ITM Syngas process, by combining air separation and high-temperature syngas generation processes into a single compact ceramic membrane reactor, has the potential for substantially reducing the capital investment for gas-to-liquid (GTL) plants and for distributed hydrogen. The development efforts are major, long-term and high risk, and place severe demands on the performance and property requirements of the ITM materials. Air Products and Chemicals has joined with the U.S. Department of Energy, Ceramatec and other partners to develop, scale-up and commercialize these technologies. In addition, Air Products and Ceramatec are developing the SEOSTM Oxygen Generator, an electrically-driven, small scale, oxygen generation and removal technology using ITMs, which could have a significant impact in the global market for distributed oxygen and inert gases. This paper describes the stages of development of these three related technologies, their industrial applications, and the technical hurdles that must be overcome before successful commercialization.
AB - Ion transport membranes (ITMs) are made from ceramic materials that conduct oxygen ions at elevated temperatures. Successful application of ITM technology will allow significant improvement in the performance of several large-scale industrial processes. The ITM Oxygen process, in which ITMs are used to separate high-purity oxygen from air, has the potential for significant advantages when integrated with power generation cycles. The ITM Syngas process, by combining air separation and high-temperature syngas generation processes into a single compact ceramic membrane reactor, has the potential for substantially reducing the capital investment for gas-to-liquid (GTL) plants and for distributed hydrogen. The development efforts are major, long-term and high risk, and place severe demands on the performance and property requirements of the ITM materials. Air Products and Chemicals has joined with the U.S. Department of Energy, Ceramatec and other partners to develop, scale-up and commercialize these technologies. In addition, Air Products and Ceramatec are developing the SEOSTM Oxygen Generator, an electrically-driven, small scale, oxygen generation and removal technology using ITMs, which could have a significant impact in the global market for distributed oxygen and inert gases. This paper describes the stages of development of these three related technologies, their industrial applications, and the technical hurdles that must be overcome before successful commercialization.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-2738(00)00710-4
DO - 10.1016/S0167-2738(00)00710-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034290991
SN - 0167-2738
VL - 134
SP - 21
EP - 33
JO - Solid State Ionics
JF - Solid State Ionics
IS - 1-2
ER -