Alternatives to cryogenic distillation: advanced porous materials in adsorptive light olefin/paraffin separations

Y Wang, SB Peh, D Zhao - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As primary feedstocks in the petrochemical industry, light olefins such as ethylene and
propylene are mainly obtained from steam cracking of naphtha and short chain alkanes …

State of the art, challenges and prospects in metal–organic frameworks for the separation of binary propylene/propane mixtures

YJ Tian, C Deng, YL Peng, X Zhang, Z Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Propylene (C 3 H 6) as one of the most crucial raw chemical materials has been
widely used in the chemical industry. The high-purity C 3 H 6 (higher than 99.5%) is in great …

A metal-organic framework–based splitter for separating propylene from propane

A Cadiau, K Adil, PM Bhatt, Y Belmabkhout… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The chemical industry is dependent on the olefin/paraffin separation, which is mainly
accomplished by using energy-intensive processes. We report the use of reticular chemistry …

Optimizing gas transport for C3H6/C3H8 size sieving separation via fine pore engineering of carbon microspheres

S Du, B Huang, L Zhu, Y Wu, J Huang, Z Li, H Yu… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
For the adsorptive separation of propylene/propane (C 3 H 6/C 3 H 8) with high similarities
in physiochemical properties, size-exclusive effect is highly attractive that can realize the …

Controllable synthesis of bifunctional porous carbon for efficient gas-mixture separation and high-performance supercapacitor

J Wang, P Zhang, L Liu, Y Zhang, J Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is notably challenging to fabricate controllable heteroatom-doped porous carbons for both
highly effective mixed-gas separation and supercapacitor electrodes. In this work, novel …

Role of structural defects in the adsorption and separation of C3 hydrocarbons in Zr-fumarate-MOF (MOF-801)

P Iacomi, F Formalik, J Marreiros, J Shang… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
An effective separation of propylene/propane mixtures is one of the most important
processes in the petrochemical industry. Incidentally, this separation is challenging due to …

Olefin/paraffin separation through membranes: from mechanisms to critical materials

J Hou, P Liu, M Jiang, L Yu, L Li, Z Tang - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The separation of olefins and paraffin is one of the most challenging and energy-intensive
processes, which has attracted increasing attention over the past decades. The well …

Pore configuration control in hybrid azolate ultra-microporous frameworks for sieving propylene from propane

YJ Tian, C Deng, L Zhao, JS Zou, XC Wu, Y Jia… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Develo** porous adsorbents for the complete sieving of propylene/propane mixtures
represents an alternative method to energy-intensive cryogenic distillation processes …

Recent advances in the development of metal–organic frameworks for propylene and propane separation

Q Ding, S Zhang - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Separation of propylene (C3H6) and propane (C3H8) is a vital step for the manufacture of
high-purity C3H6 as an important energy source and critical raw material in the …

Wiggling mesopores kinetically amplify the adsorptive separation of propylene/propane

YF Yuan, YS Wang, XL Zhang, WC Li… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Adsorptive separation is an appealing technology for propylene and propane separation;
however, the challenge lies in the design of efficient adsorbents which can distinguish the …