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Agenda
• Introduction
• Technologies Presentation
• Facility tour
• PS Current business strategies and activities
Introduction
• Background
• Our Focus
• Our Team
• Accomplishments
Corporate Focus
Petro Sep Membrane Technologies Inc. provides innovative solutions for diversified fluid separation applications using emerging
membrane processes
Petro Sep Membranes Research Inc. providesleading edge contract Research and Products
for Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical and Industrial Applications.
Our Team
• Membrane Experts
• Chemical and Mechanical Engineers
• Business Graduates
• Plant Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Testing Staff
• Plant Operational Staff
• Project Managers
Office, lab and plant
Laboratory
Manufacturing
Recognized Canadian Leader
Twice nominated for Ontario Export Awards for Innovation
Featured Company
Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario Canada© Region of Halton, 1995-2001For problems or questions regarding this siteplease contact Access Halton @ 905.825.60001-866-4HALTON(1-866-442-5866)
“Process Productivity by Sustainable Environmental Responsibility”
Petro Sep Membrane Technologies is a Canadian Company founded by a gifted Chemical Engineer, Mr. Fakhir Baig, P.Eng. whose vision of sustainable environmental responsibility puts Halton Region on the high technology roadmap. Established in 1995 as a consulting enterprise, the Company expanded into manufacturing, research and development. After ten years work with the Industrial Membrane Research Institute of the University of Ottawa, efforts with the National Research Council of Canada and the private sector, the Company incorporated in 1999. Oakville Ontario was selected as its headquarters due to the optimal business environment, access to technical and manufacturing resources, and favorable reputation with its customers. In 2002, the Company split becoming a division
of a parent company, Petro Sep International, and a partner to a new R&D entity Petro Sep Membranes Research.
Recognized Company of the Month
Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario Canada© Region of Halton, 1995-2001For problems or questions regarding this siteplease contact Access Halton @ 905.825.60001-866-4HALTON(1-866-442-5866)
“Petro Sep Membrane Technologies provides unique productivity solutions to chemical process industries.
“Companies lose millions of dollars every year through inefficient processing of raw materials” explains North American Sales Manager, Gerry Van Houdt. “Manufacturing their products at less than ideal conditions increases production time, resources and waste and drives up their operating costs”. Process optimization can significantly reduce production time, maximizes product yields and supports environmental compliance. Petro Sep Membrane Technologies works regularly with the staff at the Halton Business Development Centre to develop international markets, and steer clear of market pitfalls. “We can’t thank their Export Consultant enough for pointing us to programs and government resource staff we didn’t know about” says Mr. Baig. It’s paying off with new projects in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In April 2003, Petro Sep International signed a joint venture agreement to begin producing environmental products in China for that marketplace. Regional Chairman Joyce Savoline and the Halton Region Staff extended their welcome and provided Regional Mementoes for the Chinese Government delegation. “This kind of enlightened government support impresses international groups and encourages them to choose to do business here”, noted Mr. Van Houdt.
Recognized Company of the Month
Technologies
• Pervaporation
• Vapour permeation
• Membrane distillation
Trademarks• Azeo-Sep™
• VOC-Sep™
• Aqua-Sep™
Azeo-Sep™How Does It Work?
Water removal
Technical Details Azeo-Sep
•Semi-permeable membrane are used
•Permeate leaves membrane in vapor state
•Permeate must be volatile at operating condition
•Functions irrespective of vapor/liquid equilibrium
•Used to purify volatile chemicals
•Permeates water, methanol, ethanol or organics
•Separates mixtures that form azeotropes
•Replaces traditional separation methods
•Low energy consumption
•No entrainer required, no contamination
Azeo-Sep ApplicationsIsopropanol, ethanol: Standard applications, typically dehydrated from their azeotropes to fractions of a percent of water. Debottlenecking of entrainer plants.
Ethyl acetate, butyl acetate: Form azeotropes in the miscibility gap. Azeosep is easily the best technique for dehydration.
Acetone: Does not form an azeotrope with water but when distilled, a large reflux is required. Azeosep is ideal for final dehydration or for debottlenecking existing distillation systems.
Acetonitrile: Forms azeotrope with water, fully miscible with water. Can easily be dehydrated to low water concentrations. Avoid messing with contaminated salt solution and redistillation of salt contaminated organic phase.
Pyridine: Forms fully miscible, water rich azeotrope, easily split by pervaporation or vapor permeation. Final dehydration feasible. Avoids entrainers and messy salt/alkali solutions.
THF: Easily dehydrated by pervaporation down to a few hundred ppm of water. No messy chemicals.
MEK: Distillation is only possible with an entrainer because the azeotropic composition is nearly identical to the miscibility limit. Azeosep is far superior.
N-butanol, n-propanol: Form azeotropes with high water content so the distillation/phase separation process involves massive recycle streams. Azeosep plants are less costly to build and easier to operate.
Reaction mixtures: Remove by-product water to shift equilibrium, increase yield, speed, simplify product purification.
Acetic Acid: Difficult to remove pure water by distillation. Azeosep can remove water from acetic acid of any concentration.
Methanol, ethanol: Can be separated out of its mixture with other organics. Azeosep ideal tool for splitting of azeotropes of organics with these alcohols. No water wash, no messy salts
VOC-Sep™ How Does It Work?
Azeo-Sep™
Azeo-Sep™ Pervaporation Systems for dehydration, separation & purification of organic solvents
Please visit http://www.kmxcorp.com to view a video presentation of this technology
VOC-Sep™VOC-Sep™ Membrane Separation Units recover volatile chemicals (VOC's) from waste waters
Please visit http://www.kmxcorp.com to view a video presentation of this technology
Azeo-Sep™Stand Alone Systems Typical Process Flow
Diagram
Batch Unit
Continuous Unit
Large Selection of Standard Membranes for Diverse Applications
2000 series: Dehydration of Organic Solvents (EtOH/Water, IPA/Water)
3000 series: Solvent/Solvent Separation (MeOH/MTBE, Benzene / Cyclohexane & Similar aromatic/aliphatic separation)
4000 series: Highly acidic and severe service applications
(acetic acid, organic acids, inorganic acids in low conc.)
5000 series: Strong alkaline solutions dehydration
VOC-Sep™Typical Process Flow Diagram
VOC-SepTM Membranes
100 Series: Remove more volatile VOCs from water (ethyl acetate, benzene, etc.)
200 Series: Removal of aromatics and other heavier VOCs from water (BTEX, Toluene etc.)
300 Series: Removal of Polar heavier hydrocarbons from water (Phenol, Phenol Formaldehyde etc.)
Conventional Distillation and Its Limitations
• Distillation is conventional method for separating and cleaning of solvent mixtures.
• The solvent mixtures are heated in distillation still(s) and the components are separated based on their boiling points.
• Distillation fails to work when the liquid mixture composition reaches to a point when boiling of the mixture does not separate them any further.
• At this point (called azeotropic point) the composition of the distillate (boiled product) stays same as in the feed (e.g 95% Ethanol / 5% water mixture).
VOC-Sep™Case Studies
GoodGoodExcellentHigh VOCs
Product is destroyed
Ended only if carbon is regenerated at extra cost
Ended, product recycled
Liability
Not good resultsNot good results$61000 ppm MTBE
$50$70$41000 ppm benzene
Operating Costs per 1,000 gal.
$100,000$80,000N/ACapital Cost (10gpm)
Advanced
Oxidation
Air Stripping
Activated CarbonVOC-Sep
•All figures are US$
•VOC-SEP Systems are leased on a per gallon basis, and not sold outright.
Azeo Sep™ Breaks The Separation Barrier
Separation by Azeo Sep™ technology is not limited by fluids volatility differences or ease of vaporization
The purity of the treated solvents can challenge the purity of the virgin solvents
It can very economically separate the azeotropic mixture of solvents and obtain high level of purity
Complete Solutions to Industrial Problems Using Combined Azeo-SepTM and Voc-SepTM Processes
Azeo-Sep™ Case study for solvent recycling
Azeo-sep™ Process Flow Diagram for Solvent Recycling in an
Electronics Manufacturer
Simplified Proposed Flow Diagram of the New Recycling Operation
Water to waste water treatment plant
AZEO-SEP
AZEO-SEP
Water to waste water treatment plant
Product Tank Product Tank
Filling Drums
Filling Drums
Product Tank
Waste Water Treatment Plant
VOC-SEP
Drum Receiving Area
Drum Washing
Dirty Solvents
Condensateto drain
Slug Treatment
Water to Drain
Reboiler
Condenser
Condenser
Distillation
Water Tower
Boiler
Boiler Feed Water
Clean Solvents With Water
Fine FilmEvaporater
The End