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Progress in Petrochemical Science

Adsorptive Separation of Ethylene/Ethane by Zeolites

  • Open or CloseChaowen Liu, Mudi Xin and Guangtong Xu*

    State Key Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Co Ltd, China

    *Corresponding author:Guangtong Xu, State Key Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Co Ltd, Xueyuan Road 18, Beijing, China

Submission: November 14, 2022 Published: February 02, 2023

DOI: 10.31031/PPS.2023.05.000601

ISSN 2637-8035
Volume5 Issue1

Abstract

Adsorptive separation of ethylene/ethane based on zeolites adsorbent is a promising low-energy and high-efficiency alternative, compared with high energy-consuming cryogenic distillation procedure. In this review, the recent advances in main separation mechanisms including molecular sieving, kinetic effect, and π-complexation are surveyed and the corresponding typical zeolite sorbents are summarized. Furthermore, a perspective on possible direction to design zeolites rationally for the ethylene/ethane separation is presented.

Keywords:Separation; Zeolite; Ethylene; Ethane; Cryogenic distillation; Zeolites; Large molecules

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