(418a) Challenging Separations in the Power Generation Industry
AIChE Annual Meeting
2016
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
Separations Division
Membranes for High Tds Waters and Difficult Separations (Invited Talks)
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 3:15pm to 3:40pm
However, other power generators include challenging separations. Energy storage technologies such as batteries and flow batteries rely on membranes to maintain charge separation and respond quickly when electrical demand is high. Advanced nuclear power generators need process contaminants removed to maintain high efficiency.
Poly-generation (such as hydrogen and power production) relies on separation technologies. Produced hydrogen must be separated from co-products using hydrogen separation membranes, and utilized in fuel cells that requires different membranes. Advanced hydrogen generation technologies such as electrolysis and photolysis require advanced membranes, and thermochemically produced hydrogen has challenging separations in each of the unit operations.
This talk will survey the key progress and remaining challenges in each area of power generation: coal-fired, storage, nuclear, and hydrogen.