MemfoACT âleading supplier of membranes for gas separation - SFFE
MemfoACT âleading supplier of membranes for gas separation - SFFE
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<strong>MemfoACT</strong> –leading <strong>supplier</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>membranes</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong><br />
Company presentation<br />
By: Gøril Forbord
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Gas <strong>separation</strong><br />
• Increasing demand <strong>for</strong> better, more efficient <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong><br />
technologies<br />
• Growth in industrial <strong>gas</strong> industry - 5,7 % yearly<br />
• Future energy systems<br />
Hydrogen as a future energy carrier (fuel cells)<br />
Reduction <strong>of</strong> carbon dioxide emissions<br />
• Different <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> technologies <strong>for</strong> different applications<br />
• PSA<br />
• Water scrubbing<br />
• Chemical absorption<br />
• Cryogenic <strong>separation</strong>
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Membrane as <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> technology<br />
• Membrane technology in brief<br />
• New application are continously investigated and commercialised<br />
• Imitation natures own <strong>separation</strong> methode (kidneys and lungs)<br />
• Rising energy costs -> increase the importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>membranes</strong> as <strong>gas</strong><br />
<strong>separation</strong> technology to reduce the environmental impact and cost <strong>of</strong><br />
industrial i processes.<br />
• Membrane advantages over other technologies<br />
• Energy efficient<br />
• Environmentally friendly<br />
No use <strong>of</strong> dangerous chemicals<br />
No process waste<br />
• Compact technology<br />
• Modular technology<br />
• Challenges with <strong>membranes</strong><br />
• polymeric <strong>membranes</strong> cannot operate in high temperature environments<br />
• High purity <strong>of</strong> <strong>gas</strong>es – several steps <strong>of</strong> <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong>at
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Our solution – the novel carbon membrane<br />
• Can be used in high temperature environment<br />
• High purity in only one step<br />
• Reduced <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> costs<br />
Combines high selectivity and high permeability<br />
reduced membrane area<br />
reduced compression duty<br />
• No swelling (CO 2 -<strong>separation</strong>)
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Technology uniqueness
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Technology status<br />
• On it’s way out <strong>of</strong> the lab<br />
• Up scaling<br />
• Prove long term stability
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Technology potential<br />
Application area Technology status 2009 Time to market Market potential<br />
Biomethane production –<br />
<strong>separation</strong> <strong>of</strong> CH4 and CO2<br />
Prototype demo in relevant environment<br />
PhD finished in 2005, post doc<br />
Verification project with NFR and NTNU<br />
2010 5 200 MNOK<br />
Oxygen <strong>separation</strong><br />
Validation in laboratory environment, master<br />
2012 Billion dollar market<br />
students, extensive test data (oxygen always<br />
included in experiments)<br />
Nitrogen <strong>separation</strong><br />
Validation in laboratory environment, master<br />
students, extensive test data (nitrogen always<br />
included in experiments)<br />
2013 Billion dollar market<br />
Alkene/alkane <strong>separation</strong> Validation in laboratory environment 2014 Billion dollar market<br />
Hydrogen recovery from<br />
hydrocarbons<br />
Pre-combustion <strong>separation</strong> – CO 2<br />
from hydrogen<br />
Validation in laboratory environment<br />
EU-project, NaturalHy<br />
PhD finished in 2008<br />
Validation in laboratory environment<br />
EU-project, Decarbit<br />
Post doc project in 2009<br />
2014 Billion dollar market<br />
2015 USD 5 bn<br />
CO 2 and flue <strong>gas</strong> Validation in laboratory environment, 2025 Billion dollar market<br />
EU-project NanoGlowa<br />
Hydrocarbons from inert <strong>gas</strong> Technology concept/application <strong>for</strong>mulated 2025 -<br />
PFC from inert <strong>gas</strong> Technology concept/application <strong>for</strong>mulated 2025 -<br />
Membrane reactors Basic principle p observed and reported 2025 -<br />
Liquid <strong>separation</strong> Basic principle observed and reported 2025 -
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What is bio<strong>gas</strong> ?<br />
Organic waste<br />
Use in vehicles<br />
/ <strong>gas</strong> net<br />
Bio<strong>gas</strong><br />
Distribution<br />
Biometane
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Bio<strong>gas</strong> as vehicle fuel
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Why biomethane<br />
• Shortest way to market introduction:<br />
• realtively small <strong>gas</strong> flows<br />
• high consentration <strong>of</strong> carbon dioxide<br />
• technology tested in real environment<br />
• Merging market:<br />
• The bio<strong>gas</strong> sector's investments will expand from around €2 billion in<br />
2006 to €25 billion by 2020<br />
• Biomethane is Germany's fastest growing renewables sector, outpacing<br />
both wind, solar and other types <strong>of</strong> biomass use<br />
• Biomethane ` s market share <strong>of</strong> total t bio<strong>gas</strong> production increased from 13<br />
to 19 % in 2007 (Sweden)
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Value proposition p – Existing Bio<strong>gas</strong> produsers<br />
• Heat production<br />
‣ Sell 80% <strong>of</strong> energy content<br />
‣ Flaring in the summer<br />
• Electricity production<br />
‣ Sell 30% <strong>of</strong> energy content<br />
• Electricity & Heat production<br />
‣ Sell 85% <strong>of</strong> energy content<br />
• Upgrade and sell biomethane<br />
‣ Sell 95% <strong>of</strong> energy content<br />
• Flaring<br />
‣ 20 % in Norway
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<strong>MemfoACT</strong> product
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Behind the scenes<br />
How was the company established?
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The Memfo research group, NTNU<br />
• Lead by pr<strong>of</strong>essor May-Britt Hägg.<br />
• A total <strong>of</strong> 23, including 9 PhD-students<br />
• Extensive industrial collaboration i.e.: StatoilHydro, Shell,<br />
Statkraft, Bayer, GE, Dräger, KEMA and Hygear.<br />
• Engaged in several EU-projects: NaturalHY, ENGAS,<br />
NanoGlowa, Decarbit<br />
• Represents one <strong>of</strong> the world leading groups within<br />
<strong>membranes</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> in general and carbon<br />
<strong>membranes</strong> es in particular.
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2001-2005: Dr.ing. thesis on bio<strong>gas</strong> upgrading<br />
g<br />
• Dr. Ing. Jon Arvid Lie<br />
• Title: Synthesis, per<strong>for</strong>mance and regeneration <strong>of</strong> carbon<br />
<strong>membranes</strong> <strong>for</strong> bio<strong>gas</strong> upgrading – a future energy carrier<br />
• Supervisor: pr<strong>of</strong>. May-Britt Hägg (Chemical Engineering, g NTNU)<br />
• Resulted in – possible patentable invention<br />
• Results brought to NTNU Technology Transfer (TTO)<br />
Kusakabe et al., J. Membr. Sci. 149 (1998) 59
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Patent applications<br />
• Two patent applications are filed<br />
• Covers the whole production process from spinning the precursor<br />
material to regenerating the carbon membrane <strong>for</strong> the different<br />
applications<br />
• WO2007017650A1<br />
• Filed in august 2005 and continued in the national phase in Europe, USA,<br />
Japan and China.<br />
• GB0807267.0<br />
• Filed in april 2008, and through the PCT system in april 2009.<br />
• Patent costs, patent management and patent ownership is at<br />
the moment carried by NTNU Technology Transfer
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What to do with the patent?<br />
• Licensing the technology?<br />
• Establish company?<br />
• Team (summer <strong>of</strong> 2007)<br />
• Business plan (spring 2008)<br />
• Company established August 2008
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Team and key ypersonell<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor May-Britt Hägg<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the DCE, NTNU<br />
Research focus on <strong>gas</strong> purification,<br />
membrane technology and<br />
material science.<br />
Several years <strong>of</strong> experience from<br />
academia (HiT and NTNU)<br />
and industry (Statoil)<br />
Dr. Ing. Jon Arvid Lie<br />
<strong>MemfoACT</strong> (20%) NTNU (80%)<br />
PhD from the DCE from 2005<br />
Worked with membrane related<br />
research since 1999 (HiT and NTNU)<br />
Dr. Ing. Arne Lindbråthen<br />
<strong>MemfoACT</strong> (100%)<br />
PhD from the DCE from 2005<br />
Worked with membrane related<br />
research since 1998 (HiT and NTNU)<br />
Dr. Ing. Thorbjørn Johannessen<br />
Backgroun from Air Products (Kristiansand).<br />
Experience within industrialisation<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>membranes</strong><br />
Buildt the Air Product activity in Kristiansand<br />
NTNU Technology Transfer<br />
Management <strong>for</strong> Hire Gøril Forbord<br />
Member <strong>of</strong> the board Trond Gifstad<br />
The NTNU Technology Transfer team –<br />
Including lawyer jurist Kristin Jørstad<br />
patent manager Knut Jørgen Egelig<br />
Dr. Ing Vitali Krakow<br />
Bacground from the <strong>for</strong>mer<br />
Carbon Membranes Ltd.<br />
Experience within industrial<br />
production <strong>of</strong> membrane modules.<br />
Gunn Kari Hygen<br />
Styreleder <strong>MemfoACT</strong><br />
Master <strong>of</strong> science, NTNU (NTH)<br />
Background from industry (Statoil)
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<strong>MemfoACT</strong> vision<br />
Gl b l id f b b f g ti<br />
Global provider <strong>of</strong> carbon <strong>membranes</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> –<br />
leading <strong>supplier</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>membranes</strong> in the <strong>gas</strong> <strong>separation</strong> market.
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