Institute of Chemical Engineering page 1 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering Tino Lassmann, Aleksander Makaruk, Martin Miltner Univ. Ass. Walter Wukovits Ass.Prof. Michael Harasek Univ.Prof. Anton Friedl H2MemClean Concentration and purification of hydrogen through gas permeation

Institute of Chemical Engineering page 2 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering  Hydrogen produced from fermentation is purified through membrane separation.  Development of a single-stage prototype.  Continuous operation under real conditions  „proof of concept“.  Implementation of measured data into a multi-stage simulation model. H2MemClean OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Institute of Chemical Engineering page 3 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering H2MemClean SIMPLIFIED FLOW CHART OF THE SINGLE-STAGE PROTOTYPE

Institute of Chemical Engineering page 4 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering H2MemClean  Optimizing operating conditions and process parameters.  Collecting operational data for technical and economic evaluation:  Achievable gas qualities  Estimation of the lifetime  Operating stability  Stable production of high quality hydrogen. OBJECTIVE OF THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION

Institute of Chemical Engineering page 5 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering H2MemClean  Determination of  the achievable gas quality.  the ideal membrane process setup.  Economic evaluation from mass and energy balances. Aspen Custom Modeler® Aspen Plus® OBJECTIVE OF THE MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE SIMULATION

Institute of Chemical Engineering page 6 Achema 2012 Thermal Process Engineering H2MemClean This project is supported by the Climate and Energy Fund and is performed under the program "NEUE ENERGIEN 2020". Dieses Projekt wird aus Mitteln des Klima- und Energiefond gefördert und wird im Rahmen des Programms “NEUE ENERGIEN 2020” durchgeführt.