Chemical process Solutions for Current and Future Generations

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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

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