Efficient separation of butane isomers via ZIF-8 slurry on laboratory- and pilot-scale

The separation of butane isomers, raw materials in petrochemical industry, is challenging. Here the authors report the separation of n-butane and isobutane using a metal-organic framework slurry; the separation can be performed at large scale in a pilot-scale separation tower.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mingke Yang, Huishan Wang, Julian Y. Zuo, Chun Deng, Bei Liu, Liya Chai, Kun Li, Han Xiao, Peng Xiao, Xiaohui Wang, Wan Chen, Xiaowan Peng, Yu Han, Zixuan Huang, Baocan Dong, Changyu Sun, Guangjin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32418-6