Energy & Sustainability
MMML’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology
has been highlighted in the Saudi Aramco - KAIST CO2 Center’s COP26 presentation video!
Research Focus
Membrane Separations
Novel Membrane Materials—Carbons, MOFs, COFs, MXenes, Organosilicas and ZTCs
Next-Generation Processes—Organic Solvent Separations (crude oil, diesel, kerosene, etc)
Membrane Contactors for Advanced Chemical Processes
Structured Sorbent
Electrified Direct Air Capture Systems
Structured Sorbents for H2 Production, VOCs
COFs, POCs for Flow Batteries
Mobile Carbon Capture (MCC) Systems
Smart Integrated Processes
Support-Catalyst Integrated Membrane Reactors for CO2 Utilization
Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Multilayer Hollow Fiber Systems
OD = 200 - 800 microns
ID = 100 - 300 microns
Production = up to 50 m/min
High Sorbent Loading is Possible
Tunable layers
Membranes
Structured Sorbents
Catalytic Membrane Reactor
Composite System
Flexible Fabrics
Sensors
"Industrial separation processes constitute 10-15 % of the worldwide energy demand, due to the predominant utilization of thermal separation methods such as distillation."
Sholl & Lively, Nature, 2016
MMML is interested in developing new generations of the separation devices that will enable chemical engineers to debottleneck current thermally-driven chemical processes
Molecularly-selective multidimensional materials
0D cages, cluster, and polyhedra
1D nanofibers and tubes
2D nanosheets with various nanoporosity
3D flexible nanoporous frameworks
will be extensively utilized in the multilayer hollow fiber platform.
The multilayer hollow fiber platform benefits from extremely large surface area provided per unit volume of membrane separation device (surpassing 5,000 m2/m3) and diverse functionalities derived from tunable layers.
Separation scopes within MMML’s research program include hydrocarbon separations, natural gas separations, acid/sour gas removal, organic solvent separations, and water purifications.