High-Temperature Membranes and Storage Materials

Group

Oxygen storage material coated with catalyst.
Membrane tubes and ceramic honeycombs.

The working group „High-Temperaure Membranes and Storage Materials“ deals with ceramic shaping of special mixed oxides, with coating of ceramic components and with the development of processes and systems based thereof. Suitable manufacturing technologies aimed for shaping and coating will be permanently improved. Ceramic components like membranes, storage materials and catalysts can be optimized regarding special properties corresponding to the application aimed, e.g. concerning geometry, layer thickness, porosity, cell density. A manufacturing of ceramic components based on special materials for pre-industrial pilot plants is offered.

 

Services offered

 

  • Customized manufacturing of oxygen membranes, storage materials, catalysts in small-scale
  • Development of technologies for ceramic shaping
  • Optimization of component geometry concerning the process aimed
  • Development of ceramic coatings (catalytic, protection and separation layers)
  • Further improvement of special joining techniques (RAB, diffusion joining)
  • Basic engineering of components and modules
  • System analysis and process development
  • Optimization of processes for high-temperature gas separation
  • Integration of ceramic components for oxygen separation into systems
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POXOS® uses special membranes from Fraunhofer IKTS for the energy-efficient production of pure oxygen.

POXOS®

POXOS® is a planned spin-off of Fraunhofer IKTS to establish a new technology for the energy-saving local production of pure oxygen in industrial applications. The technology combines the advantages of established processes for oxygen production. It is characterized by low operating costs, which result primarily from lower power consumption. The oxygen generators thus enable a significant reduction of CO2 emissions in O2 production.

Project website: POXOS®

Flyer: Minimized O2-costs for ozonation with POXOS®

Current research

Tubular membrane-electrode assembly for solid-state ammonia synthesis

Current research

Largest membrane plant worldwide for high-purity oxygen production

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Application examples

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Asymmetric perovskite-membranes for oxygen separation

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Conductivity measurements

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Decentralized oxygen production

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Defect chemistry of perovskites

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Energy demand of oxygen membrane plants

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Honeycomb ceramics

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Integrated membrane/heat exchanger module for use in exhaust gases

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Long-term operation of an oxygen generator

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Long-term test of an asymmetric membrane

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Membrane reactor for synthesis gas free of nitrogen

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Pressure-driven oxygen permeation

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Seasonal heat storage system with bodies formed out of zeolites

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Shaping of ceramic components

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Thin supported membrane layers for oxygen generators