The development is scheduled to go into industrial trial production in the second quarter of 2025.
A team of researchers from Russia’s Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology and Nizhny Novgorod Lobachevsky State University has developed a new technology for the production of xenon from natural gas. It differs in the degree of separation of the desired product and The speed of purification exceeds that of analogs, thereby reducing energy costs, the university’s news service reports.
Xenon has a wide range. From fillers for incandescent lamps, medical diagnostics and anesthesia devices (components necessary for the production of microelectronics) to working fluids for jet and aerospace engines. Today, this inert gas comes mainly from the atmosphere as a by-product of metallurgical enterprises. However, the concentration of xenon in natural gas is much higher than in the atmosphere. The scientists therefore created an innovative method for obtaining xenon concentrates based on several existing natural gas separation methods.
“Our research is devoted to the deep purification of xenon to very high levels (6N and 9N) by hybrid methods, including periodic rectification and membrane gas separation,” said Anton Petukhov, one of the authors of the development.
According to the scientist, the new technology will be effective on a mass production scale. In addition, it is suitable for separating compounds such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas. For example, they are used in the electronics industry.
On July 25th, at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, the launch ceremony for the production of neon gas with a purity of more than 5 9s (that is, higher than 99.999%) was held
Post time: Aug-18-2022
