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A Novel, Nanostructured, Metal-organic Frameworks-Based Product Loss Prevention Technology in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector
EPA Contract Number: 68HERC20C0007Title: A Novel, Nanostructured, Metal-organic Frameworks-Based Product Loss Prevention Technology in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector
Investigators: Ozdemir, Osman K
Small Business: Framergy, Inc
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021 (Extended to October 31, 2022)
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (2019) Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Nanomaterials and Clean Technology , Harmful Algal Blooms , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and Jots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermittent venting/flaring to mitigate other issues. One of the main components of this pollution is Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), with the increasing popularity of unconventional oil and natural gas production in the US, controls on VOC release have become increasingly important to maintain current health and safety standard
In the Phase I activity, framergy, in collaboration with Texas A&M University, showed the feasibility of a combined methane and VOC capture technology that can be used at well sites, natural gas gathering and processing facilities, storage tanks/ sites, and transmission facilities to reduce pollution. The Phase I results have shown that this technology is capable of separating, storing and recycling natural gas and VOCs. This innovation is a combination of VOC-phjlic solvents and novel Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) adsorbents targeted to capture a wide range of volatile products and light hydrocarbons before they are vented into the atmosphere.
This technology is suitable as both a portable temporary or as a permanent installation, allowing for utilization on a wide range of Oil and Gas Sector facilities such as: storage tank relief vents, process equipment vents such as glycol dehydrators, amine recovery systems, oil/condensate/water truck loading activities, deinventory: and blowdown of towers/drums and other production equipment, vent controls for compressor seal leaks or by-pass events, as well as pipeline pigging operations where products are either free vented to the atmosphere, combusted using flares and other destruction devices which typically do not operate at designed efficiencies, or VRU units which typically have significant operational downtime.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 1 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
Oil and Gas, VOCs, Product Loss PreventionProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase I:
A Novel, Nanostructured, Metal-organic Frameworks-Based Product Loss Prevention Technology in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector | Final ReportThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.