BASF and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division have agreed on a collaboration to serve natural gas processing applications using BASF’s adsorbent technology and Linde’s adsorption and membrane technology.
BASF’s innovative Durasorb™ adsorbents will be used to improve Linde’s high-performance membrane processes. Membrane technology that can process gas high in CO2 is becoming increasingly important in the natural gas industry. The ability to treat gas high in both heavy hydrocarbons and CO2 will allow BASF and Linde to serve a part of the industry that now must rely on high cost alternatives.
BASF and Linde will perform the required design work to ensure that the adsorbent is well suited to the membrane. Linde will supply both units to the customer required to process natural gas: the membrane unit and the pretreatment unit located upstream, applying Durasorb. This arrangement will simplify the technical and the procurement processes for the customer as well as increase the reliability and performance of the membrane process.
The collaboration is a strong signal to the natural gas industry and will open access to previously inaccessible gas compositions for treatment.
“The partnership leverages the strengths of both companies and expands the market reach of Durasorb, allowing BASF to serve together with Linde an even greater portion of the fast-growing natural gas industry,” says Detlef Ruff, Senior Vice President Process Catalysts at BASF.
“We are enthusiastic to cooperate with BASF in this strategically important market. A proper and sophisticated pretreatment of natural gas is key to deploy the full potential of high-performance membranes,“ says Tobias Keller, Executive Vice President of Linde Engineering’s Product Line Adsorption and Membrane Plants.
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