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An article on Vaperma in Commerce International

Founded in 2003 in Quebec, Canada, the company Vaperma is specialised in the development, manufacturing and distribution of advanced technological systems for gas separation. Its co-founder and Vice President for Business Development, Christian Roy, today presents the new hollow-fibre polymeric membrane that enables a selective separation of water vapour in the presence of numerous organic and inorganic gaseous composites

HONEYWELL’S UOP WORKS WITH VAPERMA

DES PLAINES, Ill., March 11, 2009 -UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Vaperma, Inc. to jointly offer technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in biofuel ethanol dehydration.

Under the agreement, the two companies will offer Vaperma’s SiftekTM polymer membrane technology, which is designed to lower energy consumption for reduce operational costs and emissions in the energy-intensive ethanol production process.

“As fuel demand and concern over climate change continue to rise, biofuels production must be profitable and sustainable, with a reduced energy footprint to make a true impact,” said Amar Anumakonda, manager of business development for UOP Renewable Energy and Chemicals. “The Vaperma solution helps to maintain the viability of ethanol and butanol from first-generation as well as second-generation cellulosic sources, such as corn stalks, switchgrass or other plant wastes that do not compete with the food supply.”
 

Plant Expansion through Membrane Integration - August 2008

While market factors determine the cost of raw materials and selling prices, processing innovations can reduce the cost of producing fuel ethanol. Aside from hedging and smart marketing practices, producers have little control over the costs of corn, distillers grains and ethanol. However, producers do have control over savings associated with reducing energy consumption. A large portion of the energy consumption in ethanol production comes from extracting water from the fermentation liquor product stream. Here is where advanced membrane separation technology for dewatering a water-rich ethanol stream can be used to produce energy savings of as much as 50 percent compared to the conventional distillation and molecular sieve dewatering solution.

Biofuels International - May 2008

Canada-based Vaperma is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced gas separation systems that target ethanol processing applications. The company provides Siftek™ dewatering and dehydration systems, which remove water from ethanol blends by replacing the rectification column and/or dehydration unit, such as the molecular sieve. "Although molecular sieves combined with distillation have been proven effective to separate water and ethanol, their use is energy intensive." Claude Létourneau, president and CEO of Vaperma, says. "Molecular sieve units (MSUs) produce a purge stream which contains between 60-80% ethanol that is recirculated and reboiled in the distillation column."

GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant to host full-scale demonstration of Vaperma energy-saving refining technology

GreenField Ethanol Inc., Canada's largest ethanol producer, today announced that its Chatham, Ontario ethanol facility has been chosen to implement Vaperma Inc.'s newest innovative technology; Siftek™ polymeric membranes.

Revolutionizing the Ethanol Production Process

Biofuels Canada Magazine
by Khalila Sawyer

Created in 2004 as a follow-up to the development of the pyrolysis process, University Professor, Christian Roy and his student Richard Cranford began to explore the possibilities of creating a unique membrane for the purification of syngas. Their efforts soon evolved into the emerging Quebec-based Vaperma Inc. a company specializing in the development and commercialization of advanced gas solutions for the production of fuel ethanol, biodiesel and natural gas. Now with its innovative membrane technology in hand, Vaperma looks to revolutionize the biofuels industry.

New and Improved

Ethanol Producer Magazine 
The seemingly unfaltering growth of the ethanol industry - characterized by the ramping up of plant capacities and the construction of new facilities - brings a corresponding increase in the need for energy and water. Speakers at this year's FEW made it clear that technologies are available to meet these challenges by improving process efficiency and reducing energy costs.

Canada's GreenField links up with Vaperma on ethanol technology

FO Licht's World Ethanol & Biofuels Report
GreenField Ethanol, Canada's largest ethanol producer, announced that it has completed a successful trial demonstration of new technology that will dramatically improve the ethanol production process.

Vaperma Inc. Opens Centre to Test New Clean Energy Technology

CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CETC) - Weekly Report
On June 21, 2007 Vaperma Inc. officially opened its new 22,000 square-foot research and technology centre for the development and pilot testing of clean energy gas separation membranes. Vaperma’s innovative hollow fibre membrane is a proprietary, made-in-Canada technology that represents a new “dewatering” process for the production of fuel ethanol.

Greenfield ethanol announces successful demonstration of new energy-saving membrane technology

GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol producer, today announced it has completed a successful trial demonstration of new technology that will dramatically improve the ethanol production process.

Siftek Dehydrates Natural Gas Without Glycol

Membrane & Separation Technology News 
Gas Separation
A partnership between Vaperma Inc., EnCana Corp. and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is testing an advanced natural gas dehydration technology at a demonstration facility in Quebec. The polymer hollow fiber membrane process has potential to significantly reduce emissions and energy consumption compared to traditional gas processing.