Refinamiento de petróleo con membranas

Hyeokjun Seo1, Dong-Yeun Koh1

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 2, 2022
PubMed
Resumen

Las membranas poliméricas ofrecen una solución prometedora para reducir el consumo de energía en las refinerías de petróleo. Esta innovación podría conducir a procesos de refinación más sostenibles y rentables.

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