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Granted Patent B2
US 10,781,387 · App. 15/506,331 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Metal organic frameworks for removal of compounds from a fluid

Inventors: Mohamed Eddaoudi (Thuwal, SA); Youssef Belmabkhout (Thuwal, SA)
Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Patent No.
US 10,781,387
App. No.
15/506,331
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments provide a method of compound removal from a fluid. The method includes contacting one or more metal organic framework (MOF) compositions with a fluid and sorbing one or more compounds, such as CO 2 , H 2 S and condensable hydrocarbons. One or more of CO 2 , H 2 S and condensable hydrocarbons can be sorbed simultaneously or in series. The metal organic framework can be an M-soc-MOF.

Claims (25)

1. A method of removing one or more compounds from a fluid, the method comprising:

contacting one or more metal organic framework (MOF) compositions with a fluid, wherein each of the one or more MOF compositions are represented by the formula: M-soc-MOF, wherein M is a metal selected from gallium, iron, scandium, and aluminum, and soc is a square-octahedral topology; and

sorbing H 2 S and one or more condensable hydrocarbons, and optionally CO 2 , from the fluid, wherein the sorbing includes absorbing and the condensable hydrocarbons are selected from ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-soc-MOF comprises tetradentate organic ligands.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the tetradentate organic ligands comprise tetracarboxylate ligands.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-soc-MOF comprises rectangular planar organic ligands.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-soc-MOF comprises amidetetracarboxylate or 3,3′,5,5′-azobenzenetetracarboxylate organic ligands.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-soc-MOF comprises two distinct types of channels.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein one of the two types of channels is hydrophilic.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-soc-MOF comprises a plurality of 6-connected trimer molecular building blocks networked by organic ligands.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the trimer molecular building blocks comprises three metal carboxylate octahedra.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the metal carboxylate octahedral of a trimer molecular building block are metal-centered and share one central μ 3 -oxo anion.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the apical position of each metal carboxylate octahedral is occupied by a terminal water molecule.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein contacting comprises mixing, bringing in close proximity, chemically contacting, physically contacting or combinations thereof.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein sorbing further comprises adsorbing.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluid comprises one or more of natural gas and biogas.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the H 2 S and one or more condensable hydrocarbons, and optionally the CO 2 , are sorbed simultaneously.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the H 2 S and one or more condensable hydrocarbons, and optionally the CO 2 , are sorbed sequentially.

17. A method of removing one or more compounds from a fluid, the method comprising:

contacting one or more metal organic framework (MOF) compositions with a fluid, wherein each of the one or more MOF compositions are represented by the formula: M-soc-MOF, wherein M is a metal and soc is a square-octahedral topology; and

sorbing two or more of CO 2 , H 2 S, and condensable hydrocarbon sequentially from the fluid, wherein the condensable hydrocarbon includes one or more of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the metal is selected from gallium, iron, scandium, and aluminum.

19. A method of removing one or more compounds from a fluid, the method comprising:

contacting one or more metal organic framework (MOF) compositions with a fluid, wherein each of the one or more MOF compositions are represented by the formula: M-soc-MOF, wherein the metal is selected from gallium, indium, iron, scandium, and aluminum and soc is a square-octahedral topology; and

sorbing two or more of CO 2 , H 2 S, and condensable hydrocarbon sequentially from the fluid, wherein the condensable hydrocarbon includes one or more of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To: SAUDI ARADIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 064553/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2017
From: EDDAOUDI, MOHAMED; BELMABKHOUT, YOUSSEF
To: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 042626/0301 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62041516 · Aug 25, 2014
Related Publication 20170247622A1 · Aug 31, 2017
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