The Daylight Award has announced the 2022 Laureates; Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara for their architecture, and Anna Wirz-Justice for her research.
Industrial processes for chemical separations, including natural gas purification and the production of oxygen and nitrogen for medical or industrial uses, are collectively responsible for about 15 percent of the world’s energy use.
Industrial processes for chemical separation, including natural gas purification and the production of oxygen and nitrogen for medical or industrial uses, are responsible for about 15 percent of energy use worldwide. Researchers at MIT and Stanford developed a membrane to carry out separation processes with roughly 1/10 the energy use and emissions.