Abstract The current transformation of our linear and fossil fuels-based economy into a circular economy through the redefined paradigms of the sustainable development is requesting a major role of the renewable sources exploitation and the adoption of alternative technologies able to redesign a new industrial infrastructure not based on the fossil fuel utilization, but involving the concepts of wastes recycle and transformation into added value products. Membrane engineering moves under the principles of the Process Intensification Strategy applied to several industrial sectors, from the chemical and petrochemical industry to refinery, from water desalination and wastewater treatments to agro-food and gas separation etc. This review aims to analyze the impact of the membrane gas separation technology in petrochemical industry and refinery, highlighting the progress done on the membrane materials utilized in various industrial gas separation processes and discussing on the status of the implementation of membrane based operations in the various gas separation industrial fields and related markets. The benefits of their application in terms of improved process efficiency, reduced footprint, environmental protection and lower costs are also proposed. Furthermore, the importance of membrane reactors for fuel processing and membrane based pre-treatments and the integrated membrane gas separation systems is also discussed.

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膜工程：气体分离和预处理工艺、石化工业和炼油厂的最新进展，以及新兴应用的未来前景

摘要 当前，通过重新定义的可持续发展范式，我们的线性和基于化石燃料的经济向循环经济的转变要求可再生能源的开发和采用能够重新设计新工业基础设施的替代技术发挥重要作用。关于化石燃料的利用，但涉及废物回收和转化为附加值产品的概念。膜工程根据应用于多个工业部门的过程强化战略的原则发展，从化学和石化工业到炼油厂，从海水淡化和废水处理到农业食品和气体分离等。本综述旨在分析石油化工和炼油厂的膜气体分离技术，重点介绍了在各种工业气体分离过程中使用的膜材料取得的进展，并讨论了在各种气体分离工业领域和相关市场中实施基于膜的操作的情况。还提出了它们的应用在提高工艺效率、减少占地面积、环境保护和降低成本方面的好处。此外，还讨论了膜反应器对燃料处理和基于膜的预处理以及集成膜气体分离系统的重要性。还提出了它们的应用在提高工艺效率、减少占地面积、环境保护和降低成本方面的好处。此外，还讨论了膜反应器对燃料处理和基于膜的预处理以及集成膜气体分离系统的重要性。还提出了它们的应用在提高工艺效率、减少占地面积、环境保护和降低成本方面的好处。此外，还讨论了膜反应器对燃料处理和基于膜的预处理以及集成膜气体分离系统的重要性。