Spain
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Fundación TECNALIA Research and Innovation is the largest private non-profit applied research centre in Spain and the fifth in Europe, employing more than 1,400 people (248 PhDs) and with income of 110 Million € in 2018. TECNALIA’s mission is to transform technological research into prosperity; TECNALIA’s research has a real impact on society and generates benefits in the form of quality of life and progress. TECNALIA works with the purpose of building a better world through technological research and innovation.
The Membrane Technology and Process Intensification department belongs to the Hydrogen, Materials and Processes Area of TECNALIA’s Energy, Climate and Urban Transition Unit. The Membrane Technology and Process Intensification Department is made up of 15 people (including 10 PhDs and 2 doctoral students) and develops membranes and membrane reactors for different applications, including hydrogen production and the separation of gases and other industrially relevant compounds. The Department works with polymeric membranes (hollow fibres), inorganic membranes (e.g. Pd membranes and Pd-based alloys, Pd ‘Pore filled’ membranes, carbon membranes (Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes) and polymeric membranes with inorganic particles (Mixed Matrix Membranes hollow fibres) up to a TRL 6.
