Separation technology selected around your gas stream.
Elastia combines advanced membranes, regenerable adsorbents and hybrid systems according to the composition, pressure, temperature, contaminants and performance requirements of each application.
Advanced materials for difficult gas separations.
No single material or process is optimal for every industrial gas stream. Elastia combines advanced membranes, regenerable adsorbents and hybrid architectures around the composition, pressure, temperature, contaminants and operating requirements of each application.
Advanced membranes
Continuously separate selected gases in compact, modular formats.
Current routeFibre and module evaluation, application development
Regenerable adsorbents
Capture selected gases and release them during regeneration, under milder conditions where the duty suits them.
Current routeMaterial testing and development collaboration
Hybrid systems
Combine bulk separation with deeper capture or polishing where one technology alone cannot deliver the result efficiently.
Current routeApplication-specific process development
Inside a membrane module.
Feed enters the hollow fibre bores. CO₂ passes through the fibre wall into the shell and leaves by the permeate port; product gas continues through the fibres as retentate.
Where the separation happens.
The active layer preferentially transports one gas relative to another; its chemistry and thickness determine separation performance, while the underlying layers provide transport support and mechanical strength.
How the two platforms work together.
Illustrative hybrid configuration. The sequence and regeneration route depend on the gas stream and the energy available on site. Membranes do the bulk work first, cutting the volume the adsorbent must handle; the adsorbent then concentrates the CO₂ to product purity. Some duties use one platform alone.
How a material becomes an industrial solution.
Nothing reaches a plant without passing each stage against the duty it is intended for. An engagement may begin at screening, mixed-gas validation or module testing, depending on the evidence already available for the application.
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Material screening
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Mixed-gas validation
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Module testing
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Pilot validation
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Qualified manufacture
Designed for replaceable separation elements.
Where module geometry and operating conditions remain compatible, replaceable membrane elements offer a route to future material upgrades without replacing the complete system.
From a beaker of polymer to a tested pre-pilot module.
A promising material is only useful if it can be made into something a plant can install. Our laboratory covers that whole chain in one place: a formulation is synthesised, spun into fibre, potted into a module and tested against a real gas mixture without leaving the building.
Equipment specifications
Material synthesis
Five-litre jacketed reactor with external oil pump, accurate from −40 °C to +200 °C and from vacuum to 0.25 bar, with software-controlled temperature and agitation. Capable of kilogram-scale synthesis and purification — enough material for real modules, not only for coupons.
Flat sheet and thin film
Automatic film applicator producing A4 flat-sheet membranes from 1 to 1000 µm, and a spin-coater for thin-film composite membranes with sub-micron active layers, gutter-layer and protective coating.
Hollow fibre spinning
Spinning line with spinneret, bore-liquid feed, controlled air gap, quench and collecting baths — applicable across a wide range of polymers, for gas separation fibres, nano/ultrafiltration fibres and composite substrates.
Module assembly
Potting and cutting machines plus an in-line surface modification device, producing modules from quarter-inch laboratory scale up to two-inch pre-pilot scale, with post-modification coating and regeneration by surface treatment.
Performance testing
Single-gas permeability and ideal selectivity by variable-pressure fixed-volume time-lag method, 0–10 bar and 19–60 °C. Mixed-gas testing at laboratory scale with feed flows to 600 mL/min, and two pre-pilot mixed-gas rigs for scale-up against representative compositions.
Annual membrane capacity of the line dedicated to Elastia, commissioning late 2026.
Module scale available for evaluation, from laboratory coupons to pre-pilot assemblies.
Current readiness for post-combustion capture, targeting TRL 6–8 through industrial collaboration.
Is there a credible separation route for your gas stream?
Share the composition, flow, pressure, temperature, contaminants and target purity where known. We will assess whether a material test, module evaluation or pilot study is the right next step.
UCL East Marshgate
7 Sidings Street, Stratford
London E20 2AE, United Kingdom
Share the application and whatever operating information is available. We will recommend the most appropriate study, evaluation or pilot route. An NDA can be put in place before any detailed operating data is shared.