Process for the separation of landfill gas
US4681612A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S62/929
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A recycle process for the separation of landfill gas containing a wide variety of impurities into a carbon dioxide product stream and a fuel-grade-pressurized methane product stream, the process providing for the removal of both the impurities and the carbon dioxide in a cryogenic column as a bottom stream, the separation of the methane from the overhead product stream by a membrane process, and, optionally, the removal of impurities from the carbon dioxide bottom stream in a separate purification column, to recover a high-quality, liquid, carbon dioxide stream.
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