Membrane-based removal of condensable vapors
US5236474A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2313/221
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for removing and recovering a condensable vapor from a gas stream by a membrane contactor is disclosed wherein a gas stream containing a condensable vapor is circulated on one side of hollow fiber membranes while cool extraction fluid is circulated on the other side under a total pressure differential, thereby condensing the condensable vapor in the gas stream, the condensed vapor permeating the membrane and becoming entrained in the cool extraction fluid.
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