Purification of gases from water using reverse osmosis
US5670053A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S210/90
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for purifying water including removing cations, anions and carbon dioxide and/or ammonia from water feed stream to produce high purity water having a resistivity of greater than 1 megohm-era comprising the steps of providing a water feed stream to be purified, the stream containing cations, anions and carbon dioxide and/or ammonia; introducing the water feed stream to a high pressure side of a first reverse osmosis membrane module; passing water through the first reverse osmosis membrane to provide a first retentate having cations and anions concentrated therein and a first permeate depleted in cations and anions and containing carbon dioxide and/or ammonia; adding the first permeate to a high pressure side, of a gas permeable hydrophobic membrane module; passing carbon dioxide and/or ammonia through the gas-permeable membrane from the first permeate in the high pressure side of the gas-permeable hydrophobic membrane to provide a carbon dioxide and/or ammonia permeate on a low pressure side of the hydrophobic membrane and to provide a carbon dioxide and/or ammonia depleted retentate thereby removing carbon dioxide and/or ammonia from the first permeate; transferring the c…
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