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Carbon dioxide cleaning system with improved recovery

US6210467A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1999
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02C20/40
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A system for cleaning a carbon dioxide gas stream of water soluble contaminants with improved recovery of carbon dioxide wherein the water soluble contaminants are removed into countercurrently flowing water which undergoes at least one pressure reduction step releasing absorbed carbon dioxide for recapture and recycle into the carbon dioxide gas stream.

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