RECOVERY OF Xe AND OTHER HIGH VALUE COMPOUNDS
AssigneeAdvanced Technology Materials, Inc.
InventorsThomas H. Baum, J. Donald Carruthers, Richard Fricke, Joshua B. Sweeney, James V. McManus, Edward A. Sturm
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Abstract
A system and method for recovering high value gas from a process stream, material or environment containing same, e.g., xenon by contacting gas from the process stream, material or environment with a carbon adsorbent effective to sorptively capture same, free of or with reduced concentration of fluid species present with the high value gas in the high value gas-containing gas in the process stream, material or environment. Other aspects of the disclosure include a radon detection method and product.
Claims20
A radon monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- a vessel containing carbon adsorbent having sorptive affinity for radon, said vessel being configured for selective exposure of the adsorbent to a gaseous environment of said vessel, and for selective isolation of the adsorbent from said gaseous environment, to thereby sample said gaseous environment for presence of radon therein.
A method of detecting radon contamination in a locus susceptible to presence or incursion of radon, comprising exposing in said locus carbon adsorbent having sorptive affinity for radon, and determining radon contamination of said locus from adsorbed radon on said carbon adsorbent.
A method of predicting fault movement and/or earthquake in a locus susceptible to occurrence of same, said method comprising monitoring radon presence or incursion in said locus, and generating a predictive assessment of fault movement and/or earthquake in said locus, wherein said monitoring comprises exposure in said locus of carbon adsorbent having sorptive affinity for radon, whereby radon adsorbed on said carbon adsorbent from said locus is indicative of presence or incursion of radon in said locus.
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