Process for separating gases from gas mixtures using hydro fluoro ether
OwnerSamuel L. SHEPHERDinventor
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Abstract
A process for something separating oxygen from air includes mixing the air with hydro fluoro ether in a closed vessel for a desired period of time so that the oxygen from the air is adsorbed into the hydro fluoro ether, discharging the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether from the closed vessel, and flashing the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether into a chamber so that so as to separate the oxygen from the hydro fluoro ether. Nitrogen is separated from the air as the oxygen is adsorbed in the hydro fluoro ether in the closed vessel. The step of flashing that includes passing the elevated pressure oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether across a restricting orifice so as to evaporate the oxygen from the hydro fluoro ether.
Claims20
A process for separating oxygen from air, the process comprising:
- mixing air with hydro fluoro ether in a closed vessel for a desired period of time so that the oxygen from the air is adsorbed into the hydro fluoro ether;
- discharging the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether from the closed vessel;
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- flashing the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether into a chamber so as to separate the oxygen from the hydro fluoro ether.
A process for generating recovering a gas from an air feedstock, the process comprising:
- mixing the mixing hydro fluoro ether with the air feedstock in a closed vessel;
- retaining the air feedstock in contact with the hydro fluoro ether for a desired period of time so that the hydro fluoro ether adsorbs a first gas component of the air feedstock so that an unabsorbed second gas component remains in the closed vessel;
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- collecting the unadsorbed second gas component from the closed vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.