Natural gas separation using nitrogen-selective membranes
    41.
    发明授权
    Natural gas separation using nitrogen-selective membranes 有权
    使用氮选择性膜的天然气分离

    公开(公告)号:US06565626B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-20

    申请号:US10035404

    申请日:2001-12-28

    IPC分类号: B01D5322

    摘要: A process for treating natural gas or other methane-rich gas to remove excess nitrogen and carbon dioxide simultaneously. The invention relies on membrane separation using nitrogen/methane and carbon dioxide/methane selective membranes. The gas can typically be brought to pipeline specification for both components, without requiring the use of amine scrubbing or other acid gas removal technique. Where water vapor or hydrogen sulfide is present in the raw gas, these contaminants may also be removed to meet pipeline specification in a single operation.

    摘要翻译: 一种处理天然气或其他富含甲烷的气体以同时去除过量的氮和二氧化碳的方法。 本发明依赖于使用氮/甲烷和二氧化碳/甲烷选择性膜的膜分离。 通常可以将气体用于两种组分的管道规格,而不需要使用胺洗涤或其它酸性气体去除技术。 在原始气体中存在水蒸气或硫化氢的情况下,也可以在单次操作中除去这些污染物以满足管道规格。

    Process for recovering organic components from liquid streams
    44.
    发明授权
    Process for recovering organic components from liquid streams 失效
    从液体流中回收有机成分的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5169533A

    公开(公告)日:1992-12-08

    申请号:US718795

    申请日:1991-06-21

    IPC分类号: B01D17/02 B01D61/36 C02F1/44

    摘要: A separation process for recovering organic components from liquid streams. The process is a combination of pervaporation and decantation. In cases where the liquid stream contains the organic to be separated in dissolved form, the pervaporation step is used to concentrate the organic to a point above the solubility limit, so that a two-phase permeate is formed and then decanted. In cases where the liquid stream is a two-phase mixture, the decantation step is performed first, to remove the organic product phase, and the residue from the decanter is then treated by pervaporation. Embodiments using two decanters, particularly suited to handling feed streams containing multiple organic compounds of different properties, are included.

    摘要翻译: 用于从液体流中回收有机组分的分离方法。 该过程是渗透蒸发和倾析的组合。 在液体流含有溶解形式的待分离有机物的情况下,使用全蒸发步骤将有机物浓缩至高于溶解度极限的一点,从而形成两相渗透物,然后倾析。 在液体流是两相混合物的情况下,首先进行倾析步骤以除去有机产物相,然后通过渗透蒸发处理来自滗析器的残余物。 包括使用两个倾析器,特别适用于处理含有多种不同性质的多种有机化合物的进料流的实施方案。

    Life support system for personnel shelter
    45.
    发明授权
    Life support system for personnel shelter 失效
    人员庇护生活支援体系

    公开(公告)号:US5082471A

    公开(公告)日:1992-01-21

    申请号:US597714

    申请日:1990-10-15

    IPC分类号: B01D53/22

    CPC分类号: B01D53/229 Y02C10/08

    摘要: A life-support system including a shelter, combined with equipment for sustaining a breathable atmosphere within the shelter. The breathable atmosphere is sustained by providing a supply of fresh air to the shelter, and removing carbon dioxide from the shelter. To provide the air supply, air containing a toxic agent is fed to a membrane separation unit. The membrane unit has a high selectivity to the permeation of oxygen over toxic agent and produces an oxygen-enriched permeate stream, while rejecting almost all of the toxic agent. The oxygen-enriched air is then passed through a unit containing a sorbent, such as activated carbon, to remove any remaining traces of toxic material before being fed to the shelter. The carbon dioxide content of the shelter air is kept below 1% either by sweeping the carbon dioxide away by maintaining a relatively high flow of air into and out of the shelter, or by withdrawing air from the shelter, treating it in a separate unit of equipment to remove carbon dioxide, and then returning the treated air to the shelter.

    摘要翻译: 一个生命支持系统,包括一个避难所,结合在住房内维持透气气氛的设备。 通过向收容所提供新鲜空气并从避难所中除去二氧化碳来维持透气的气氛。 为了提供空气供应,含有毒性剂的空气被供给到膜分离单元。 膜单元对氧气渗透的毒性剂具有高选择性,并产生富氧渗透物流,同时排除几乎所有的毒物。 然后,将富氧空气通过含有吸附剂(例如活性炭)的单元,以在进料到避难所之前除去任何剩余痕量的有毒物质。 遮蔽空气的二氧化碳含量保持在1%以下,方法是将二氧化碳吹扫通过保持相对较高的空气流入和离开避难所,或者从收容所中抽出空气,将其分开处理 设备去除二氧化碳,然后将经处理的空气返回到收容所。

    Method and apparatus for producing oxygen and nitrogen and membrane
therefor
    46.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for producing oxygen and nitrogen and membrane therefor 失效
    用于生产氧和氮的方法和装置及其膜

    公开(公告)号:US4542010A

    公开(公告)日:1985-09-17

    申请号:US393712

    申请日:1982-06-30

    摘要: Process and apparatus for the separation and purification of oxygen and nitrogen as well as a novel membrane useful therein are disclosed. The process utilizes novel facilitated transport membranes to selectively transport oxygen from one gaseous stream to another, leaving nitrogen as a byproduct. In the method, an oxygen carrier capable of reversibly binding molecular oxygen is dissolved in a polar organic membrane which separates a gaseous feed stream such as atmospheric air and a gaseous product stream. The feed stream is maintained at a sufficiently high oxygen pressure to keep the oxygen carrier in its oxygenated form at the interface of the feed stream with the membrane, while the product stream is maintained at a sufficiently low oxygen pressure to keep the carrier in its deoxygenated form at the interface of the product stream with the membrane. In an alternate mode of operation, the feed stream is maintained at a sufficiently low temperature and high oxygen pressure to keep the oxygen carrier in its oxygenated form at the interface of the feed stream with the membrane and the product stream is maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to keep the carrier in its deoxygenated form at the interface of the product stream with the membrane. Under such conditions, the carrier acts as a shuttle, picking up oxygen at the feed side of the membrane, diffusing across the membrane as the oxygenated complex, releasing oxygen to the product stream, and then diffusing back to the feed side to repeat the process. Exceptionally and unexpectedly high O.sub.2 /N.sub.2 selectivity, on the order of 10 to 30, is obtained, as well as exceptionally high oxygen permeability, on the order of 6 to 15.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.3 -cm/cm.sup.2 -sec-cmHg, as well as a long membrane life of in excess of 3 months, making the process commercially feasible.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于分离和纯化氧和氮的方法和装置以及其中有用的新型膜。 该方法利用新颖的促进转运膜来选择性地将氧从一种气态物流输送至另一种气流,留下氮气作为副产物。 在该方法中,能够将分子氧可逆地结合的氧载体溶解在分离气态进料流如大气和气态产物流的极性有机膜中。 进料流保持在足够高的氧气压力下,以将氧载体保持在进料流与膜的界面处的氧化形式,同时将产物流保持在​​足够低的氧气压力下,以使载体保持在其脱氧 在产品流与膜的界面处形成。 在另一种操作模式中,进料流保持在足够低的温度和高的氧气压力下,以保持氧气载体处于进料流与膜的界面处的氧化形式,产物流保持足够高 温度以使载体在产物流与膜的界面处脱氧形式。 在这种条件下,载体作为梭子,在膜的进料侧吸收氧气,作为含氧络合物扩散穿过膜,将氧释放到产物流中,然后扩散回进料侧重复该过程 。 获得了特别高的意外的高的O2 / N2选择性,大约为10到30,以及特别高的氧透过率为6到15×10-8 cm -3 cm / cm 2·sec-cmHg,以及 膜的使用寿命超过3个月,使得该方法在商业上可行。

    Rotation failure sensor for film disc processor
    47.
    发明授权
    Rotation failure sensor for film disc processor 失效
    旋转故障传感器用于胶片盘处理器

    公开(公告)号:US4431294A

    公开(公告)日:1984-02-14

    申请号:US432816

    申请日:1982-10-05

    申请人: Richard W. Baker

    发明人: Richard W. Baker

    IPC分类号: G03D3/10 G03B3/04 G03B3/08

    CPC分类号: G03D3/10

    摘要: A processor for processing undeveloped photographic film discs carried on a rotatable spindle includes a conveyor for conveying the spindle intermittently from a first end of the processor along a generally horizontal conveyor path to each of a plurality of stations along the conveyor path. The intermittent conveying of the spindle by the conveyor is cyclical, with each cycle of the conveyor having a transport portion during which the spindle is conveyed from one station to another and a processing portion during which the spindle is positioned at one of the stations for processing. The spindle and film discs mounted thereon are rotated when positioned for processing at each station, and a rotation sensor at each station senses a failure of the spindle to be rotated. The processor also has a spindle sensor which senses the presence of the spindle adjacent the first end of the processor. An indicator responsive to the spindle sensor, the conveyor and the rotation sensor identifies any station at which the spindle is located and at which the rotation sensor senses the failure of the spindle to be rotated.

    摘要翻译: 用于处理在可旋转主轴上承载未开发的照相胶卷盘的处理器包括一个传送器,用于将处理器的第一端间歇地沿大致水平的传送路径传送到沿输送机路径的多个站中的每个站的输送机。 通过输送机间歇地输送主轴是周期性的,传送带的每个周期都具有传送部分,在该传送部分期间主轴从一个工位传送到另一个工位,以及处理部分,在该处理部分期间,主轴位于一个工位处进行处理 。 安装在其上的主轴和胶片盘在定位用于在每个车站处理时旋转,并且每个车站处的旋转传感器感测到主轴转动的故障。 处理器还具有主轴传感器,其感测与处理器的第一端相邻的主轴的存在。 响应于主轴传感器,传送器和旋转传感器的指示器识别主轴所在的任何工位,旋转传感器感测主轴转动的故障。