Abstract:
A chemical distribution system having improved organic solvent fluid purity and consistency includes a vessel containing ion-exchange media positioned within a fluid flow pathway such that the organic solvent fluid passes through the ion-exchange media, thereby effecting removal of undesired impurities. Different embodiments of the invention position the vessel at varying locations within the fluid flow pathway. The chemical distribution system also preferably includes a return chemical flow pathway that recirculates purified organic solvent fluid through the ion-exchange media-containing vessel and thereby enables the system operator to conduct incremental adjustment of the solvent purity until a desired overall purity is attained.
Abstract:
A purification method employs nanofiltration of an aqueous solution containing one or several sugars, multivalent cations, monovalent metal cations, monovalent anions and multivalent inorganic anions and/or organic acid anions. The method includes replacement of at least a part of said multivalent cations and/or said multivalent inorganic anions and organic acid anions respectively by monovalent metal cations and/or monovalent anions to produce a solution. Nanofiltration of the solution is carried out to obtain a retentate, and at least part of the retentate is subject to crystallization.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an enantioselective cation-exchange material, comprising a chiral selector (1), composed of a chiral component (2) and at least one cation-exchange group (X), a spacer (3) and a carrier (4). The cation-exchange material is characterized in that the chiral component (2) has a molecular weight of less than 1,000 and the at least one cation-exchange group (X) is an acid group having a pKa
Abstract:
The present invention provides ion exchangers for an electrical deionization apparatus that can be operated at low voltages by preventing voltage buildup in the electrical deionization apparatus, and an electrical deionization apparatus incorporating said ion exchangers. The present invention provides an ion exchanger for an electrical deionization apparatus, which is to be used as an ion exchanger placed in at least one of a deionization compartment and/or concentration compartment and, which at least partially has a plurality of different functional groups, or which has a graft chain having an ion exchange group on the backbone of an organic polymer substrate and further has a second graft chain on said graft chain, or which has a crosslinked graft chain having an ion exchange group on the backbone of an organic polymer substrate.
Abstract:
A process for treating cooling tower water in a system which includes a recirculated evaporative cooling water stream and a source of make-up water. A side stream is taken off of the source of make-up water and the side stream is directed to either a strong acid cation exchange resin unit and/or to a weak acid cation exchange resin unit, after which it is returned to the make-up water line. The pH of saturation is determined for the recirculated evaporative cooling water as is the pH. Depending upon the difference between the pH and the pH of saturation, the side stream of the make-up water is opened or closed and directed to one or both of the cation exchange units.
Abstract:
An article of manufacture, a system, and a method for at least partially deionizing water, including but not limited to converting tap water into essentially deionized water that can be used for numerous purposes including, but not limited to cleaning and/or treating surfaces, including surfaces such as ceramic, steel, plastic, glass and/or painted surfaces such as the exterior surface of a vehicle, is disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for separating hemoglobin A2 from a hemoglobin mixture according to a cation exchange liquid chromatography characterized that at least two types of eluents are used including an eluent (hereinafter referred to as “eluent A”) for elution of faster hemoglobins than hemoglobin A0 and an eluent (hereinafter referred to as “eluent B”) for elution of hemoglobin A0 and slower hemoglobins than hemoglobin A0, and that the eluent A has a pH of 4.0-6.0 and the eluent B is maintained at a pH of at least 0.5 higher than that of the eluent A.
Abstract:
A loaded ion-exchange resin, which resin has been loaded in its shrunken form. Also a process for removing iodide compounds from a liquid carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride obtained from the Group VIII noble metal catalysed, alkyl iodide co-catalysed carbonylation of alcohols and/or their reactive derivatives which process comprises contacting the liquid carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride with a metal loaded ion-exchange resin as described above wherein the metal is one or more of the metals silver, palladium or mercury.
Abstract:
Dispersions of an oleophilic liquid and water are coalesced by passing through a bed of particles of an ion exchange resin which is equilibrated with respect to sorption of the oleophilic liquid.
Abstract:
An aqueous nitric acid solution such as is derived from an adipic acid process and containing catalyst metal ions is reacted with formaldehyde to remove a substantial portion of the nitrate ions present prior to passing the aqueous nitric acid solution through an ion exchange zone wherein the metals are removed.