Recovery adsorbate

Polyamide powder showed to be highest recovery adsorbent for quantitative determination, compared to other resins. The isolated colorants were analyzed by... 

Varions terms characterize PSA performance. Chief among them are prodnct parity, product recovery, adsorbent productivity, and energy requirements. The parity and recovery normally refer to the light prodnct or sometimes the heavy product. Purity is expressed in terms of the number of nines, e.g., five nines would be 99.999% contaminant free. Freqnently, only specific contaminants are considered in the remainder, leading to delnsions of absolnte parity. Recovery is expressed... 

However, the quantity of Pa produced in this manner is much less than the amount (more than 100 g) that has been isolated from the natural source. The methods for the recovery of protactinium include coprecipitation, solvent extraction, ion exchange, and volatility procedures. AH of these, however, are rendered difficult by the extreme tendency of protactinium(V) to form polymeric coUoidal particles composed of ionic species. These caimot be removed from aqueous media by solvent extraction losses may occur by adsorption to containers and protactinium may be adsorbed by any precipitate present. 

Reactions on Adsorbents. To permit the recovery of pure products and to extend the adsorbent s useful life, adsorbents should generally be inert and not react with or cataly2e reactions of adsorbate molecules. These considerations often affect adsorbent selection and/or require limits be placed upon the severity of operating conditions to minimi2e reactions of the adsorbate molecules or damage to the adsorbents. 

The removal of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from air is most often accompHshed by TSA. Air streams needing treatment can be found in most chemical and manufacturing plants, especially those using solvents. At concentrations from 500 to 15,000 ppm, recovery of the VOC from steam used to regenerate activated carbon adsorbent thermally is economically justified. Concentrations above 15,000 ppm ate typically in the explosive range and... 

At the completion of adsorption, the less selectively adsorbed components have been recovered as product. However, a significant quantity of the weaMy adsorbed species are held up in the bed, especially in the void spaces. A cocurrent depressurization step reduces the bed pressure by allowing dow out of the bed cocurrendy to feed dow and thus reduces the amount of product retained in the voids (holdup), improving product recovery, and increases the concentration of the more strongly adsorbed components in the bed. The purity of the more selectively adsorbed species has been shown to depend strongly on the cocurrent depressurization step for some appHcations (66). A cocurrent depressurization step is optional because a countercurrent one always exists. Criteria have been developed to indicate when the use of both is justified (67). 

Because RPSA is appHed to gain maximum product rate from minimum adsorbent, single beds are the norm. In such cycles where the steps take only a few seconds, flows to and from the bed are discontinuous. Therefore, surge vessels are usuaHy used on feed and product streams to provide unintermpted flow. Some RPSA cycles incorporate delay steps unique to these processes. During these steps, the adsorbent bed is completely isolated and any pressure gradient is aHowed to dissipate (68). The UOP Polybed PSA system uses five to ten beds to maximize the recovery of the less selectively adsorbed component and to extend the process to larger capacities (69). 

Steps. A purge-swing cycle usually has two steps, adsorption and purge. Sometimes, a cocurrent purge is added. After the adsorption step has been completed and the less selectively adsorbed components have been recovered, an appreciable amount of product is still stored in the bed. A purge cocurrent to feed can increase recovery by displacing the fluid held in the voids. 

Unique adsorption selectivities are employed in the separation of Cg aromatic isomers, a classical problem that caimot be easily solved by distillation, crystallisation, or solvent extraction (10). Although -xylene [106-42-3] can be separated by crystallisation, its recovery is limited because of the formation of eutectic with / -xylene [108-58-3]. However, either -xylene, / -xylene, (9-xylene [95-47-6] or ethylbensene [100-41-4] can be extracted selectively by suitable modification of seoUtic adsorbents. 

The process options reflect the broad range of compositions and gas volumes that must be processed. Both batch processes and continuous processes are used. Batch processes are used when the daily production of sulfur is small and of the order of 10 kg. When the daily sulfur production is higher, of the order of 45 kg, continuous processes are usually more economical. Using batch processes, regeneration of the absorbant or adsorbant is carried out in the primary reactor. Using continuous processes, absorption of the acid gases occurs in one vessel and acid gas recovery and solvent regeneration occur in a separate reactor. 

Uranium ores are leached with dilute sulfuric acid or an alkaline carbonate [3812-32-6] solution. Hexavalent uranium forms anionic complexes, such as uranyl sulfate [56959-61-6], U02(S0 3, which are more selectively adsorbed by strong base anion exchangers than are other anions in the leach Hquors. Sulfate complexes are eluted with an acidified NaCl or ammonium nitrate [6484-52-2], NH NO, solution. Carbonate complexes are eluted with a neutral brine solution. Uranium is precipitated from the eluent and shipped to other locations for enrichment. Columnar recovery systems were popular in South Africa and Canada. Continuous resin-in-pulp (RIP) systems gained popularity in the United States since they eliminated a difficult and cosdy ore particle/leach hquor separation step. 

Separation of Norma/ and Isoparaffins. The recovery of normal paraffins from mixed refinery streams was one of the first commercial appHcations of molecular sieves. Using Type 5A molecular sieve, the / -paraffins can be adsorbed and the branched and cycHc hydrocarbons rejected. During the adsorption step, the effluent contains isoparaffins. During the desorption step, the / -paraffins are recovered. Isothermal operation is typical. 

Recovery and Purification. The dalbaheptides are present in both the fermentation broth and the mycelial mass, from which they can be extracted with acetone or methanol, or by raising the pH of the harvested material, eg, to a pH of 10.5—11 for A47934 (16) (44) and A41030 (41) and actaplanin (Table 2) (28). A detailed review on the isolation of dalbaheptides has been written (14). Recovery from aqueous solution is made by ion pair (avoparcin) or butanol (teicoplanin) extraction. The described isolation schemes use ion-exchange matrices such as Dowex and Amberlite IR, acidic alumina, cross-linked polymeric adsorbents such as Diaion HP and Amberlite XAD, cation-exchange dextran gel (Sephadex), and polyamides in various sequences. Reverse-phase hplc, ion-exchange, or affinity resins may be used for further purification (14,89). 

Some large-scale enrichments (adsorbate consisting of >10 20% of feed) examples include hydrogen recovery, methane enrichment, and oxygen enrichment from air. 

Ion Excha.nge, The recovery of uranium from leach solutions using ion exchange is a very important process (42). The uranium(VI) is selectively adsorbed to an anion-exchange resin as either the anionic sulfato or carbonato complexes. In carbonate solutions, the uranyl species is thought to be the tris carbonato complex, U02(C03) 3 [24646-13-7] and from sulfate solutions the anion is likely to be U02(S0 , where nis ) [56959-61-6] or 2 [27190-85-8], The uranium is eluted from the resin with a salt or acid solution of 1 AfMCl or MNO (M = H", Na", The sulfate solution is... 

Other Fiber Evaluation Methods. The extent of fiber separation (fiber openness) is an important evaluation criteria that is commonly measured by several techniques, namely ak permeabiUty, adsorbed gas volume, bulk density, and residence (compression and recovery). The adsorption and retention of kerosene is also used as a measure of fiber openness and fiber adsorption capacity (34). 

Pressure Swing Adsorption. A number of processes based on Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology have been used in the production of carbon dioxide. In one version of the PSA process, CO2 is separated from CH using a multibed adsorption process (41). In this process both CH4 and CO2 are produced. The process requires the use of five adsorber vessels. Processes of this type can be used for producing CO2 from natural gas weUs, landfiU gas, or from oil weUs undergoing CO2 flooding for enhanced oil recovery (see Adsorption, gas separation). 

Of the four commercial processes for the purification of carbon monoxide two processes are based on the absorption of carbon monoxide by salt solutions, the third uses either low temperature condensation or fractionation, and the fourth method utilizes the adsorption of carbon monoxide on a soHd adsorbent material. AH four processes use similar techniques to remove minor impurities. Particulates are removed in cyclones or by scmbbing. Scmbbing also removes any tars or heavy hydrocarbon fractions. Acid gases are removed by absorption in monoethanolamine, hot potassium carbonate, or by other patented removal processes. The purified gas stream is then sent to a carbon monoxide recovery section for final purification and by-product recovery. 

The H2S comes out with the reactor products, goes through the product-recovery system of the FCCU, and eventually goes to a Claus plant for sulfur recovery. The metal oxide adsorbent recirculates with the spent cracking catalyst back to the regenerator for the next SO adsorption cycle. 

Finally, selective separation and dewatering of one suspended substance in a slurry containing different minerals or precipitates is possible by selectively adsorbing a magnetic material (usually hydrophobic) onto a soHd that is also naturally or chemically conditioned to a hydrophobic state. This process (Murex) was used on both sulfide ores and some oxides (145). More recently, hydrocarbon-based ferrofluids were tested and shown to selectively adsorb on coal from slurries of coal and mineral matter, allowing magnetic recovery (147). Copper and zinc sulfides were similarly recoverable as a dewatered product from waste-rock slurries (148). 

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