Separation technologies/processes high-temperature

It was estimated that this process route was approximately twice as costly as converting natural gas to liquid fuels via synthesis-gas-based routes such as Fischer-Tropsch. However, some novel developments in gas separation technology and high temperature heat recovery could bring the process back into contention. 

Due to possible environmental problems with acetone, new technologies are being developed for the production of deoiled lecithins involving treatment of Hpid mixtures with supercritical gases or supercritical gas mixtures (10—12). In this process highly viscous cmde lecithin is fed into a separation column at several levels. The supercritical extraction solvent flows through the column upward at a pressure of 8 MPa (80 bar) and temperature between 40 and 55°C. The soy oil dissolves together with a small amount of lecithin. 

Membrane Reactor. Another area of current activity uses membranes in ethane dehydrogenation to shift the ethane to ethylene equiUbrium. The use of membranes is not new, and has been used in many separation processes. However, these membranes, which are mostly biomembranes, are not suitable for dehydrogenation reactions that require high temperatures. Technology has improved to produce ceramic and other inorganic (90) membranes that can be used at high temperatures (600°C and above). In addition, the suitable catalysts can be coated without blocking the pores of the membrane. Therefore, catalyst-coated membranes can be used for reaction and separation. 

T0701 Seiler Pollution Control Systems, High-Temperature Vitrification System T0703 Selective Environmental Technologies, Inc., ACT DE CON T0706 Separation and Recovery Systems, Inc., SAREX Process T0712 SIVE Services, Steam Injection and Vacuum Extraction (SIVE)... 

According to the vendor, the HT-6 technology is not a destruction process but a separation process technology. The process cleans the soil and concentrates the organics into an organic oil phase. For refinery wastes, coal tar wastes, and creosote, this oil is directly suitable for commercial reuse as a refinery feedstock. The high-temperature thermal distillation technology is not currently commercially available. 

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