Patent ID: 6814781
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B01D,B01J,C01B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A method of separating a fluid component from a mixture comprising:a first step comprising sorbing a fluid component, this first step comprising passing a fluid mixture into a flow channel at a first temperature; wherein the flow channel comprises a sorbent within the channel, and wherein flow through the channel is constrained such that in at least one cross-sectional area of the channel that comprises the sorbent, the height of the flow channel is 1 cm or less; a second step comprising increasing the temperature of the sorbent, this second step comprising adding energy from an energy source; and desorbing a fluid component at a second temperature and obtaining a fluid component that was sorbed in the first step, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature; and wherein the first and second steps, combined, for a non-condensed fluid mixture take 10 seconds or less and wherein at least 20% of the gaseous component sorbed in the first step is desorbed from the sorbent; or for a liquid mixture take 1000 seconds or less and wherein at least 20% of the fluid component sorbed in the first step is desorbed from the sorbent.