Patent ID: 7670490
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B01D,F17C,G06Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of packaging, stabilizing and purifying a fluid mixture in a vessel comprising an unstable fluid and an impurity for shipment to an end user wherein the end user can selectively dispense from the vessel the unstable fluid, by controlling either the temperature and/or the pressure gradient within the vessel, comprising: providing the vessel configured for selectively dispensing the fluid mixture components; providing an ionic liquid within said vessel; providing a purifying material within said vessel; introducing the fluid mixture into said vessel; contacting the fluid mixture with said ionic liquid wherein said ionic liquid is selected so that when contacted together with the fluid mixture no chemical bonds are broken and the unstable fluid is taken up by said ionic liquid; contacting the fluid mixture with the purifying material; allowing a portion of the impurity to be retained by the purifying material to produce a purified unstable fluid; and shipping said vessel containing the fluid mixture and said ionic liquid to an end user wherein the unstable fluid may be dispensed from said vessel, separately from said ionic liquid, by controlling either the temperature and/or the pressure gradient of the ionic liquid.