Some embodiments described herein relate to ionic liquids comprising an anion of a heteraromatic compound such as optionally substituted pyrrolide, optionally substituted pyrazolide, optionally substituted indolide, optionally substituted phospholide, or optionally substituted imidazolide. Methods and devices for gas separation or gas absorption related to these ionic liquids are also described herein.

The present disclosure provides improved systems, assemblies and methods to remove and recover CO.sub.2 from emissions. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved membrane contactors configured to remove CO.sub.2 from flue gas by temperature swing absorption. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides a novel hollow fiber membrane contactor that integrates absorption and stripping using a nonvolatile reactive absorbent (e.g., 80% polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer generation 0, and 20% of an ionic liquid (IL)). Equilibrium CO.sub.2 absorption in the nonvolatile viscous mixed absorbent is as high as 6.37 mmolCO.sub.2/g absorbent in the presence of moisture at 50 C. A novel membrane contactor is provided for CO.sub.2 absorption and stripping via a process identified as temperature swing membrane absorption (TSMAB). The contactor integrates non-dispersive gas absorption and hot water-based CO.sub.2 stripping in one device/assembly containing two sets of commingled hollow fibers.

The invention relates to a process for dehumidifying a moist gas mixture. The invention further relates to an apparatus for dehumidifying a moist gas mixture and to the use of said apparatus in the process according to the invention.

The present invention describes a combined liquid absorbent system to capture gaseous CO.sub.2. The said combination is given by the mixture of an IL and an amino acid aqueous solution. This mixture has an improved CO.sub.2 absorption performance with respect to the separate components that are part of it. These components can be regenerated and reused in several absorption cycles without losing absorption capacity.

A contaminant removal system for removing contaminants from an environment includes a water management system and a carbon dioxide removal system. The water management system is configured to remove water from a cabin air stream using a first liquid sorbent to produce a dehumidified cabin air stream, and includes a water scrubber and a water stripper. The carbon dioxide removal system is configured to remove carbon dioxide from the dehumidified cabin air stream using a second liquid sorbent, and includes a carbon dioxide scrubber and a carbon dioxide stripper.

The invention relates to methods for purifying gas, and in particular, to such methods using liquid marbles. The liquid in the liquid marbles is comprised of a material or mixture of materials that selectively removes unwanted gaseous component in the gas to be purified.

Exemplary embodiments relate to methods for removal of CO.sub.2 and other acid gases from gaseous fuels prior to combustion. Exemplary methods may be used for CO.sub.2 capture, H.sub.2 purification and natural gas sweetening. Exemplary methods use at least one ionic liquid that has excellent CO.sub.2 solubility, selectivity over hydrogen, low viscosity, and resistance to H.sub.2S.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for carbon dioxide capture includes an absorption tower in which an absorbent absorbs carbon dioxide contained in exhaust gas to thereby form a saturated absorbent; a stripping tower in which the carbon dioxide is stripped from the saturated absorbent transferred from the absorption tower and the absorbent is regenerated; a first heat exchanger configured to preheat the saturated absorbent while the saturated absorbent is being transferred from the absorption tower to the stripping tower; and a second heat exchanger configured to secondarily preheat the primarily preheated saturated absorbent.

The present invention generally relates to the field of gas and liquid phase desiccation. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for removing moisture (and hence oxygen precursors) from hydrazine, thereby providing a high purity source gas suitable for use in vapor deposition processes, such as but not limited to, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or an atomic layer deposition (ALD).

An apparatus for and method of removing acidic gas from a gaseous stream and regenerating an aqueous solution allows for the recovery of waste heat of stripping steam and more economical regeneration of the aqueous solution. In at least one embodiment, one or more rich solvent bypasses combine with a rich solvent heat exchanger to recover waste heat. In another embodiment, the apparatus and method include one or more rich solvent bypasses and a heater positioned upstream of the stripper to more economically regenerate an aqueous solution.