Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and system for sulfur recovery. A Claus tail gas stream is fed to a hydrogenation reactor to produce a hydrogenated gas stream. The hydrogenated gas stream is fed to a quench tower to produce a quenched gas stream. The quenched gas stream is fed to a first stage adsorption vessel of first stage adsorption unit to produce a first outlet gas stream. The first outlet gas stream is fed to a second stage adsorption vessel of a second stage adsorption unit to produce a second byproduct gas stream. The first stage adsorption vessel is regenerated to produce a first byproduct gas stream. The second stage adsorption vessel is regenerated to produce a second outlet gas stream including hydrogen sulfide. Optionally, a portion of the second byproduct gas stream or nitrogen can be fed to the first stage adsorption vessel or the second stage adsorption vessel for regeneration. Optionally, a sales gas can be fed to the second stage adsorption vessel for regeneration. Optionally, vacuum can be applied to the first stage adsorption vessel or the second stage adsorption vessel for regeneration.

A system for obtaining water and carbon dioxide from an incoming first gas stream. The system comprises a first inlet for said incoming first gas stream, a first sorbent station comprising a first sorbent material for removing water vapour from said first gas stream, a second sorbent station comprising a second sorbent material for removing carbon dioxide from said first gas stream; and a first exhaust for said first gas stream. The system is configured to flow said first gas stream through the first inlet, the first sorbent station, the second sorbent station and the first exhaust. The system may be used in an environmentally controlled facility for growing plant material or in a building space conditioning. The present invention may therefore enable plant cultivation and/or building space conditioning whilst removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and therefore may help to combat climate change and benefit the environment, if implemented on a sufficient scale.

A process for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas of a fluid catalytic cracking installation including converting at least a portion of the carbon monoxide of the waste gas into carbon dioxide to form a flow enriched in carbon dioxide, separating at least a portion of the flow enriched in carbon dioxide to form a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen and a gas rich in nitrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide, and at least a portion of the gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen is separated by way of separation at a temperature of less than 0° C. to form a fluid rich in carbon dioxide and a fluid depleted in carbon dioxide and sending a gas containing at least 90% oxygen to combustion.

The disclosure provides a method for producing a gas separation article, said gas separation article comprising: a gas separation membrane, optionally a support, and optionally an additional support said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a matrix comprising: a matrix material having a viscosity from 1 cP to 40000 cP, particles, said particles being free from functionalized carbon nanotubes, and optionally a solvent, b) contacting the matrix of step a) with a support comprising at least one side, said at least one side facing said matrix, thereby forming (i) a matrix side in contact with the support and (ii) a matrix side opposite the side in contact with the support, c) optionally contacting the matrix side opposite the side contacting the support with an additional support, d) subjecting said matrix being in contact with said support to one or more electric fields whereby the particles form particle groups in a plurality of substantially parallel planes, said particle groups in each of said plurality of substantially parallel planes being aligned substantially parallel with the one or more electric fields, e) fixating the matrix material so as to fixate the particle groups thereby forming a gas separation membrane, and f) optionally removing the support and/or the additional support.

The disclosure also provides a gas separation membrane obtainable by the aforementioned method as well as use thereof for separation of gases in a gas mixture.

The present disclosure provides a method for producing a gas separation article, said gas separation article comprising: a gas separation membrane, optionally a support, and optionally an additional support, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a matrix, said matrix having a viscosity from 1 centipoise to 40000 centipoise, said matrix comprising or consisting of one or more monomers, oligomers and/or polymers, and optionally a solvent, b) contacting the matrix of step a) with a support comprising at least one side, said at least one side facing said matrix, thereby forming (i) a matrix side contacting the support and (ii) a matrix side opposite the side contacting the support, c) optionally contacting the matrix side opposite the side contacting the support with an additional support, d) subjecting said matrix contacted with said support to one or more electric fields that is/are substantially parallel to a plane in which the support extends, or substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the support extends e) fixating the one or more monomers, oligomers and/or polymers of the matrix subjected to one or more electric fields in step d) thereby forming a solid gas separation membrane, and f) optionally removing the support and/or the additional support.

The present disclosure also gas separation article obtainable by the aforementioned method as well as use of said gas separation article for separation of gases in a gas mixture.

A system and method for, removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide laden gas mixture, the system comprising a group of carbon dioxide removal structures moving along a closed curve track. At one location along the track is located a desorption or regeneration box, into which each capture structure passes in order to be regenerated. The majority of the CO2 removal structures are fed ambient air, or an admixture of ambient air with a minor portion of a flue gas, and exhaust CO2-lean air. At least one selected such removal structure within each group, at a location immediately preceding its entry into the capture structure, is fed a flue gas comprising at least 4% CO2 by volume. A method for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is provided utilizing a system operating in the same manner as the preceding system.

The sodium ferrite particle powder according to the present invention is characterized in that at least one metal or more selected from the metal group consisting of silicon, aluminum, titanium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, magnesium, copper and zinc is contained in an amount of 0.05 to 20% by weight in terms of the oxide, and the molar ratio of Na/Fe is 0.75 to 1.25.

Described herein are amorphous fluorinated copolymers produced by the polymerization of one or more fluorinated ring monomers and one or more fluorinated comonomers containing multiple ether oxygens. The copolymers are suitable in many high-technology applications, such as optical fibers, anti-reflection coatings, protective coatings, and gas separation membranes. In one aspect, the copolymers are useful is in the field of membrane-based gas separation processes. In one aspect, amorphous copolymer is produced by polymerizing (a) one or more fluorinated ring monomers in the amount of 1 mol % to 99.5 mol %, wherein the fluorinated ring monomer is at least a five membered ring and (b) a comonomer in the amount of from 0.5 mol % to 99 mol %, wherein the comonomer comprises a fluorinated compound with two or more ether oxygens.

This exhaust gas processing equipment is provided with an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from a boiler circulates, a carbon dioxide recovering device for recovering carbon dioxide included in the exhaust gas, and an exhaust gas heating device provided downstream of the carbon dioxide recovering device to heat the exhaust gas. The carbon dioxide recovering device includes a first medium line through which a first medium circulates, and a second medium line through which a second medium higher in temperature than the first medium circulates. The exhaust gas heating device includes a first heating unit for heating the exhaust gas by means of heat exchange with the first medium, and a second heating unit for heating the exhaust gas passing through the first heating unit even more by heat exchange with the second medium.

A process for membrane separation of a mixture containing as main, or even major, components hydrogen and carbon dioxide and also at least one other component, for example chosen from the following group: carbon monoxide, methane and nitrogen, including: heating of the mixture in the heat exchanger, permeation of the reheated mixture in a first membrane separation unit making it possible to obtain a first permeate which is a hydrogen and carbon dioxide enriched relative to the mixture, and a first residue which is hydrogen and carbon dioxide lean, permeation of the first residue in a second membrane separation unit making it possible to obtain a second residue, at least one portion of the first permeate is compressed in a booster compressor and the second residue is expanded in a turbine, the booster compressor being driven by the turbine.