The present invention provides a composite layer agglomerating adsorbent, comprising an outer adsorbent layer containing a low silica X molecular sieve and an inner adsorbent layer containing a high silica X molecular sieve, the low silica X molecular sieve has a silica/alumina molar ratio of 2.07-2.18, the high silica X molecular sieve has a silica/alumina molar ratio of 2.2-2.5, based on the total amount of the adsorbent, the adsorbent comprises 95.0-100 mass % of the X molecular sieve and 0-5.0 mass % of the matrix, the cation sites of the X molecular sieve in the adsorbent are occupied by a metal of Group IIA or occupied together by a metal of Group IA and a metal of Group IIA. The adsorbent is suitable for the process of adsorptive separation of PX from C.sub.8 aromatic hydrocarbons using light aromatic hydrocarbons as desorbent, and has high adsorption selectivity and good mass transfer performance.

Apparatuses and methods for extracting desired chemical species from input flows in a modular unit.

An evaporated fuel processing device may include a flow passage through which evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank flows; a first adsorbent constituted of activated carbon and arranged in the flow passage for adsorbing the evaporated fuel flowing in the flow passage; and a second adsorbent constituted of a porous metal complex and arranged in the flow passage on a downstream side of the first adsorbent for adsorbing the evaporated fuel having passed through the first adsorbent and flowing in the flow passage on the downstream side of the first adsorbent.

A column for removal of a component from a fluid is disclosed. The column has a compartment with a cross sectional area. The compartment contains beads having a diameter. A ligand selected to bind to the component is coupled to the beads. The cross-sectional area and bead diameter are selected to maintain a flow velocity of the fluid within the compartment below a first threshold, thereby reducing leaching of the ligand into the fluid. Also described herein is an adsorbent comprising a ligand that is attached to a substrate by an amine bond, wherein the ligand is resistant to dissociation from the substrate.

The invention discloses a separation matrix comprised of porous spherical particles to which antibody-binding protein ligands have been covalently immobilized, wherein the density of said ligands is in the range of 10.5-15 mg/ml and the volume-weighted median diameter of said particles is in the range of 30-55 μm.

An evaporated fuel processing device may include a flow passage through which evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank flows; a first adsorbent constituted of activated carbon and arranged in the flow passage for adsorbing the evaporated fuel flowing in the flow passage; and a second adsorbent constituted of a porous metal complex and arranged in the flow passage on a downstream side of the first adsorbent for adsorbing the evaporated fuel having passed through the first adsorbent and flowing in the flow passage on the downstream side of the first adsorbent.

A column for removal of a component from a fluid is disclosed. The column has a compartment with a cross sectional area. The compartment contains beads having a diameter. A ligand selected to bind to the component is coupled to the beads. The cross-sectional area and bead diameter are selected to maintain a flow velocity of the fluid within the compartment below a first threshold, thereby reducing leaching of the ligand into the fluid. Also described herein is an adsorbent comprising a ligand that is attached to a substrate by an amine bond, wherein the ligand is resistant to dissociation from the substrate.

A coated substrate (2a, 2b) adapted for hydrocarbon adsorption having at least one surface, and a coating on the at least one surface, the coating comprising particulate carbon and a binder, wherein the particulate carbon has a BET surface area of at least about 1300 m.sup.2/g; and at least one of: (i) a butane affinity of greater than 60% at 5% butane; (ii) a butane affinity of greater than 35% at 0.5% butane; (iii) a micropore volume greater than about 0.2 ml/g and a mesopore volume greater than about 0.5 ml/g. A bleed emission scrubber (1) and an evaporative emission control canister system (30) comprising the coated substrate (2a,2b) are provided. They can control evaporative hydrocarbon emissions and may provide low diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions even under a low purge condition.

Methods of removing contaminants such as pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides from plant-derived pharmaceuticals, such as Cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals, are disclosed. Plant-derived pharmaceuticals, such as Cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals, and methods of using the plant-derived pharmaceuticals are also disclosed.

The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.