Disclosed is a flue gas low-temperature adsorption denitration system and process. The system includes a booster fan, a cold energy recoverer, a flue gas cooling system, a flue gas switching valve, and two denitration adsorption towers. An inlet of the booster fan is in communication with an inlet flue gas pipeline. The booster fan, the cold energy recoverer, the flue gas cooling system, the flue gas switching valve, and the denitration adsorption towers are sequentially communicated. An outlet of the flue gas switching valve is in communication with each of the two second denitration adsorption towers. Flue gas outlets of the two denitration adsorption towers are in communication with a flue gas manifold. The flue gas manifold is communicated with the cold quantity recoverer. Two denitration adsorption towers take turns to carry out denitration and regeneration processes, so that continuous denitration operations of the system can be achieved.

Disclosed is an improved process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream, in particular, hydrocarbons from a gas stream such as natural gas. The present process uses solid adsorbent media to remove said hydrocarbons wherein the adsorbent media is regenerated in a continuous fashion in a heated continuous counter-current regeneration system, wherein said heated regenerated adsorbent media is cooled prior to reuse.

Disclosed is a method for running natural gas powered stationary combustion systems, such as an internal combustion engine, a furnace, a fired heater, a power plant, an incinerator, and the like. In one embodiment of the present method, ethane and heavier hydrocarbons or propane and heavier hydrocarbons (29) are removed (90) from a natural gas feedstream (3) to provide the methane-rich natural gas stream (5) used to fuel the stationary combustion system (100). One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a regenerable adsorbent media to remove the higher hydrocarbons which is regenerated by a microwave heating system. Said regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process.

Disclosed is a method of sequentially separating and recovering one or more NGLs (129, 229) from a natural gas feedstream (3). Specifically, a raw natural gas feedstream (3) is passed through two or more NGLs separation unit (100, 200) wherein each separation unit removes one or more NGLs from the natural gas feedstream to provide a methane-rich natural gas supply (205). Each separation unit employs an adsorption media and has an adsorption step and a media regeneration step wherein the regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process. One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a different regenerable adsorbent media in each separation unit.

An adsorbent having a microwave absorption property is provided. The adsorbent having an improved microwave absorption property, which has a core-shell structure including a silicon carbide bead disposed therein, and an adsorbing material disposed outside the silicon carbide bead, can be provided. Also, the adsorbent may further include a plurality of silicon carbide particles dispersed and disposed therein and having a diameter of 1 m to 10 m, and the adsorbing material may be ion-exchanged with a cation. Therefore, the adsorbent can be useful in improving desorption efficiency since the adsorbent may be rapidly heated by microwaves to reach the desorption temperature due to high reactivity to microwaves. Also, the adsorbent can be useful in maintaining full adsorption capacity without having an influence on adsorption quantity since the silicon carbide bead is disposed in the inner core of the adsorbent. Further, when the adsorbent is applied to conventional systems for removing organic compounds using microwaves or dehumidification systems, the adsorbent can be semi-permanently used, and may also have an effect of enhancing the energy efficiency by 30% or more, compared to adsorbents used in the conventional systems.

A method of selectively releasing CO.sub.2 from a CO.sub.2 loaded solid sorbent includes: applying an electromagnetic radiation having an intensity of greater than or equal to 0.7 watt per square centimeter and a frequency of about 400 terahertz to about 70 kilohertz to the CO.sub.2 loaded solid sorbent to release CO.sub.2; wherein the CO.sub.2 loaded solid sorbent comprises chemisorbed CO.sub.2, physisorbed CO.sub.2, or a combination thereof, and a solid sorbent; and the solid sorbent comprises at least one amine compound.

A process is disclosed for the removal of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from natural. This process provides for passing a natural gas feedstream comprising H2S though a regenerable adsorbent media which adsorbs H2S to provide an H2S-lean natural gas product and H2S. The regenerable adsorbent media of the present invention is a cross-linked macroporous polymeric adsorbent media

A method for separating natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a hydrocarbon gas mixture containing natural gas liquids and methane, comprising the steps of: i) providing a bed of adsorbent selective for NGLs over methane; ii) passing a hydrocarbon gas mixture containing methane and NGL through the bed of adsorbent to at least partially remove NGLs from the gas mixture to produce: (a) NGL-loaded adsorbent and (b) NGL-depleted hydrocarbon gas mixture; iii) recovering the NGL-depleted hydrocarbon gas mixture; iv) regenerating the NGL-loaded adsorbent by at least partially removing NGLs from the adsorbent; and v) sequentially repeating steps (ii) and (iii) using regenerated adsorbent from step (iv).

A reaction product of a mixture of components suitable for molding into shaped desiccant particles, wherein the mixture includes: a. a porous siliceous material, b. hygroscopic salt, c. polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with a degree of hydrolysis between 82 and 95 mol % and a viscosity between 12 and 40 mPa.Math.s, as determined on an aqueous solution of 4% PVA at 20 C. according to DIN53015, d. water, e. optionally, an OH-containing polymer, different from PVA,
wherein the weight ratio between hygroscopic salt and the porous siliceous material is chosen between 0.1:1 and 0.9:1 and
wherein the weight ratio between hygroscopic salt and PVA is chosen between 1:1 and 5:1.

Disclosed is an improved process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream, in particular, heavier hydrocarbons from a gas stream. The present process uses solid adsorbent media to remove said heavier hydrocarbons wherein the adsorbent media is regenerated in a continuous fashion in a continuous adsorbent media co-current regeneration system using a stripping gas to provide a regenerated adsorbent media and a product gas comprising heavier hydrocarbons from a loaded adsorbent media.