The present disclosure relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.

Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method and facility for purifying a high-flow gas stream by absorbtion, the purification facility comprising at least one absorber having a parallelepipedal enclosure arranged horizontally and comprising: a gas stream inlet and outlet, two fixed-bed absorbent masses each having a likewise parallelepipedal shape, the surfaces of which are parallel to the surfaces of the enclosure, and a set of volumes allowing the traversing of the two absorbent masses by the gas streams, in parallel but opposite directions, the traversing occurring horizontally over the entire cross-section of each of the absorbent masses and over their entire thicknesses.

An adsorbent vessel for removing contaminants from a feed gas upstream from a cryogenic distillation process using pressure swing adsorption, temperature swing adsorption, or thermal-pressure swing adsorption. The adsorbent vessel having an adsorbent bed comprised of multiple layers of adsorbent material, including two layers of adsorbent material that selective adsorbs carbon dioxide. Each of the two layers is formed from an adsorbent material having a different capacity for adsorbing carbon dioxide.

An adsorbent vessel for removing contaminants from a feed gas upstream from a cryogenic distillation process using pressure swing adsorption, temperature swing adsorption, or thermal-pressure swing adsorption. The adsorbent vessel having an adsorbent bed comprised of multiple layers of adsorbent material, including two layers of adsorbent material that selective adsorbs carbon dioxide. Each of the two layers is formed from an adsorbent material having a different capacity for adsorbing carbon dioxide.

The present disclosure discloses a device, system, and method for treating an ethylene oxide waste gas. The system includes a first pressure swing adsorption tower, a first thermostatic assembly, a gas storage tank, a first branch pipe, and a second branch pipe. The first pressure swing adsorption tower comprises a first accommodating chamber which accommodates an adsorption material. A first vent port and a first exhaust port are in communication with the first accommodating chamber. The first pressure swing adsorption tower is partially disposed in the first thermostatic assembly. The gas storage tank comprises a gas inlet/outlet port. The first branch pipe and the second branch pipe are in communication with the first vent port. The first branch pipe couples the first vent port with the gas inlet/outlet port and the second branch pipe introduces an ethylene oxide waste gas into the first pressure swing adsorption tower.

The present disclosure discloses a device, system, and method for treating an ethylene oxide waste gas. The system includes a first pressure swing adsorption tower, a first thermostatic assembly, a gas storage tank, a first branch pipe, and a second branch pipe. The first pressure swing adsorption tower comprises a first accommodating chamber which accommodates an adsorption material. A first vent port and a first exhaust port are in communication with the first accommodating chamber. The first pressure swing adsorption tower is partially disposed in the first thermostatic assembly. The gas storage tank comprises a gas inlet/outlet port. The first branch pipe and the second branch pipe are in communication with the first vent port. The first branch pipe couples the first vent port with the gas inlet/outlet port and the second branch pipe introduces an ethylene oxide waste gas into the first pressure swing adsorption tower.

System and method for removing molecular contaminants from an air stream are disclosed. The system includes first, second and third filter. The first filter removes organic contaminants from an air stream passing through the first filter. The second filter is downstream of the first filter, is physically and chemically exchangeable with the first filter and removes organic contaminants from the air stream output of the first filter. The third filter, downstream of the second filter, is not exchangeable with the first filter or the second filter. The first position filter can be replaced by the second filter in the second position when the first filter in the first position becomes depleted as detected. A new filter in the second filter position is inserted. Replacing the depleted first filter with the second downstream filter reduces costs and waste while inserting the new filter in the second position ensures removing organic contaminants.

The invention describes a filter medium (10), in particular for an air filter, in particular an interior air filter or for a fuel cell, including at least three active layers: a catalytic active layer (12) comprising catalytic activated carbon particles (12a), a second active layer (14) comprising impregnated or catalytic activated carbon particles (14a), a third active layer (16) comprising impregnated or catalytic activated carbon particles (16a), wherein at least one active layer comprises impregnated activated carbon particles and the three active layers (12, 14, 16) differ from one another. The invention further discloses a filter media body including the filter medium; a filter element including the filter media body or the filter medium; an air filter including the filter element or the filter media body or the filter medium, and a production method for producing the filter medium.

The present invention pertains to a radial flow adsorption vessel comprising a cylindrical outer shell and at least one cylindrical porous wall disposed co-axially inside the shell, wherein inside the shell one or more fluid permeable screens are rigidly connected to the at least one cylindrical porous wall, by a multitude of separate standoff elements so that the screen has a cylindrical shape co-axial to the shell, and to an adsorption process using the radial flow adsorption vessel.

The present invention provides for a method utilizing horizontal and vertical Adsorber bed(s) with multiple different reversible blower(s) and inputs operating in a vacuum pressure swing adsorption separation process to separate gases. The process is designed to provide a safer and more cost-effective adsorption system on a larger scale that captures and utilizes energy typically wasted during equipment transitions thereby achieving overall higher power efficiency.