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Class Number: 95 Class Title: GAS SEPARATION: PROCESSES Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 WITH CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION 2 .Electric or electrostatic field (e.g., electrostatic precipitation, etc.) 3 ..Concentration sensed 4 ..Temperature sensed 5 ..Sparking sensed 6 ..Current sensed 7 ..Voltage sensed 8 .Concentration sensed 9 ..pH sensed 10 ..Humidity sensed 11 ..Flow of fluid mixture to sorber stopped or diverted to other equipment, or sorbent regenerated 12 ..Gas flow rate modified 13 ..Sorbent flow rate modified 14 .Temperature sensed 15 ..And pressure sensed 16 ..Modification of flow rate of liquid which is added to gas 17 ..Cooling 18 ..Heating 19 .Pressure sensed 20 ..Apparatus cleaned 21 ..Sorbent regenerated 22 ..Gas flow rate modified 23 .Gas flow rate sensed 24 .Liquid level sensed 25 WITH RECORDING OR SIGNALING CONDITION 26 WITH TIMING OF OPERATION 27 MAGNETIZED PARTICLE BED 28 MAGNETIC SEPARATION 29 SOUND WAVES USED 30 .Degasification of liquid 31 DIFFERENCE IN MOLECULAR VELOCITY, DENSITY, OR MOMENTUM OF GASES USED 32 .Passing gases through nozzle 33 ..Directing gas streams toward one another 34 .Centrifugal force 35 ..Created by rotating equipment 36 LIQUID-SOLID SLURRY USED 37 .Organic compound removed from gas 38 .Halogen containing compound removed from gas 39 COMPRESSING AND INDIRECT COOLING OF GASEOUS FLUID MIXTURE TO SEPARATE 40 .And use of heat absorbing agent 41 .And solid sorption 42 .And liquid contact (e.g., scrubbing, sorption, etc.) 43 SELECTIVE DIFFUSION OF GASES 44 .Selective diffusion of gases through immobilized liquid 45 .Selective diffusion of gases through substantially solid barrier (e.g., semipermeable membrane, etc.) 46 ..Degasification of liquid 47 ..Nitrogen or nitrogen containing compound permeates barrierr 48 ..Halogen containing compound permeates barrier 49 ..Sulfur containing compound permeates barrier 50 ..Organic compound permeates barrier 51 ..Carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide permeates barrier 52 ..Water vapor permeates barrier 53 ..Helium permeates barrier 54 ..Oxygen permeates barrier 55 ..Hydrogen permeates barrier 56 ...Elemental metal or alloy barrier 57 ELECTRIC OR ELECTROSTATIC FIELD (E.G., ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION, ETC.) 58 .With addition of solid, gas, or vapor 59 ..Electrode treating (e.g., coating, cleaning, etc.) 60 ..Heating or cooling 61 ..Solid is electrically conducting 62 ..Agglomerating gas-borne particles 63 .And nonelectrical separation of fluid mixture 64 ..Liquid addition to gaseous fluid mixture 65 ...Liquid addition precedes electrical precipitation 66 ....With heating or cooling 67 ..By heating or cooling 68 ..Including cleaning or regeneration of separating means (e.g., particulate bed filter, deflector, etc.) 69 ..Distinct separation step precedes electric or electrostatic treatment 70 ..Distinct separation step follows electric or electrostatic treatment 71 .With addition of liquid to gaseous fluid mixture 72 ..Vaporization of liquid 73 .With heating or cooling 74 .With cleaning of collector electrode 75 ..By liquid flushing 76 ..By scraping or vibrating 77 .Continuously moving electrode 78 .Including baffling, deflection, or restriction of gas flow 79 .Plural separate stages or zones (e.g., separate ionization and collection regions, etc.) 80 ..Pulsing or time-varying electric field (e.g., AC, pulsed DC, etc.) 81 .Pulsing or time-varying electric field (e.g., AC, pulsed DC, etc.) 82 CHROMATOGRAPHY 83 .Liquid supported on surface of capillary column 84 .Liquid supported on particulate packing 85 .Including use of gas flow distributor in column 86 .Plural separate columns 87 .With heating or cooling 88 .Specific column packing or sorbent material (e.g., particle size, composition, etc.) 89 .Injection, per se, without separation 90 SOLID SORPTION 91 .Soluble or deliquescent material used 92 .And liquid contact (e.g., scrubbing, sorption, etc.) 93 ..Sweep gas used on solid sorbent 94 ..And recycle or reuse of contact liquid for further contact 95 .Including reduction of pressure 96 ..Plural pressure varying steps (e.g., pressure swing adsorption, etc.)) 97 ...Sweep gas used 98 ....Feed gas or constituent thereof is sweep gas 99 .....With heating or cooling 100 .....Stepped pressure reduction 101 ......Vacuum applied 102 .....Vacuum applied 103 ...Stepped pressure reduction 104 ..Sweep gas used 105 ...Feed gas or constituent thereof is sweep gas 106 ..With heating or cooling 107 .Moving sorbent 108 ..Fluidized bed 109 ...Having gravity flow of sorbent from zone to zone 110 ..Gravity flow of sorbent from zone to zone 111 ...Sweep gas used 112 ....Steam is sweep gas 113 ..Rotating housing containing fixed sorbent or rotating plurality of housings 114 .With plural indirect heat transfer steps on solid sorbent or gaseous fluid mixture or constituent thereof 115 ..Heating and cooling 116 .Inorganic gas or liquid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist, etc.) 117 ..Water sorbed 118 ...Plural separating treatments of gas by solid sorbent to remove water 119 ....And regeneration of any solid sorbent 120 .....Heating or cooling 121 ...And regeneration of solid sorbent 122 ....Sweep gas used 123 .....Hot sweep gas 124 ......And cooling of sweep gas 125 ......And cooling of solid sorbent 126 ....By heating 127 ..Noble gas sorbed 128 ..Nitrogen containing compound sorbed 129 ...Nitrogen oxide sorbed 130 ..Nitrogen sorbed 131 ..Halogen or halogen containing compound sorbed 132 ...Chlorine or chlorine containing compound sorbed 133 ..Metal or metal containing compound sorbed 134 ...Mercury sorbed 135 ..Sulfur containing compound sorbed 136 ...Hydrogen sulfide sorbed 137 ...Sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide sorbed 138 ..Oxygen or ozone sorbed 139 ..Carbon dioxide sorbed 140 ..Carbon monoxide sorbed 141 .Organic gas or liquid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist, etc.) 142 ..Halogen containing compound sorbed (e.g., phosgene, etc.) 143 ..Hydrocarbon sorbed 144 ...Alkene sorbed 145 ...Alkyne sorbed (e.g., acetylene, etc.) 146 ...Gasoline sorbed 147 ...Benzene ring containing compound sorbed 148 .And regeneration 149 LIQUID CONTACTING (E.G., SORPTION, SCRUBBING, ETC.)) 150 .Including foaming of liquid to aid in the separation 151 .Mechanical agitation of liquid body to contact gaseous fluid mixture 152 .Coagulating or flocculating agent 153 .Hydrate inhibitor 154 .Surfactant or wetting agent 155 .Defoaming or antifoaming agent 156 .And degasification of a liquid 157 ..Defoaming 158 ..Degasification step occurs first, with removed gas subsequently contacted by liquid 159 ..By stripping with gas 160 ...And reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 161 ....And heating 162 .....Steam is stripping gas 163 ....Liquid recycled or reused 164 ....Feed gas or constituent thereof is stripping gas 165 ...And heating 166 ....Liquid recycled or reused 167 ....Vaporized component of contact liquid is stripping gas 168 ....Steam is stripping gas 169 ...Liquid recycled or reused 170 ...Air is stripping gas 171 ...Inert stripping gas 172 ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 173 ...And heating 174 ....Liquid recycled or reused 175 ...Vacuum applied 176 ...Removed gas recycled 177 ...Liquid recycled or reused 178 ..By heating 179 ...Liquid recycled or reused 180 ....Liquid cooling step before being recycled 181 ...Sulfur compound removed 182 ...Halogen compound removed 183 ...Carbon dioxide removed 184 ...Organic compound removed 185 ..By liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating 186 ..Liquid recycled or reused 187 .And recycle or reuse of contact liquid for further contact 188 ..After separation of liquid from contact liquid 189 ...And separation of solid from contact liquid 190 ...By liquid-liquid extraction or formation of azeotrope 191 ...By stripping with gas 192 ...By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 193 ...By heating (e.g., fractional distillation, etc.) 194 ....Indirect heat exchange 195 ..After separation of solid from contact liquid 196 ...By filtration 197 ...By gravity separation 198 ..And deflection to remove liquid particles from gas 199 ..Liquid contact in plural serial stages 200 ...Removal of solid or liquid particles from gas 201 ...Reduction of pressure during liquid contact 202 ..Removal of solid or liquid particles from gas 203 ..Reduction of pressure 204 .And recycle of gas for further contact 205 .And separation of solid from contact liquidd 206 .And separation of liquid from contact liquid 207 ..By stripping with gas 208 ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 209 ..By heating (e.g., fractional distillation, etc.) 210 .On surface extending mass 211 ..Particulate media, fibrous media, or packing elements 212 ...And cleaning of particulate media, fibrous media, or packing elements 213 ..Apertured partition member 214 .And filtration of gas 215 ..Including movement of filter 216 .And deflection 217 ..Liquid is in form of curtain 218 ..Including movement of deflector 219 ..Including rotation of liquid, gaseous fluid mixture, or gas-liquid mixture through 360 degrees in stationary apparatus 220 ...With heating or cooling 221 ..Deflection in plural serial stages 222 ...Using diverse type deflectors 223 .In plural serial stages 224 ..Liquid sprays 225 ...With heating or cooling 226 .Gaseous fluid mixture discharged against or beneath surface of liquid body 227 .With heating 228 .With cooling 229 ..Cooling before liquid contacting 230 .Inorganic gas, liquid particle, or solid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist, dust, etc.) 231 ..Water sorbed 232 ..Nitrogen or nitrogen containing compound sorbed 233 ..Halogen or halogen containing compound sorbed 234 ..Metal or metal containing compound sorbed 235 ..Sulfur or sulfur containing compound sorbed 236 ..Carbon dioxide sorbed 237 .Organic gas, liquid particle, or solid particle sorbed (e.g., vapor, mist, dust, etc.) 238 ..Alkyne sorbed (e.g., acetylene, etc.) 239 ..Cyclic compound sorbed 240 ..Alkene sorbed 241 DEGASIFICATION OF LIQUID 242 .Defoaming 243 .Plural successive degassing treatments 244 ..Boiler feed water degassing 245 ..By stripping with gas 246 ...And reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 247 ..By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 248 ...And liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating 249 ....And heating 250 ...And heating 251 ..By heating 252 ...And liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating 253 .Emulsion breaking or multiple liquid separating 254 .And subsequent handling of evolved gas, stripping gas, or residue liquid 255 ..Evolved gas removed by sweep gas 256 ..For indirect heat exchangee 257 ...Gas condensed 258 ..Gas recycled or further separated 259 ..Liquid further separated 260 .By liquid flow modifying or mechanical agitating 261 ..Centrifugal force 262 ..Impinging on baffle 263 .By stripping with gas 264 ..Steam is stripping gas 265 ..Nitrogen is stripping gas 266 .By reduction of pressure (e.g., flashing, etc.) 267 DEFLECTING 268 .And filtering 269 .Centrifugal force 270 ..Created by rotating equipment 271 ..Tangential gas inflow (e.g., cyclone, etc.) 272 .Tortuous flow path 273 FILTERING 274 .Through particulate solids 275 ..Moving bed 276 ..With cleaning of filter bed 277 .Moving filter 278 .With cleaning of filter 279 ..By use of gas 280 ...Pulsed gas flow 281 ..By use of liquid 282 ..By mechanical manipulation 283 .With heating of filter 284 .And reduction of pressure 285 .Coated or chemically treated filter 286 .Plural separate media 287 ..In series 288 HEAT EXCHANGING 289 .Cold wall-hot wall thermal diffusion 290 .Condensing to solid 291 MISCELLANEOUS * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 900 SOLID SORBENT 901 .Activated carbon 902 .Molecular sieve 903 ..Carbon