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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Csub Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Dayanand Saini, Bakersfield, CA (US);
CSUB Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to an apparatus comprising a phase separator configured to separate a mixture comprising (i) water containing NaCl and (ii) oil and/or gas into separate streams comprising the water, the oil (when oil is in the mixture), and the gas (when gas is in the mixture), an electrochemical membrane separation cell configured to separate sodium and chloride ions in the water stream to form a stream comprising a first sodium hydroxide solution and a stream comprising (i) hydrochloric acid and/or (ii) chlorine gas, a compressor configured to compress a gas containing CO, a spray dryer configured to mix aqueous NaOH and the compressed gas to form sodium carbonate, and a cyclone separator configured separate the sodium carbonate from any excess components of the aqueous NaOH and/or the compressed gas.