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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erasmus Van Niekerk, Courcerault, FR;
Assignee:
North Star Technologies Ltd., Jersey, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95212 ; 95267 ; 95288 ; 96230 ; 96290 ; 553851 ; 55520 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
A separation process comprises passing a gas or vapor stream contaminated with an undesired substance or contaminant downwardly through a bed of curled separating media. The undesired substance or contaminant is allowed to separate from the gas or vapor as it passes through the bed. Purified gas or vapor is withdrawn from the bed.