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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Johannes G. Wijmans, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard W. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy C. Merkel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Johannes G. Wijmans, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard W. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy C. Merkel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc, Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
A gas separation process for treating flue gases from combustion processes, and combustion processes including such gas separation. The invention involves routing a first portion of the flue gas stream to be treated to an absorption-based carbon dioxide capture step, while simultaneously flowing a second portion of the flue gas across the feed side of a membrane, flowing a sweep gas stream, usually air, across the permeate side, then passing the permeate/sweep gas to the combustor.