Abstract: A solute can be separated from a solute/solvent solution by dissolving a gas-forming material into said solution and then adjusting the temperature, pressure and solute concentration of the resulting solution such that a Joule-Thompson free expansion of the gas-forming material released from the solution will produce a three-phase separation of the components of said solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 7, 1994
Date of Patent:
November 1, 1994
Assignee:
Parhelion, Inc.
Inventors:
Jack C. Sloan, Walter Lurie, Adrian C. Ferramosca