Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for removing and recovering organic substances, primarily solvents, from industrial ventilation air contaminated with such substances. The invention is based on the adsorption of solvent in an adsorbent comprising macroporous polymeric particles upon passage of the air through a movable, so-called fluidized bed (2, 3) of the polymeric particles. These particles are fed continuously through the bed under the influence of the air and are then fed continuously into a desorption column (8), in which the solvent is desorbed from the adsorbent, stripped with the aid of heated air and drawn off to a cooler (14).

Abstract: The invention deals with a filter for gas or liquid separation. The filter consists of a continuous fiber tissue within which a granular or powder formed (particle formed) activated material is contained (fixed). The activated material shall have the ability to absorb or chemically bind specific gas or liquid formed components. The fibre tissue is in itself sufficently porous to permit the said gas or liquid components to diffuse in through the same, while at the same time being sufficiently compact to keep the activated particle formed material fixed.The filter is primarily intended to be used in such a way that the flow of gas or liquid to be purified passes the fibre tissue in thin layers whereupon the relevant components can diffuse in through the pores of the fibre tissue in order to be bound or absorbed in the particle formed material.