PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING PFAS FROM SOLID SORBENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240261764A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18567754

    申请日:2022-06-07

    CPC classification number: B01J20/3416 B01J20/20 B01J20/3441 B01J20/3475

    Abstract: A solvent extraction process for removing poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from a PFAS laden adsorbent is disclosed. The process comprises introducing a substantially pure solvent at an elevated temperature to a bed of the PFAS laden adsorbent and continuously removing PFAS laden solvent from the adsorbent, wherein the introducing and removing are carried out simultaneously and continuously until a desired amount of PFAS is removed from the adsorbent. Also disclosed is a process for degrading poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to environmentally benign products. The process comprises providing an aqueous solution containing PFAS at a concentration of greater than 50 ppm; and subjecting the aqueous solution to ultrasound using at least one ultrasonic transducer at a frequency and power and for a time sufficient to degrade substantially all of the PFAS in the solution to carbon dioxide and fluoride.

    MICROWAVE REGENERATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE SORBENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240082823A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18235081

    申请日:2023-08-17

    CPC classification number: B01J20/3441 B01J20/22

    Abstract: A method for regenerating an amine-containing sorbent material useful in CO2 capture, the method comprising exposing an amine-containing sorbent-CO2 complex to microwave radiation to result in release of CO2 and regenerated amine-containing sorbent that is uncomplexed with CO2, wherein the amine-containing sorbent-CO2 complex contains either: (i) a carbamate bond; or (ii) an ion pair bond of the formula




    wherein Ra, Rb, and Rc are selected from H and hydrocarbon groups containing at least one carbon atom, wherein at least one of Ra, Rb, and Rc is H; Xm− is a carbonate or bicarbonate anion, with m being 1 for bicarbonate and 2 for carbonate; and n is an integer of 1 or 2, provided that n×m=2. The method may also include re-using the regenerated amine-containing sorbent to capture carbon dioxide.

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