Selective-permeation gas-separation process and apparatus

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Selective Permeation Gas-Separation Process and Apparatus, A permeant gas is selectively transferred from a fluid-gas mixture which comprises the permeant gas and at least one other component to an output fluid by the process of the invention. The process involves introducing a selective-permeation liquid into a permeation-transfer chamber. A gas-depletion channel and a gas-enrichment channel pass through the permeation chamber and are separated from the chamber respectively by porous walls. The selective-permeation liquid contacts the porous walls but does not flow into the gas-depletion or gas-enrichment channels. The feed-gas mixture is introduced into the gasdepletion channel so that …