ES330140A1 - Procedure to continuously separate the components of a fluid mixture of compounds. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Process for continuously separating the components of a fluid mixture of compounds, of which at least one component (sorbate) is selectively sorbed by contact with a solid sorbent, and at least one other component (refining) is relatively less sorbed by the solid, where a stream of said mixture is introduced, in a fluid phase, into a system containing a bed of solid sorbent particles, in an effectively continuous, cyclic flow and in countercurrent with respect to the fluid phase; a stream containing refined is removed from the system at a point downstream of the point of introduction of said mixture; a stream comprising desorbent, which displaces the sorbate component of the solid sorbent, is introduced into said system by a point located downstream from the point where the raffinate is removed; a stream containing sorbate mixed with desorbent is removed from the system, by a point located downstream from the point where the desorbent is introduced; and portions of said refining and sorbate streams are continually brought as reflux to the respective next adjacent portions of downstream of said bed, with respect to the points by which said sorbate and refining streams are removed; characterized by loading into the system, at a point located between the input of feedstock and the sorbate outlet, a compound of the refining type, which can be easily separated from the refined component, while maintaining the fluid phase that is in contact with the solid sorbent continuously in equilibrium with the solid sorbent, during the entire process cycle. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)