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 Regulation mechanism of   methanol. The strategy is to adopt Pres-  The big advantage of non-aqueous  study in Solvay soda ash
 CO  capture into the novel   sure Swing Distillation (PSD) coupled  solvents is the avoidance of ineffective   process
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 non-aqueous biphasic solvent:   with Extractive Distillation (ED).  latent heat consumption. A comprehen-  [Solvay soda ash process was a major
 solid-liquid phase change   Optimisation is reported. The total annu-  sive evaluation has been presented. (Ind.   breakthrough in the history of the chemi-
 controllable  al cost is reduced by 8.2%. (Sepn. Purfn.  Eng. Chem. Res., 2024; DOI: 10.1021/  cal industry as not only it replaced the
       Technol.,2024, 340, 15 July, 126730;  acs.iecr.4C00405).           polluting LeBlanc process but also due
 X. Chen et al have reported a novel   DOI: 10.1016/jseppur.2024;126730).  to complete recovery of NH , as in 1860’s
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 solid-liquid phase change controlla-    Nitric oxide (NO) absorption     synthetic NH  process did not exist
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 ble biphasic solvent ethylenediamine   Pore-environment engineering  from fl ue gas using an   (Haber-Bosch Process came in 1910’s).]
 (EDA)/2-amino-2-methyl-1propanol   of pillared metal-organic-  advanced oxidation process
 (AMP) and N-Methylformamide (NMF).   frameworks (MOFs) for   with sodium persulfate   Absorption of CO  in aq. NH  solutions
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 Here, EDA was used as a phase change  study is reported. There is a low enthalpy  at room temperature. The turning-on of   boosting the removal of   solution  has been considered outside the Solvay
 modulator to regulate solid-liquid phase  change in absorption and excellent  the magnetic fi eld releases C H , as the   acetylene from ethylene  process as it has a low regeneration tem-
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 change nodes. The CO  load could go up  regenerative performance. (Sepn. Purfn.  magnetic-induced heating drives the   [In naphtha cracking as well as ethane   J. Liu et al have referred to wet scrub-  perature, low corrosion rates of plant
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 to 1.07 mole per mole and about 91% of  Technol., 2024, 339, 2  July, 126647;  adsorbents to lose their activity through   cracking, acetylene (C H ), to the extent   bing as an effective NO emission control  equipment, low cost and resistance to
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 CO  enriched into the solid phase. The  DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126647).  conformational change of pores derived   up to 2%, depending on severity, is pre-  technology for marine diesel engines.  degradation, etc. Since use of NH  is
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 mechanism is explained; EDA reacts   from aromatic rings tilting and rotation.   sent in ethylene (C H ) and its selective   Na S O   effectively  oxidises  NO  to  integral to the Solvay process it can
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 very fast with CO . (Sepn. Purfn. Tech-  Selective recovery of Sm   The working capacity can reach 16.8   removal is important. Selective absorp-  promote absorption.  These authors  also be used to capture CO  from tail
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 nol., 2024, 340, 15 July, 126751; DOI:  from Sm-Co magnet scrap by   cc per gm, which is better than the   tion is practiced and mostly selective   have studied the kinetic of absorption.  gas streams, and process liquids can
 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126751).  vacuum distillation  regular versions. This is an interesting   hydrogenation to C H without any C H  The potential of this method has been  be returned to the production process.
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 strategy. (Sepn. Purfn. Technol., 2024,   formation is carried out.]  2  6   discussed. (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024;  Savings in the use of CaCO  are also
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 Hierarchically microporous   Sm-Co rare earth permanent magnet  348, 25 Nov. 127723; DOI: 10.1016/j.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3C03993).  pointed. (Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2024,
 membranes for highly-effi cient   materials are widely used in different  seppur.2024.127723).  Z. Guo et al have suggested the title pro-  205, May, 174-187; DOI: 10.1016/j.
 gas separations  applications. Sm-Co magnet scraps are   cess to make polymer grade C H . Both   A novel internal coupling   cherd.2024.03.033).
 generated during the preparation and  Hybrid behaviours of CO    theoretical and experimental work was   process of a T-type zeolite
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 S. Luo et al have reviewed recent research  the use of end-of-life of magnets. This  absorption into blended   2  carried out. -CH  functionalised MOF,   membrane in a distillation   A sulfonated covalent organic
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 progress on microporosity manipu-  separation has been attempted by diffe-  DEEA-based solution for   ZU-901, gave the highest separation  column to separate propylene   framework (COF) for
 lation in high-free-volume polymeric  rent methods such as hydrometallurgy,   the improvement of capture   with a capacity of 0.57 mmol per gm at  glycol monomethyl ether (PM)  atmospheric water harvesting
 gas separation membranes and their gas  pyrometallurgy, etc. Here Y. Bai et al   performance  0.01 bar; selectivity was 83 for 1% C H ,
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 separation performance. The state-of-  have proposed vacuum distillation for   [CO  absorption continuous to attract a   99% C H . (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024;   J. Fu  et al have referred to the title  P. Schweng et al have reported the title
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 selective recovery of pure Sm. Experi-  lot of attention.]  DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr4C00148).  process to recycle the PM component,  COF which is capable of atmospheric
 ments were done in a vacuum furnace     where the membrane unit was inter-  water harvesting in arid conditions. The
 with  double  temperature  zones  with  D. Wu et al have studied the hybrid   Flue gas SO  capture   nally embedded in the column vessel  uptake study was done and the network
 effi cient condensation of Sm vapours;  behaviours of DEEA (N,N-diethyl-  technology  2  to remove water before the distillate.  displayed steep water sorption at low
 99% pure Sm was obtained. (Sepn. Purfn.  aminoethanol), monoethanolamine   Internal coupling was successful, as  relative humidity (RH) in temperatures
 Technol., 2024, 348, 25  Nov.127746;  (MEA), 2-Methylaminoethanol (MAE)   J. Xie et al have given an overview of   this successfully breaks the PM-water  of up to 45°C, reaching a water uptake
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 DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.127746).  and 2-((2-aminoethyl)amino)-ethanol   the title subject to control SO  pollu-  azeotrope. (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024;  of 0.12 gm per gm at 10% RH and even
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 the-art strategies to construct the title   (AEEA) as absorbents for CO . The   tion. Aspects of chemical absorption   DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4C00163).  0.08 gm/gm at just 5% RH. Repeated
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 membranes are summarised. (Industrial   Magnet MOFs with fl exibility   key point is the energy in regeneration   are discussed with respect to absorbent   experiments were done for adsorption
 Chemistry & Materials, 2023, 1, 376-  for effi cient magnetic-induced   of the loaded absorbent. Experimental   and process enhancement. Aqueous and   Initial carbon capture pilot   and desorption without any signifi cant
 387; DOI: 10.1039/D2IM00049K).  swing adsorption (MISA)  data showed that DEEA/MAE solution   non-aqueous solvents are considered.   detriment to adsorbent. (ChemSusChem,
 exhibits much higher CO  cyclic capacity.   The use of ionic amino acid aqueous   2024; DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301906).
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 Thermodynamic and kinetic   X-M. Li et al have fabricated magnetic  (J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol.,2024,   solution reduces the volatilisation of the
 study of the absorption of   MOFs with fl exibility for adsorption of  April; DOI: 10.1021/jccb.7650).  effective components of the absorbent.   Conceptual methods
 phosphine (P) by methanol  propane (C H ). Here magnetic-induced         for synthesis of reactive
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 heating is exploited to get temperature   Purifi cation of methyl         distillation (RD) processes
 P is a toxic gas and e.g., generated in the   swing. This strategy is effective and has   methacrylate (MMA)
 production of sodium hypophosphite,   an easy operation; fast heat generation,   A.A. Kiss et al (Kiss has made many
 yellow phosphorus, etc. Y. Yang et al   and short distance of heat transfer. On the  J. Zhong et al have suggested a new   valuable contributions in separa-
 have come out with a new strategy of   turning off of magnetic fi eld the adsor-  distillation process for purifying MMA   tion technology) has covered recent
 absorption of P in methanol and the title   bents show open pores for C H uptake  from azeotrope of MMA, water, and   developments and perspectives in the
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