Appeal No. 2002-0467
Application No. 08/824,153
APPENDIX
31. A fluid-membrane separation process comprising
a. providing a nonporous membrane with a first side and a
second side;
b. providing a mixture having at least a first component and
a second component;
c. providing a first fluid and a second fluid to said process
wherein at least one of said first fluid and said second fluid
is fresh to and cannot be recycled to the same side of said
process and at least one of said first fluid and said second
fluid is in a supercritical state;
d. mixing said mixture having said first component and said
second component with said first fluid to form a fluid mixture
of said first fluid and said mixture;
e. passing said fluid mixture of said first fluid and said
mixture of said first component and said second component over
said first side of said membrane to obtain a mixture of a
retenate of said second component and said first fluid; and
f. removing said first component of said mixture from said
second side of said membrane by passing said second fluid over
said second side of said nonporous membrane to obtain a
mixture of a permeate of said first component and said second
fluid.
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