Is anyone aware of any patents for VOC concentrators or similar equipment used for solvent recovery/flaring as it relates to our industry?
The Raw Garden lab situation + potential federal legalization and the future involvement of the EPA make for an interesting set of circumstances as far as emissions go
single use extraction on demand - always thought that was a thing to get to - some ideas but just that for now. go loxley uses heated argon - have some other interesting ideas
Have you seen the AGI/asahi counter current liquid to liquid column? Very similar idea with independently heated sections each with their own drain if needed. We had a video of it around here somewhere. I was trying to bring it to market but it never made it out of NDA land. Still used heavily in some labs.
Theres a video of it around here somehwere.
looks like rotary VOC concentrators fit the bill for this
no additional oxygen or condensing required, pretty neat. Just uses a zeolite wheel to capture VOCs and then heats/combusts them with the discharge gas