Abstract
Separations are recognized by industry as
one of the larger, if not the largest, energy
using processes in industrial production.
Starting with the extraction of materials from the
environment, through the processes used to convert
these materials to useful products, and ending
with the return of used and waste materials to the
environment, numerous processes are used to
separate mixtures into their components. Three
projects of the Office of Industrial Programs,
Department of Energy illustrate these categories.
Moltox is an air separation process based on the
oxidation/reduction equilibrium of molten alkali
nitrites. Freeze crystallization is being
developed for concentrating black liquor in the
paper making process. Evaporation has been
applied to the plating process to eliminate a
waste disposal problem.
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