| US 7,544,337 B2 | ||
| Impurity disposal system and method | ||
| Kazumasa Ogura, Hiroshima (Japan); and Masaki Iijima, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/563,010 PCT Filed Apr. 08, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/006927 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 29, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/099890, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-117187 (JP), filed on Apr. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0177364 A1, Aug. 10, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 53/52 (2006.01); B01D 53/62 (2006.01); C10G 31/00 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 423—210 [423/220; 208/177; 208/208 R; 48/127.3; 48/127.5; 48/127.7; 48/128] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A method of removing and disposing impurities contained in a target gas, comprising:
removing an impurity gas from the target gas while the target gas is in a gaseous state;
compressing the impurity gas to produce compressed impurity gas;
removing water from the compressed impurity gas to produce a dried compressed impurity gas; and
disposing the dried compressed impurity gas into an underground aquifer, wherein
the compressing is performed by a driving unit, and
the target gas includes a mixture of gas and oil.
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