Absorption of carbon dioxide from gases containing the same

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM GASES CONTAINING THE SAME WHICH COMPRISES PASSING A GAS CONTAINING CARBON DIOXIDE IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH A NORMALLY LIQUID POLYGLYCOL ETHER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DIMETHOXYTETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHOXYTRIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIBUTOXYTRIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIBUTOXYDIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIPROPOXYTETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIPROPOXYTRIETHYLENE GLYCOL AND DIPROPXYDIETHYLENE GLYCOL THEREBY ABSORBING THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE POLYGLYCOL ETHER SOLVENT, PASSING A STREAM OF AIR THROUGH THE POLYGLYCOL ETHER CONTAINING DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE TO EFFECT REMOVAL OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE SOLVENT, SUBJECTING A MINOR PORTION OF THE DEGASSED SOLVENT TO EVAPORATION FOR REMOVAL OF WATER THEREFROM, COMMINGLING THE DEWATERED SOLVENT WITH DEGASSED SOLVENT NOT SUBJECTING TO EVAPORATION FOR REMOVAL OF WATER RETURNING THE MIXTURE OF DEWATERED AND DEGASSED SOLVENT FOR FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE GAS CONTAINING CARBON DIOXIDE, AND REGULATING THE RELATIVE PROPORTION OF DEGASSED SOLVENT AND DEWATERED SOLVENT IN THE MIXTURE SO THAT THE SOLVENT MIXTURE WILL CONTAIN LESS THAN 5% BY VOLUME OF WATER.