CPC C09K 5/045 (2013.01) [F25B 45/00 (2013.01); C09K 2205/126 (2013.01); F25B 2345/002 (2013.01)] | 35 Claims |
1. A method of reclaiming refrigerant, comprising:
transferring an unreclaimed refrigerant composition including one or more hydrofluoro olefins, from a source vessel to a receiving vessel, at least one of the source vessel and the receiving vessel being a vertical cylinder, wherein a bottom of the vertical cylinder has an integrated pallet and/or wherein the vertical cylinder has bottom valves;
transporting the receiving vessel to a treatment center;
performing an analysis selected from the group consisting of gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, flame emission spectroscopy, infra-red spectroscopy, and combinations thereof on the unreclaimed refrigerant composition to determine a composition of the unreclaimed refrigerant composition sample;
determining a target composition based on the analyzed unreclaimed refrigerant composition;
determining one or more treatments based on the target composition;
performing at least one treatment selected from the group consisting of transferring, blending, distillation, nitrogen purging, filtration, dehydration, caustic scrubbing, decanting, and combinations thereof to form a partially reclaimed refrigerant composition or a reclaimed refrigerant composition,
wherein the reclaimed refrigerant composition is equal to the target composition.
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