Claims
- 1. An apparatus for purifying a liquid-phase mixture including a compound and at least one impurity, comprising:a first container for holding said liquid-phase mixture; a second container for holding purified compound; a first fluid line in fluid communication with said first container and with said second container for transferring gas-phase compound from said first container to said second container; a vacuum source in fluid communication with said first fluid line; a scrubber in fluid communication with said first fluid line; a temperature controller for maintaining a temperature differential between said first container and said second container, said temperature controller maintaining the compound in gas phase when said compound is transferred from said first container to said second container, and liquefying said compound when said compound is in said second container; and a heater in heat transfer communication with said first fluid line, wherein when gas-phase compound is being transferred through said first fluid line, said heater maintains said compound in gas phase until said gas-phase compound has entered said second container; whereby when said gas-phase compound is transferred from said first container to said second container, said at least one impurity is not transferred from said first container to said second container.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said temperature controller comprises a container heater in heat transfer communication with said first container.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said container heater is a heated bath, said first container being at least partially immersed in said heated bath.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said temperature controller comprises a chiller in heat transfer communication with said second container.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said chiller is a cooled bath, said second container being at least partially immersed in said cooled bath.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said chiller cools said second container to a temperature ranging from about 0° C. to about −100° C.
- 7. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said chiller cools said second container to a temperature ranging from about −10° C. to about −70° C.
- 8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said temperature controller comprises a heater in heat transfer communication with said first fluid line, wherein when gas-phase compound is being transferred through said first fluid line, said heater maintains said compound in gas phase until said gas-phase compound has entered said second container.
- 9. An apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a valve for controlling fluid flow into and out of said second container, wherein when gas-phase compound is being transferred through said first fluid line, said heater maintains said compound in gas phase until said gas-phase compound is downstream of said valve.
- 10. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first valve for controlling fluid flow into and out of said first container and a second valve for controlling fluid flow into and out of said second container.
- 11. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second fluid line in fluid communication with said first fluid line for attachment to a vacuum line.
- 12. An apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a third fluid line in fluid communication with said first fluid line for attachment to a scrubber line.
- 13. An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a fourth fluid line in fluid communication with said first fluid line for attachment to a flushing gas line.
- 14. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a device for measuring the pressure in said first fluid line.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 09/238,417, filed Jan. 28, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,277,246, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/794,346, filed Feb. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,004,433.
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