From hydrochloric acid to hydrogen chloride

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Hydrochloric acid can be easily produced by dissolving hydrogen chloride in water or even through exposure to humidity, resulting in dense white fumes. The discussion raises the question of whether hydrogen chloride can be extracted from hydrochloric acid, seeking a method that is both cost-effective and scalable for industrial applications. However, it is noted that using concentrated sulfuric acid to dry hydrochloric acid and collect HCl gas is not a practical or sensible industrial procedure, as it essentially reverses the initial process of producing the acid.
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It is easy to produce hydochloric acid from hydrogen chloride by simply dissolving it into water or even with room humidity, it is sufficiently to form dense white fumes of hydrochloric acid.

But is it possible to produce or extract hydrogen chloride from hydrochloric acid?
(At best, a cheap and efficient method which can be scaled up to industrial scale)

Many thanks and I am not sure if this belong to homework section as this is not a homework...
 
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It will be a really dumb industrial procedure because you prepare the acid by dissolving the gas in water. If you add concentrated sulfuric acid to hydrochloric acid you'll be able to dry it and collect the HCl gas but it doesn't make sanse.
 

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