Method for operating an industrial plant with an adsorption device and industrial plant with an adsorption device
US11149907B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2259/40001
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a method for operating an adsorption device a laden gas stream is fed to an inlet of a sorption buffer device. In the device the laden gas stream passes through a sorbent for receiving a loading of sorbable substance along a sorption path from the inlet to an outlet. The sorbable substance passes from the gas stream to the sorbent, or vice versa, depending on the loading of the gas stream and the sorbent. During a phase of elevated loading, a region with an elevated loading of the sorbent extends from the inlet along the sorption path. During a phase of reduced loading, the region with the elevated loading of the sorbent is shifted in the direction toward the outlet. Length of the sorption path and quantity of the sorbent in the sorption buffer device are selected for accommodating at least three different regions of elevated loading.
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