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Oxygen enrichment system for medical use

US4222750A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 1976
Grant dateSep 16, 1980
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Expiry dateAug 16, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2259/4533
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for operating a two-bed oxygen enrichment system is disclosed in which the efficiency of the system is increased by first evacuating and then purging a bed of adsorbed gas using a short period of flow of a high purity gas.

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