Pressure swing adsorption recovery
US4340398A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02C20/40
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Void space gas is released from an adsorbent bed at a higher adsorption pressure by cocurrent depressurization of the bed. The released gas is passed to another bed of a pressure swing adsorption system to equalize the pressure therebetween, the other bed being initially at a lower pressure. A portion of the product effluent withdrawn from yet another bed of the system is not passed to the bed undergoing repressurization, as in conventional practice, but is passed to an external repressurization storage tank during said pressure equalization step. Upon completion of this step, the product effluent is withdrawn from the repressurization tank and passed to said bed undergoing repressurization.
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