Method of producing a methane-rich gas mixture from mine gas
US4521221A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/156
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pressure-swing adsorption system is used to enrich the methane content of mine gas obtained from bores around mine shafts or galleries from the customary 25 to 45% by volume to a product gas quality of 50% by volume. Using a carbon molecular sieve adsorbent, the adsorption is carried out at 5 to 8 bar and is followed by a uniflow expansion to an intermediate pressure and a counterflow expansion to a flushing pressure of 1.1 to 2 bar. Counterflow flushing is carried out with waste gas and the product gas is a mixture of the gases obtained by counterflow expansion and flushing.
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