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Process for treating a gaseous mixture by adsorption

US4969935A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 1989
Grant dateNov 13, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2259/403
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This PSA cycle comprises two successive pressure equilibration steps in the course of which gas is withdrawn in a cocurrent manner from an adsorber at the beginning of countercurrent decompression and respectively introduced in a countercurrent manner and then in a cocurrent manner in another adsorber at the beginning of recompression. Application in the production of impure oxygen from air of the atmosphere.

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