Extended vacuum swing adsorption process
US5330561A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC01B2210/0062
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for separating a feed gas mixture into a more strongly adsorbable component and a less strongly adsorbable component in a plurality of adsorbent beds containing an adsorbent selective for the more strongly adsorbable component using pressure equalization between beds after initial depressurization to provide a purge gas, using countercurrent evacuation wherein at least two adsorption beds are countercurrently evacuated simultaneously in overlapping countercurrent evacuation steps in the plurality of adsorption beds, and using a combination of less strongly adsorbable component and feed gas mixture to repressurize the adsorbent bed. Oxygen product can be recovered from air at high recovery using the process.
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