Method and apparatus for drying a gas stream
US5457897A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29B9/16
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for drying a gas stream having a periodically fluctuating moisture content which assures that a predetermined dew point temperature is not exceeded at any time by conducting the gas stream through a moisture adsorbing medium having a reversible moisture adsorption capacity is greater than the average moisture content of the gas stream, and an apparatus for carrying out this process comprising a source of a flowing gas, such as air, which has a fluctuating moisture content, connected to a gas utilizing device via a chamber filled with an adsorbing medium which adsorbs moisture in a reversible manner and which has a moisture adsorption capacity which is greater than the average moisture content of the gas stream.
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