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Pressure swing adsorption plants

US5624477A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1994
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01B2210/0062
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a pressure swing adsorption plant for the production of oxygen enriched gas a pressure vessel contains a first bed of molecular sieve adsorbent located adjacent an outlet 4 of the vessel which has an optimum operating efficiency at approximately ambient temperature and a second bed 10 of molecular sieve adsorbent which has an optimum efficiency below that of ambient operating temperature located adjacent the inlet 2.

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