Nitrogen PSA with intermediate pressure transfer
US5738709A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2259/402
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for pressure swing adsorption of oxygen from a gas mixture containing at least oxygen and nitrogen to recover an unadsorbed nitrogen enriched product from a plurality of parallel piped adsorbent beds undergoing adsorption, depressurization and repressurization wherein the improvement is conducting a pressure transfer from one bed to another from an intermediate point of the bed finishing adsorption to a point closer to the feed end of a bed that is repressurizing to improve productivity and recovery of nitrogen enriched gas in the process.
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