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Dehydration of gases with liquid desiccants

US5766423A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1996
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D53/263
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A gas drying method is disclosed in which gas streams are dehydrated to low dew points by contacting the wet gas with a dry liquid desiccant, with the liquid desiccant regenerated by heating it in a reboiler containing an internal reboiler vapor condenser and stripping it with a stripping agent that is dried with solid desiccant.

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