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PSA gas purifier and purification process

US5769928A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 1996
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02C20/40
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention comprises a PSA gas prepurifier for the removal of contaminants present in a feed gas stream. The prepurifier of the invention has a bed of adsorbent material which comprises at least two discrete layers of adsorbents, at least one of the adsorbents being comparatively strong and at least another of the adsorbents being comparatively weak.

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