Method and apparatus for concentrating a gas using a single stage adsorption zone
US6162283A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2259/40003
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a pressure swing adsorption process having an adsorption zone is disclosed that may utilize only a single adsorption stage. The purge cycle is automatically commenced by a pressure build up in the enriched fluid vented from an adsorption zone.
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