Oxygen production by adsorption
US6468328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S95/902
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing an oxygen enriched product includes: (a) providing a gas separation apparatus having at least one bed containing a mixture of at least two different nitrogen selective adsorbents, wherein the at least one bed is free of lithium cations; (b) feeding a feed gas containing oxygen and nitrogen into the gas separation apparatus to contact the at least one bed; and (c) recovering from the gas separation apparatus the oxygen enriched product. The process is preferably performed above ambient temperature and/or in a simplified four-step cycle. The cycle includes: (a) feeding a feed gas containing oxygen into a gas separation apparatus to contact at least one bed of the apparatus with the feed gas, wherein the feed gas is at a temperature above ambient; (b) countercurrently evacuating the at least one bed following the feeding; (c) countercurrently purging the at least one bed with the oxygen enriched product under vacuum; and (d) simultaneously pressurizing the at least one bed with a countercurrent stream of the oxygen enriched product and a cocurrent stream of the feed gas.
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