Process and apparatus for simulated moving bed separation comprising bypass lines in every other bed and with a modulated bypass fluid flow rate
US8123950B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C37/82
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for separating a feed F by simulated moving bed adsorption in a SMB device is described, the device comprising external bypass lines Li/i+1 which directly connect two successive plates Pi, Pi+1, the index i being either even or (exclusive of the foregoing) odd, along the whole length of the column, in order to flush said plates, in which each of the bypass lines Li/i+1 comprises automated means for regulating the flow rate in the bypass lines, the degree of opening of said regulating means being defined by the following three rules:
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