Gas separation – Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
Patent
1977-09-30
1981-10-06
Spitzer, Robert H.
Gas separation
Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
55 18, 55 74, 55158, 55179, 55270, 55387, 73 231, B01D 5304, B01D 5322, G01N 502
Patent
active
042933161
ABSTRACT:
The detector region of a gas analyzer is interfaced to a source of gas under analysis, such as the atmosphere, by means of an adsorber type preconcentrator, which preferentially adsorbs the gaseous constituent of interest, such as relatively heavy hydrocarbons, while permitting the other lighter hydrocarbons, water vapor, and permanent gases to pass thereby without appreciable adsorption. After a substantial volume of gas to be analyzed has passed through the adsorber stage, the adsorbed materials are desorbed from the surface of the adsorber into the input stage of a membrane separator. As a consequence, the partial pressure of the constituent of interest is greatly increased at the input stage of the membrane separator. The gaseous constituent of interest is then passed through the membrane separator, and further separated therein from water vapor, the permanent gases and some of the lighter hydrocarbons and then passed into the detector region of the gas analyzer. In a preferred embodiment, the output stage of the membrane separator is connected to a second adsorber concentrator so that the partial pressure at the output of the membrane separator is reduced for the gaseous constituent of interest so as to facilitate flow of the gaseous constituent of interest through the membrane separator.
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Aine Harry E.
Aine Harry E.
Lowhurst Harvey G.
Spitzer Robert H.
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