Gas separation – Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
Patent
1990-11-02
1992-05-19
Spitzer, Robert
Gas separation
Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
55 62, 55 68, 55179, B01D 5304
Patent
active
051144417
ABSTRACT:
A valve assembly and processing system are provided in which the valve assembly enables cycled fluid flow switching and communication between a plurality of flow conduits. The valve assembly includes two valve members which have respective engaged surfaces relatively rotatable to provide the valving action. A first valve member includes at least three through apertures for respective communication with the flow conduits, and the second valve member includes a flow passage for selectively interconnecting a plurality of the apertures and enables selective interconnection of the three apertures for fluid flow among the three apertures and the respective conduits. The system can be employed, for example, to provide switching of air intake between dual air separation vessels which are operated in a cycled manner to provide concentrated oxygen product. The valve assembly then allows periodic communication between the two processing vessels so that the oxygen-rich product from one of the vessels is used to pre-charge the other processing vessel. A recycled portion of the oxygen-rich product stream is blended with air to form a feed mixture to the oxygen separation processing vessels which thereby increases the oxygen concentration in the product stream. The waste gas from the processing vessels is discharged to exhaust through a pressure transfer unit which transfers the pressure of the waste gas stream to the feed mixture stream which is compressed for intake to the processing vessels and thus increases the operating efficiencies of both the air separation process and the waste gas purging process.
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Kanner Rowland W.
Lisak Stephen P.
Ryder International Corporation
Spitzer Robert
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