Gas separation: processes – Solid sorption – Including reduction of pressure
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-26
2010-06-22
Hopkins, Robert A (Department: 1797)
Gas separation: processes
Solid sorption
Including reduction of pressure
C095S103000, C095S139000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07740688
ABSTRACT:
The present invention generally relates to vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) processes and apparatus to recover carbon dioxide having a purity of approximately ≧90 mole % from streams containing at least carbon dioxide and hydrogen (e.g., syngas). The feed to the CO2VPSA unit can be at super ambient pressure. The CO2VPSA unit produces three streams, a H2-enriched stream, a H2-depleted stream and a CO2product stream. When the CO2VPSA unit is installed between an SMR/shift reactor and a H2PSA unit, hydrogen recovery is expected to be increased by extracting CO2, thereby increasing hydrogen partial pressure in the H2PSA feed. The stream from the CO2VPSA unit, normally used as fuel, is recycled as feed to increase CO2recovery. The recovered CO2can be further upgraded, sequestered or used in applications such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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Black Donald T.
Hopkins Robert A
Praxair Technology Inc.
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