Gas separation: processes – Solid sorption – Including reduction of pressure
Patent
1995-11-06
1997-08-19
Spitzer, Robert
Gas separation: processes
Solid sorption
Including reduction of pressure
95102, 95103, 95105, 95130, B01D 53053
Patent
active
056583710
ABSTRACT:
A pressure swing adsorption process for the recovery of oxygen from air improves upon a prior art process by depressurizing the adsorbent bed within an adsorbent vessel to an intermediate pressure by releasing void space gas from the product end of the vessel to a low purity oxygen tank while concurrently evacuating the adsorbent vessel from the feed end. This action enables an increased speed of depressurization and a reduction of the cycle time. Further, the adsorbent bed is repressurized to an intermediate pressure from the product outlet end with gas from the low purity oxygen tank, while concurrently pressurizing the adsorbent vessel from the input feed end. This action increases the load time fraction for a feed/vacuum blower. Further, oxygen is introduced to the product end of the adsorbent bed vessel from a high purity oxygen tank (which provides product to downstream applications) while concurrently, air is introduced to the feed end of the adsorbent bed within the vessel. This enables an increased speed of increase in pressure in the bed from the intermediate desorption pressure. Next, a reduction in pressure ratio during the cycle elevates the pressure within the desorption vessel to approximately 7 psia, thereby reducing the evacuation requirements placed on the feed/vacuum blower. The above actions enable achievement of efficiency improvements on the order of 10%.
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Aaron Timothy Mark
Fassbaugh John Harry
Schaub Herbert Raymond
Smolarek James
Follett Robert J.
Praxair Technology Inc.
Spitzer Robert
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