Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid recovery process and apparatus for xenon and or krypton recovery
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Application No.: US17313251Application Date: 2021-05-06
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Publication No.: US12104850B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Declan Patrick O'Connor , Garret C. Lau
- Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Allentown
- Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Allentown
- Agent Matthew R. Weaver
- Main IPC: F25J3/04
- IPC: F25J3/04

Abstract:
A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. xenon gas and/or krypton gas, etc.) from a feed gas can include utilization of a compression system, primary heat exchanger unit, a pre-purification unit (PPU), and other units to separate and recover at least one desired fluid. In some embodiments, fluid flows output from a first heat exchanger or separation system of the plant can be split so that a portion of a stream is output for downstream processing to purify xenon (Xe) and/or krypton (Kr) product flow(s) while another portion of the stream is recycled to a compression system or the PPU to undergo further purification and heat exchange so that the product output for downstream processing has a higher concentration of Xe or Kr. Some embodiments can be configured to provide an improved recovery of Xe and/or Kr as well as an improvement in operational efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220357104A1 FLUID RECOVERY PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR XENON AND OR KRYPTON RECOVERY Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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