公开(公告)号：US20170087506A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15274382

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Inventor： Simon C. WESTON ,  Mobae AFEWORKI ,  Bhupender S. MINHAS ,  Ramesh GUPTA ,  Hugo S. CARAM ,  Manoj K. CHAUDHURY ,  Hans THOMANN ,  Hilda B. Vroman ,  Meghan Nines

IPC: B01D53/04 ,  B01J20/32 ,  B01J20/18 ,  B01J20/22 ,  B01J20/26

CPC classification number: B01D53/0462 ,  B01D53/0423 ,  B01D53/0446 ,  B01D53/1475 ,  B01D2253/108 ,  B01D2253/204 ,  B01D2253/25 ,  B01D2257/504 ,  B01J20/18 ,  B01J20/22 ,  B01J20/226 ,  B01J20/262 ,  B01J20/3204 ,  B01J20/3206 ,  B01J20/3214 ,  B01J20/3246 ,  B01J20/3272 ,  Y02C10/08

Abstract: A heat transfer fluid can be used as part of a multi-phase adsorption environment to allow for improved separations of gas components using a solid adsorbent. The heat transfer fluid can reduce or minimize the temperature increase of the solid adsorbent that occurs during an adsorption cycle. Reducing or minimizing such a temperature increase can enhance the working capacity for an adsorbent and/or enable the use of adsorbents that are not practical for commercial scale adsorption using conventional adsorption methods. The multi-phase adsorption environment can correspond to a trickle bed environment, a slurry environment, or another convenient environment where at least a partial liquid phase of a heat transfer fluid is present during gas adsorption by a solid adsorbent.