Control of swing adsorption process cycle time with ambient CO2 monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US10427090B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15787035

    申请日:2017-10-18

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method of controlling prepurifier cycle time by monitoring ambient CO2 level in order to prevent CO2 breakthrough occurrences caused by extreme instantaneous variations in ambient CO2 level. Rather than operating solely by prepurifier design bed capacity, the method of the invention continuously updates bed capacity for the contaminants using the feed temperature, pressure and contaminants composition, calculating the total amount of contaminants that were fed to the prepurifier during the feed step and estimates the perturbation front velocity, i.e., the velocity at which the contaminants front coming from an extreme instantaneous variations of ambient level is going to propagate inside the adsorbents bed. Estimating the perturbation front velocity allows for a more precise estimate of the maximum time remaining for the feed step before starting to experience CO2 breakthrough. This eliminates the need to switch the online bed unnecessarily early and risking shorter regeneration for the offline bed.

    Radial bed vessels having uniform flow distribution
    4.
    发明授权
    Radial bed vessels having uniform flow distribution 有权
    径向床容器具有均匀的流量分布

    公开(公告)号:US08313561B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-20

    申请号:US12897942

    申请日:2010-10-05

    IPC分类号: B01D53/04

    摘要: The present invention relates generally to radial flow vessels and processes to achieve even fluid flow distribution through the bed during purification, separation or reaction processes. The radial bed vessel is designed such that the ratio of the cross-sectional flow areas of the flow channels is in proportion to the ratio of the mass flow rates of the process gas with the proportionality constant between 0.7 and 1.4. In addition, the channels each have a cross-sectional flow areas such that the pressure change within each channel is less than or equal to 10% of the pressure drop across the bed of active material under the process operating conditions for the particular gas employed.

    摘要翻译: 本发明一般涉及径向流动容器和在纯化,分离或反应过程中实现均匀流体分布通过床的方法。 径向床容器被设计成使得流动通道的横截面流动面积的比率与处理气体的质量流量与0.7和1.4之间的比例常数的比率成比例。 此外,通道各自具有横截面流动区域,使得每个通道内的压力变化小于或等于在所用特定气体的工艺操作条件下穿过活性材料床的压降的10%。

    Method for regenerating a pre-purification vessel

    公开(公告)号:US11619442B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17234100

    申请日:2021-04-19

    IPC分类号: F25J3/02

    摘要: A system and method of regenerating a pre-purification vessel is provided that is particularly suitable for pre-purification of a feed air stream in cryogenic air separation unit that uses an oxygen-enriched purge gas stream for regeneration of the pre-purification unit. The disclosed pre-purification systems and methods are configured to remove substantially all of the water, carbon dioxide and other impurities from a feed air stream, optionally including hydrogen and carbon monoxide impurities. The method of regenerating a pre-purification vessel preferably involves regenerating the pre-purification vessel with an oxygen-enriched purge gas after depressurization of the vessel and thereafter partially repressurizing the pre-purification vessel with an auxiliary purge gas thereby diluting the oxygen concentration of the gases contained in the pre-purification vessel and optionally depressurizing the partially repressurized vessel.

    SYSTEM FOR PRE-PURIFICATION OF A FEED GAS STREAM

    公开(公告)号:US20220057137A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17231648

    申请日:2021-04-15

    摘要: A system and method of pre-purification of a feed gas stream is provided that is particularly suitable for pre-purification of a feed air stream in cryogenic air separation unit. The disclosed pre-purification systems and methods are configured to remove substantially all of the hydrogen, carbon monoxide, water, and carbon dioxide impurities from a feed air stream and is particularly suitable for use in a high purity or ultra-high purity nitrogen plant. The pre-purification systems and methods preferably employ two or more separate layers of hopcalite catalyst with the successive layers of the hopcalite separated by a zeolite adsorbent layer that removes water and carbon dioxide produced in the hopcalite layers. Alternatively, the pre-purification systems and methods employ a hopcalite catalyst layer and a noble metal catalyst layer separated by a zeolite adsorbent layer that removes water and carbon dioxide produced in the hopcalite layer.

    MODULAR COMPACT ADSORPTION BED
    9.
    发明申请
    MODULAR COMPACT ADSORPTION BED 有权
    模块式紧凑型吸附床

    公开(公告)号:US20110146487A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-23

    申请号:US12646157

    申请日:2009-12-23

    IPC分类号: B01D53/047 B01D53/04

    CPC分类号: B01D53/0407

    摘要: A modular and compact adsorbent bed structure is disclosed for use in an adsorption-based gas separation plant. The conventional adsorbent bed in a gas separation plant is replaced with a plurality of modular adsorbent bed units connected to make the adsorbent bed structure. Modular adsorbent bed units of this invention provide higher capacity of product per unit volume of adsorbent material (i.e., increased adsorbent utilization) as compared to that obtained from conventional adsorbent beds. The modular design requires lower fabrication costs; is easier to transport; has less maintenance and repair requirements; and is easier to load with adsorbent material.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于基于吸附的气体分离设备中的模块化和紧凑的吸附床结构。 气体分离设备中的常规吸附剂床被连接以形成吸附剂床结构的多个模块化吸附剂床单元替换。 与常规吸附剂床相比,本发明的模块化吸附床单元提供了每单位体积的吸附材料产品的更高容量(即,增加的吸附剂利用率)。 模块化设计需要较低的制造成本; 更容易运输; 维修保养要求较少; 并且更容易用吸附材料加载。

    Silencer for adsorption-based gas separation systems
    10.
    发明授权
    Silencer for adsorption-based gas separation systems 有权
    用于吸附型气体分离系统的消声器

    公开(公告)号:US07819223B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-26

    申请号:US11395140

    申请日:2006-04-03

    CPC分类号: F04D29/664 F04D29/665

    摘要: The present invention generally relates to the attenuation of vacuum blower noise using a silencer. More particularly, the present invention relates to a low-cost, reliable and efficient silencer for reducing noise levels in adsorption-based gas separation plants from the discharge of the vacuum blower or from the feed blower inlet, to about the 90 dBA level or less, at the silencer opening to the atmosphere. The silencer includes at least one reactive chamber(s) to attenuate low frequency pulsations and at least one absorptive chamber(s) to attenuate noise at medium to high frequency noise.

    摘要翻译: 本发明一般涉及使用消声器衰减真空鼓风机噪音。 更具体地说,本发明涉及一种低成本,可靠和有效的消音器,用于降低基于吸附的气体分离设备的噪音水平,使其从真空鼓风机或进料鼓风机入口的排放降低至约90dBA水平或更低 在消声器向大气开放。 消音器包括至少一个用于衰减低频脉动的反应室和至少一个吸收室,以衰减中到高频噪声的噪声。