摘要:
High purity methane and carbon dioxide are recovered from landfill gas in an integrated multi-column adsorption system having a temperature swing adsorption section (TSA) for pretreatment of the crude landfill gas to remove trace impurities therefrom, the thus cleaned gas being fed to a pressure swing adsorption section (PSA) for bulk separation of CO.sub.2 from methane. Regeneration of the impurity-laden adsorbent bed of the TSA section is carried out using part of the CO.sub.2 product gas recovered from the PSA section which gas is heated to thermal regeneration temperature.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for the thermal regeneration of an adsorbent which contains adsorbed components which can react with and damage the adsorbent at regeneration temperatures. The method comprises passing a hot regeneration gas through a bed of the adsorbent at a sufficiently high flow rate such that the residence time and reaction of the desorbed components in the adsorbent bed are minimized. For removing water from CaX or SrX zeolites, the flow of nitrogen regeneration gas is controlled so that the nitrogen gas residence time in the bed is less than one second.
摘要:
The gaseous effluent from oxidation of organic material with oxygen-rich gas, which effluent contains CO.sub.2 (and possible CO) and unreacted residual oxygen, is compressed and charged to a PSA system for selective removal of the CO.sub.x, the thus purified oxygen-rich product from the PSA system being recycled to the oxidation reaction. In the PSA system comprised of a plurality of adsorption columns operated in parallel, each column in turn undergoes the steps of: (1) selective adsorption of CO.sub.2 from the feed gas; (2) depressuring to near ambient level; (3) purging with air to remove sorbed CO.sub.2 ; and (4) repressuring with part of the recycled effluent from step (1).
摘要:
A process is set forth for the removal of carbon dioxide from air in an adsorption bed wherein the regeneration energy is reduced by the use of a heat recuperator and a purge sequence which avoids the removal of heat from the adsorption bed during regeneration.
摘要:
Argon is recovered from a gas stream comprising the same in admixture with oxygen and nitrogen, by a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process wherein the mixed gas is passed through an adsorbent bed having thermodynamic selectivity for adsorption of nitrogen and the unadsorbed portion then passed through a second adsorbent bed having kinetic selectivity for retaining oxygen. Both adsorbent beds are regenerated by vacuum desorption, applied to the first bed for a longer time period than that of the second bed. Further purification of the recovered argon may be carried out, if desired, by catalytic hydrogenation of residual oxygen therein. The mixed gas stream fed to the VSA unit may be that obtained from the crude argon column associated with a cryogenic air separation plant and the waste gas from the VSA unit may be recycled to the main column of the cryogenic air separation plant, thus enhancing argon recovery.
摘要:
Provided herein are new compact and miniature oxygen concentrator apparatus, as well as methods incorporating use of the apparatus. The apparatus and methods utilize selected cycle times, adsorbent specifications and novel conditions to produce a fast Pressure Swing Adsorption (“PSA”) system. The oxygen concentrator apparatus and methods herein have significant utility in the fields of biotechnology, engineering, and medicine. A particularly advantageous use of this invention is as a “snap on” portable oxygen concentrator, where piped compressed air is already available such as in civil and military hospitals, ambulances, air craft cabins, mobile fish tanks, etc. Those embodiments eliminate the need for dedicated moving machinery (blower, compressor, vacuum pump) normally associated with a conventional PSA oxygen concentrator.
摘要:
The present invention is a process for producing an essentially pure carbon monoxide (CO) product and an essentially pure hydrogen product by reforming a hydrocarbon such as methane and steam in the presence of a reforming catalyst to produce a reformate product enriched in CO, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The reformate is subjected to an integrated series of separation steps and carbon dioxide present in a portion of the waste effluent recovered from such series of spearation steps is shifted to CO in an integrated sorption enhanced reaction (SER) process.
摘要:
Composite semipermeable membranes comprising porous adsorptive material supported by a porous substrate are disclosed for use in a process for the separation of multicomponent gas mixtures. In the process, one or more primary components adsorb within the pores of the adsorptive material and diffuse by surface flow through the membrane to yield a permeate stream enriched in one or more of the primary components. Methods for making the composite membranes are described.
摘要:
A process for preparing motor fuel grade alcohol wherein an ethanol fermentation reactor effluent is distilled to produce an overhead product comprising 10 to about 40 mole percent ethanol and a bottom product comprising the non-alcoholic components. The motor fuel grade alcohol is recovered in high yield from the ethanol/water overhead product mixture in a liquid phase cyclic selective adsorption process which comprises a plurality of adsorption columns operated in cycle in a predetermined time sequence, each adsorption column containing an adsorbent, wherein each respective adsorption column undergoes successive steps of adsorption, desorption and rinsing.
摘要:
Multi-column pressure swing adsorption process for simultaneous production of ammonia synthesis gas and carbon dioxide from a reformer off gas having hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide as major components accompanied by minor quantities of methane, carbon monoxide and argon as impurities. The PSA system features two groups of adsorbent columns in which CO.sub.2 is adsorbed in adsorbers of the first group, the essentially CO.sub.2 -freed effluent being charged to an adsorber of the second group for removal of minor impurities while discharging an effluent gas having an H.sub.2 /N.sub.2 content stoichiometric for NH.sub.3 synthesis. The CO.sub.2 recovered from the first group of adsorbers is available at a high purity for reaction with the ammonia product for production of urea.