Union Carbide Corporation

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Uop Lcc

Praxair Technology, Inc.

William E BeVier

Arun Acharya

Carl Joseph Heim

Barry Alan Minbiole

Kenneth C Kather

Lawrence S Graczyk

James John Carlins

By Virginia Fails, Executor

Eriks Arvids Niparts

Charles F Fails, Deceased

The invention relates to an extrusion die for the manufacture of monolithic adsorption tubes having a solid body portion with a multiplicity of tunnels for the passage of gas. The die comprises a multiplicity of rods positioned within an outer cylindrical housing and oriented parallel thereto. The rods are supported near the entrance end of the housing, by at least two sets of ribs, each set of ribs arranged in a geometric pattern and oriented perpendicular to the cylindrical housing. The rods provide the form for tunnels in the extruded monolithic adsorption tube.

Extrusion die for the manufacture of monolithic adsorption tubes

An adsorbent-based air conditioning system for conditioning an air supply to an enclosed space, such as a building, room, or the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, aircraft, or the like, utilizes interchangeable adsorbent-containing vessels. Two of the vessels are employed to condition the air supply with respect to temperature and humidity while, at the same time a third and, optionally, a fourth vessel are regenerated by drying and cooling to provide replacements vessels as needed. In operation, ambient air is dehumidified by passing through vessel 1 and the moisture collected in the vessel by adsorption. The exiting air may be cooled by means of a heat exchanger, then directed through vessel 2, containing moist adsorbent, for further cooling and humidification. The air is then supplied to the room, or other space to be conditioned. A heat source, such as a solar collector, or auto exhaust heat, is used to provide a stream of hot air which is passed through a third vessel to dry the adsorbent therein by desorption. Vessel 3 is then cooled by passing stream of cool air therethrough. The vessels are interchangeable and rotatable so that: as the adsorbent in vessel 1 becomes saturated, it is replaced by vessel 3, which has been cooled and dried; vessel 2 is replaced by vessel 1 to provide a moist adsorbent to humidify the air passing through, and vessel 3 is replaced by vessel 2, to be regenerated.

Adsorbent based air conditioning system

A method and system for separating one or more components from gas mixtures uses a moving bed of adsorption material particles under continuous and substantially isobaric pressure conditions. Contaminated gases are likewise purified by removing one or more contaminants therefrom using such a moving bed of adsorption material particles under continuous and substantially isobaric pressure conditions.

Isobaric moving bed continuous gas purifier

A process to absorb more than one component from a gaseous stream comprising passing the gaseous stream sequentially in contact with separate and distinct adsorbent masses wherein not all of the more strongly sorbed component is removed in a single adsorbent mass. The process exhibits improved overall efficiency over conventional multicomponent adsorption processes.

Multicomponent adsorption process

An apparatus and process for producing attrition-resistant moving bed particles with improved efficiency.

Process for continuous application of solid lubricant to moving bed

A process to adbsorb a single component from a gaseous stream comprising passing the gaseous stream sequentially in contact with separate and distinct adsorbent masses wherein not all of the component is removed in a single adsorbent mass. The process exhibits improved overall efficiency over conventional single component processes.

Single component adsorption process

A valve system for particulate solid flow control which is especially advantageous where combined particulate solid and fluid flow control through a pressure level change is desired, such as might be used in conjunction with a lockhopper.

Valve system for particulate solid flow control

An attrition resistant molecular sieve composition comprising a generally spherical, high porosity molecular sieve particle having an exposed surface coated with a thin, generally uniform layer of solid lubricant which can be employed in fixed, moving or fluidized beds with low attrition and without significantly reduced activity.

Attrition resistant molecular sieve

A process and apparatus which enables direct heat transfer temperature swing regeneration without unwanted mass transfer during heat exchange steps resulting in reduced energy and purge gas requirements.

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Kenmore, NY, United States of America

William E BeVier