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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Mark Julian Roberts, Kempton, PA (US);
Adam Adrian Brostow, Emmaus, PA (US);
Mark Julian Roberts, Kempton, PA (US);
Adam Adrian Brostow, Emmaus, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for removal of a contaminant comprising removing a liquefied portion of a refrigerant stream comprising nitrogen from a reverse Brayton cycle refrigerant system, introducing the liquefied refrigerant stream into a contaminant removal column as a reflux stream removing a contaminant stream from the bottom of the contaminant removal column, removing a vapor stream enriched in nitrogen from the top of the contaminant removal column, and introducing the vapor stream enriched in nitrogen back into the reverse Brayton cycle refrigerant system.