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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2017
Pacific Consolidated Industries, Llc, Riverside, CA (US);
Javier Lopez, Corona, CA (US);
Jason Burns, Irvine, CA (US);
William K. Goshay, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Tarik Naheiri, Dana Point, CA (US);
Pacific Consolidated Industries, LLC, Riverside, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary single bed reversing blower adsorption based air separation unit is configured to follow the Oload placed thereon by adjusting flow rates therethrough and power consumption. At least one and preferably multiple pressure sensors sense Opressure within an Ostorage region downstream of an adsorber vessel. These sensed pressures are utilized to generate control signals controlling flow rates at locations upstream of the compressor, such as at a reversible blower and an output compressor. Control loops for the blower and the compressor are independent of each other and have different time constants. Effective following of the Oload is thus achieved without driving the air separation unit into operational conditions outside of design and also maintaining optimal power consumption for the Oproduced, such that efficiency is maintained over a large turndown ratio.