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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Micah S. Kiffer, Kutztown, PA (US);
William Eric Karlson, Center Valley, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A radial flow adsorption vessel comprising a cylindrical outer shell having a top end and a bottom end, the top end is enclosed by a vessel head that provides a centrical opening usable as a port to introduce or remove adsorbent particles into or from the vessel; at least one annular adsorption space disposed inside the shell, the at least one annular adsorption space defined by an outer and inner cylindrical porous wall, both co-axially disposed inside the shell; and a loading device for the adsorbent particles positioned above the at least one annular adsorption space at the top end of the vessel, the loading device comprises at least one conical element that extends radially to the outer cylindrical porous wall, the at least one conical element provides a plurality of orifices arranged at least in a region sitting above the at least one annular adsorption space.