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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Applicant:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
James A. Ritter, Gilbert, SC (US);
Armin D. Ebner, Lexington, SC (US);
Charles E. Holland, Cayce, SC (US);
Assignee:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/047 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/0476 (2013.01); B01D 53/0407 (2013.01); B01D 53/047 (2013.01); B01D 2253/108 (2013.01); B01D 2253/304 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2259/402 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40013 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40028 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40041 (2013.01);
Abstract
The current disclosure provides systems and methods for multiple beds undergoing a feed step at the same time with the same feed flow rate and multiple beds undergoing a light reflux step at the same time with the same light reflux flow rate to process a gas stream in a multi-bed, multi-unit vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process using reasonably sized beds.