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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Yu Wang, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Edward W. Corcoran, Jr., Nazareth, PA (US);
Pavel Kortunov, Flemington, NJ (US);
Avelino Corma Canos, Valencia, ES;
EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to the adsorption and separation of fluid components, such as oxygen, in a feed stream, such as air, using zeolite ITQ-55 as the adsorbent. A process is disclosed for adsorbing oxygen from a feed stream containing oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The process comprises passing the feed stream through a bed of an adsorbent comprising zeolite ITQ-55 to adsorb oxygen from the feed stream, carrying out an equalization step to improve recovery, thereby producing a nitrogen product stream depleted in oxygen as well as a waste stream can be collected to have enriched oxygen. The feed stream is exposed to the zeolite ITQ-55 at effective conditions for performing a rapid cycle of kinetic separation, in which oxygen exhibits greater kinetic selectivity than nitrogen and argon.