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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
May. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oscar W Haas, Cheektowaga, NY (US);
Ravi Prasad, East Amherst, NY (US);
James Smolarek, Boston, NY (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 16 ; 55 26 ; 55 33 ; 55 62 ; 55 68 ; 55158 ; 55179 ; 55387 ;
Abstract
Wet feed air to, or high purity nitrogen from, a pressure swing adsorption system is dried in a dryer membrane system preferably operated with a countercurrent flow path. Drying is enhanced by the use of a purge gas on the permeate side of the membrane, with waste gas from the pressure swing adsorption system or a portion of the dry, high purity nitrogen product gas being used as purge gas.