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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen P DiMartino, Sr, Topton, PA (US);
James C Sorensen, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 16 ; 55 68 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for removing a higher purity sidestream of a product gas from a main product pipeline gas flow stream of lower purity using a membrane selective for the product gas in contrast to impurities contained in the main product pipeline gas. The process avoids capital intensive apparatus or energy intensive processing and returns the reject gas from the membrane to the pipeline for inclusion with the main product pipeline gas. Recovery of a higher purity component of a main pipeline product gas containing that component is also contemplated.