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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. 18, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert R Schaub, East Amherst, NY (US);
James Smolarek, Boston, NY (US);
Frederick W Leavitt, Amherst, NY (US);
Lee J Toussaint, Lockport, NY (US);
Kimberly A LaSala, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
95 14 ; 95101 ; 95102 ; 95105 ; 95130 ;
Abstract
Vacuum and other pressure swing adsorption vessels are monitored, and corrective adjustments are made in the pressure equalization and/or repressurization steps in response to imbalances in the temperature profiles of the vessels in order to tune the system. The PSA process is also desirably purge tuned to avoid over purging or under purging of each vessel.