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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:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Madhukar B Rao, Allentown, PA (US);
Shivaji Sircar, Wescosville, PA (US);
Joseph M Abrardo, Schnecksville, PA (US);
William F Baade, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
96-4 ; 96-7 ; 96 10 ; 96130 ; 96133 ; 96144 ;
Abstract
A composite semipermeable membrane comprising microporous adsorbent material supported by a porous substrate is operated in series with a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system and the PSA reject gas is used as a sweep gas to improve membrane performance. The integrated membrane-PSA system is particularly useful for recovering high-purity hydrogen from a mixture of hydrogen and hydrocarbons, and is well-suited for integration with a steam-methane reformer.