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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Raymond Schaub, East Amherst, NY (US);
John Harry Fassbaugh, Elma, NY (US);
James Smolarek, Boston, NY (US);
Michael Kenneth Rogan, Springville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/3047 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/3047 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises a pressure swing adsorption process for the separation of a less adsorbable component from a mixture comprising the less adsorbable component and a more adsorbable component, the process comprising a cyclic adsorption/desorption process wherein the desorption step is at a selected pressure and occurs for a selected time such that a pressure reducing apparatus utilized to evacuate the gas does not require extraneous cooling.