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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Martin Bülow, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Chang Jie Guo, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Dongmin Shen, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Frank R. Fitch, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Arthur I. Shirley, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Virginia A. Malik, Linden, NJ (US);
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Ethene is separated from a gas mixture containing ethane by a pressure swing adsorption process carried out at a temperature in the range of about 50 to about 200° C., wherein the adsorption step of the process is conducted by passing the gas mixture through an adsorption zone containing type A zeolite whose exchangeable cations are preferably made up of at least about 60 but not more than 75% sodium ions and more than 25 and up to about 40 percent potassium ions.