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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Scott Kane, Geltzville, NY (US);
Frederick Wells Leavitt, Amherst, NY (US);
Mark William Ackley, East Aurora, NY (US);
Frank Notaro, Amherst, NY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/3053 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/3053 ;
Abstract
A low pressure swing adsorption process and apparatus for the recovery of carbon dioxide from multi-component gas mixtures, utilizing the simultaneous purge and evacuation of opposite ends of the adsorber(s) to effect controlled depressurization in the adsorber bed(s) to maintain the constant purity of a carbon dioxide-enriched product stream recovered from the adsorber inlet(s).