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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Hsiao-Ling Hsiung, Emmaus, PA (US);
Howard Paul Withers, Jr., Breinigsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/368 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/368 ;
Abstract
A process for destroying fluorine in a gas containing such fluorine by contacting the gas with a fluidized bed of metal particles capable of reacting with such fluorine wherein the metal particles have a particle size essentially no greater than approximately 300 microns. The process can be conducted in parallel connected switching fluidized beds wherein the beds are switched based upon achieving a predetermined bed height expansion based upon the reaction of the metal particles with such fluorine.