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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard T. Neu, Lancaster, NY (US);
James Smolarek, Boston, NY (US);
Andrew C. Rosinski, Boston, NY (US);
Mark William Ackley, East Aurora, 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
A pressure swing adsorption process for recovery of a more readily adsorbable component, such as nitrogen, and a larger amount of a less readily adsorbable component, such as oxygen, from a feed gas mixture, such as air, wherein the ratio of nitrogen to oxygen is less than about 3:1 and the ratio of the co-purge:feed gas of the process is maintained at less than about 1.15:1.