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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Applicants:
William Paul Schmidt, Wescosville, PA (US);
Steven Ray Auvil, Macungie, PA (US);
Mohammad Ali Kalbassi, Weybridge, GB;
Timothy Christopher Golden, Allentown, PA (US);
Inventors:
William Paul Schmidt, Wescosville, PA (US);
Steven Ray Auvil, Macungie, PA (US);
Mohammad Ali Kalbassi, Weybridge, GB;
Timothy Christopher Golden, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved thermal swing adsorption process is set forth which addresses the problem of water ingress into the adsorbent by periodically heating the adsorbent to a temperature greater than the temperature used in the normal regeneration cycle.