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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
James Michael Occhialini, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Roger Dean Whitley, Allentown, PA (US);
Glenn Paul Wagner, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Matthew James Labuda, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Craig E. Steigerwalt, Slatington, PA (US);
James Michael Occhialini, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Roger Dean Whitley, Allentown, PA (US);
Glenn Paul Wagner, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Matthew James LaBuda, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Craig E. Steigerwalt, Slatington, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
System for producing an oxygen-rich gas comprising (a) a primary gas mover including a first and a second compressor, wherein the primary gas mover is characterized by a weight W; (b) a drive motor adapted to drive the first and second compressors; (c) a rechargeable power supply characterized by a weight, W; and (d) a pressure/vacuum swing adsorption unit adapted to separate the pressurized feed air into an oxygen-rich product at a product flow rate Fand an oxygen-depleted waste gas, wherein the adsorption unit comprises a plurality of adsorber beds containing an adsorbent and characterized by a total adsorbent weight W; and wherein the combined weight, W, of the adsorbent, the primary gas mover, and the rechargeable power supply is characterized by the expression0.75 F<W<2.02 Fwhere Fis in liters per min (at 23° C. and 1 atma pressure), and W, W, and Ware in pounds.