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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Ravi Arora, Dublin, OH (US);
Dongming Qiu, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael Jay Lamont, Hilliard, OH (US);
Deanna Burwell, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Terence Andrew Dritz, Worthington, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Mcdaniel, Columbus, OH (US);
William A. Rogers, Jr., Marysville, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Daniel J. Weidert, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
G. Bradley Chadwell, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Ravi Arora, Dublin, OH (US);
Dongming Qiu, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael Jay Lamont, Hilliard, OH (US);
Deanna Burwell, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Terence Andrew Dritz, Worthington, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. McDaniel, Columbus, OH (US);
William A. Rogers, Jr., Marysville, OH (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Daniel J. Weidert, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, OH (US);
G. Bradley Chadwell, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for separating a first fluid from a fluid mixture comprising the first fluid. The process comprises: (A) flowing the fluid mixture into a microchannel separator in contact with a sorption medium, the fluid mixture being maintained in the microchannel separator until at least part of the first fluid is sorbed by the sorption medium, removing non-sorbed parts of the fluid mixture from the microchannel separator; and (B) desorbing first fluid from the sorption medium and removing desorbed first fluid from the microchannel separator. The process and apparatus are suitable for separating nitrogen or methane from a fluid mixture comprising nitrogen and methane. The process and apparatus may be used for rejecting nitrogen in the upgrading of sub-quality methane.