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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Gerd Arnold, Nauheim, DE;
Ulrich Eberle, Mainz, DE;
Dieter Hasenauer, Weinheim, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for selectively adsorbing gas during adsorption processes and desorbing gas during desorption processes. A tube has a porous sidewall, and at each end is an end-fitting sealingly connected thereto. A particulate porous gas storage material is located within the tube, wherein the porosity prevents the material, but allows gases, to pass therethrough. A selected gas from a porous inner tube, a heating coil, or a heat exchanger located within the tube may provide heat for the desorption processes, and the selected gas or heat exchanger may provide cooling during the adsorption processes.