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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Karl-heinz Hofmann, Germering, DE;
Paul Leitgeb, Pullach, DE;
Ulrike Wenning, Pullach, DE;
Hans-joerg Zander, Munich, DE;
Werner Leitmayr, Neuburg/Donau, DE;
Inventors:
Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Germering, DE;
Paul Leitgeb, Pullach, DE;
Ulrike Wenning, Pullach, DE;
Hans-joerg Zander, Munich, DE;
Werner Leitmayr, Neuburg/Donau, DE;
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/02 (2006.01); C01B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for separating hydrogen from a gas flow having an oxygen constituent and including predominantly hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and/or other hydrocarbons, as well as a device for conducting the process, is disclosed. The gas flow undergoes a process to thermally convert oxygen prior to the pressure swing adsorption process.