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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Frederik Arnold Buhrman, Laguna, PH;
Jingyu Cui, Katy, TX (US);
Mahendra Ladharam Joshi, Katy, TX (US);
Stanley Nemec Milam, Houston, TX (US);
Scott Lee Wellington, Bellaire, TX (US);
Frederik Arnold Buhrman, Laguna, PH;
Jingyu Cui, Katy, TX (US);
Mahendra Ladharam Joshi, Katy, TX (US);
Stanley Nemec Milam, Houston, TX (US);
Scott Lee Wellington, Bellaire, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and a system for separating hydrogen or helium from gas having a mixture of gaseous components. A compressible feed stream that contains at least one target compressible component and hydrogen or helium is mixed in a substantially co-current flow with an incompressible fluid stream comprising an incompressible fluid in which the target component(s) is/are capable of being preferentially absorbed. Rotational velocity is imparted to the mixed streams, separating an incompressible fluid in which at least a portion of the target component is absorbed from a compressible product stream containing the hydrogen or helium. The compressible feed stream may be provided at a stream velocity having a Mach number of at least 0.1.