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A process for producing an oxygen enriched product includes: (a) providing a gas separation apparatus having at least one bed containing a mixture of at least two different nitrogen selective adsorbents, wherein the at least one bed is free of lithium cations; (b) feeding a feed gas containing oxyge

A process for producing an oxygen enriched product includes: (a) providing a gas separation apparatus having at least one bed containing a mixture of at least two different nitrogen selective adsorbents, wherein the at least one bed is free of lithium cations; (b) feeding a feed gas containing oxygen and nitrogen into the gas separation apparatus to contact the at least one bed; and (c) recovering from the gas separation apparatus the oxygen enriched product. The process is preferably performed above ambient temperature and/or in a simplified four-step cycle. The cycle includes: (a) feeding a feed gas containing oxygen into a gas separation apparatus to contact at least one bed of the apparatus with the feed gas, wherein the feed gas is at a temperature above ambient; (b) countercurrently evacuating the at least one bed following the feeding; (c) countercurrently purging the at least one bed with the oxygen enriched product under vacuum; and (d) simultaneously pressurizing the at least one bed with a countercurrent stream of the oxygen enriched product and a cocurrent stream of the feed gas.

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1. A process for producing an oxygen enriched product from a feed gas containing oxygen and nitrogen, said process comprising:providing a gas separation apparatus comprising at least one bed containing a physical mixture of at least two different nitrogen selective adsorbents, wherein said at least

1. A process for producing an oxygen enriched product from a feed gas containing oxygen and nitrogen, said process comprising:providing a gas separation apparatus comprising at least one bed containing a physical mixture of at least two different nitrogen selective adsorbents, wherein said at least one bed is free of lithium cations; feeding said feed gas into said gas separation apparatus to contact said at least one bed; and recovering from said gas separation apparatus said oxygen enriched product.