Gas separating and purifying method and its apparatus
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-053/053
출원번호
US-0148903
(2001-10-19)
우선권정보
JP-0320544 (2000-10-20)
국제출원번호
PCT/JP01/09189
(2001-10-19)
국제공개번호
WO02/32550
(2002-04-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Kawai, Masato
Nakamura, Akihiro
Nagasaka, Tooru
Hayashida, Shigeru
출원인 / 주소
Nippon Sanso Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP
인용정보
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초록▼
The gas separation and purification process can recover efficiently a valuable gas such as krypton and xenon to be used as an atmospheric gas in a semiconductor manufacturing equipment etc. by means of PSA process. In the process for separating a valuable gas in the form of purified product from a m
The gas separation and purification process can recover efficiently a valuable gas such as krypton and xenon to be used as an atmospheric gas in a semiconductor manufacturing equipment etc. by means of PSA process. In the process for separating a valuable gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas, used as a raw gas, containing the valuable gas by means of pressure swing adsorption process, the valuable gas is separated and purified by using as the pressure swing adsorption process a combination of equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process for separating gas components based on the difference in equilibrium adsorption and rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process for separating the gas components based on the difference in adsorption rates.
대표청구항▼
1. In a gas separation and purification process for separating a xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by means of pressure swing adsorption process,wherein the improvement comprises:sep
1. In a gas separation and purification process for separating a xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by means of pressure swing adsorption process,wherein the improvement comprises:separating the raw gas by equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process using activated carbon as an adsorbent into a desorption gas and an off-gas containing nitrogen; andseparating the desorption gas separated by said equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process by rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent into a second desorption gas and xenon and/or krypton as a product gas. 2. The gas separation and purification process according to claim 1, wherein the second desorption gas separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process is circulated to the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process to be subjected to re-separation there. 3. In a gas separation and purification process for separating xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by means of pressure swing adsorption process,wherein the improvement comprises:separating the raw gas by rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent into a desorption gas and the xenon and/or krypton as a product gas;separating the desorption gas separated by said rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process by equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process using activated carbon as an adsorbent to release the nitrogen gas as an off-gas; andcirculating the desorption gas separated by the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process to the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process to be subjected to re-separation there. 4. In a gas separation and purification process for separating gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by means of pressure swing adsorption process,wherein the improvement comprises:separating a part of the raw gas by equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process using activated carbon as an adsorbent to release nitrogen gas as an off-gas and to admix desorption gas separated by said equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process with the raw gas before compression;separating the rest of the raw gas into a second desorption gas and xenon and/or krypton gas by rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent to collect the xenon and/or krypton gas as a product gas; andadmixing the second desorption gas separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process with the raw gas before compression. 5. In a gas separation and purification process for separating xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by means of pressure swing adsorption process,wherein the improvement comprises:using as the pressure swing adsorption process two kinds of adsorption processes (one is equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process and the other is rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process);recovering desorption gas separated by the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption process to a raw material supply side;recovering desorption gas separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption process to the raw material supply side; andadmixing these recovered gases with the raw gas to supply the resulting mixed gas to an apparatus using these two pressure swing adsorption processes. 6. The gas separation and purification process according to any one of claims 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 , wherein moisture, carbon dioxide and other impunity components contained in the raw gas are removed beforehand before the raw gas is subjected to the separation and purifi cation process. 7. A gas separation and purification apparatus for separating xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by a pressure swing adsorption unit, wherein the pressure swing adsorption unit comprises a combination of an equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit using activated carbon as an adsorbent and a rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent arranged in series such that the former unit is located on the upstream side and the latter unit is located on the downstream side; the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit being provided with a passage for extracting nitrogen gas separated by the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit as an off-gas and a passage for introducing desorption gas separated by the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit to the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit; whereas the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit being provided with a passage for extracting xenon and/or krypton separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit as a product gas. 8. The gas separation and purification apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a passage for circulating desorption gas separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit to the raw gas supply side of the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit. 9. In a gas separation and purification process for separating xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, as a raw gas, by a pressure swing adsorption unit, the apparatus comprising:an equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit using activated carbon as an adsorbent and a rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent;a passage for diverting the raw gas and supplying it into the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit and to the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit;a passage for admixing desorption gas separated by the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit with the raw gas to be supplied to the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit; anda passage for admixing desorption gas separated by the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit with the raw gas to be supplied to the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit. 10. In a gas separation and purification process for separating xenon and/or krypton gas in the form of purified product from a mixed gas of which main components are xenon and/or krypton and nitrogen, used as a raw gas, by a pressure swing adsorption unit, the apparatus comprising:an equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit using activated carbon as an adsorbent and a rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit using Na-A zeolite as an adsorbent;a compressor for supplying a raw gas to both of the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit and the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit; anda buffer tank provided on the primary side of the compressor; anda raw gas introducing passage, a passage through which a gas extracted in a regeneration step of the equilibrium pressure swing adsorption unit flows and a passage through which a gas extracted in a regeneration step of the rate-dependent pressure swing adsorption unit flows, all of which being connected to the buffer tank so as to mix these gases;wherein the resulting mixed gas is designed to be supplied from the compressor to both pressure swing adsorption units.
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