[특허]Pressure swing adsorption system for gas separation

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Pressure swing adsorption system for gas separation

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	B01D-053/047
미국특허분류(USC)	095/096; 095/098; 095/105; 095/130; 096/130; 096/143; 055/356
출원번호	US-0310556 (2002-12-05)
발명자 / 주소	Graham, David Ross Occhialini, James Michael Puri, Pushpinder Singh
출원인 / 주소	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Gourley, Keith D.
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Rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption processes, systems and apparatus for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component in a bed of adsorbent material are provided.

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1. A pressure swing adsorption process for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component in a bed of adsorbent material, comprising: (a) pressurizing the bed; (b) passing the feed gas mixture through the bed of adsorbent material from an inlet surface of the bed to an outlet surface of the bed, wherein the at least one more readily adsorbable component is preferentially adsorbed by the adsorbent material, and withdrawing a depleted gas depleted in the at least one more readily adsorbable component exiting from the outlet surface of the bed; (c) depressurizing the bed by withdrawing an enriched gas enriched in the at least one more readily adsorbable component from the bed; (d) repeating (a)-(c) in a cyclic manner; wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1) Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10; and, wherein the mean pressure gradient in the bed in (b) exceeds 0.035 psi/inch. 2. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein the feed gas mixture is air and the depleted gas comprises oxygen at a concentration of 70 mol % or higher. 3. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein the depleted gas comprises hydrogen at a concentration of 80 mol % or higher. 4. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 2, wherein the production rate of the depleted gas is between 0.5 and 10 standard liters per minute. 5. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein each repeat of (a) through (c) defines a cycle with a cycle time of 15 seconds or less. 6. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein the adsorbent bed consists of adsorbent particles with an average equivalent diameter of less than 1.0 mm. 7. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein the adsorbent bed consists of a structured adsorbent. 8. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 1, wherein the bed has a Void factor according to equation (2) of less than 0.2wherein Vvoid is the total dead volume in the pressure swing adsorption system and Vbed is the bed volume. 9. A pressure swing absorption process for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component in a bed of adsorbent material having an inlet surface and an outlet surface, comprising: (a) pressurizing the bed; (b) passing the feed gas mixture through the bed of adsorbent material, wherein the at least one more readily adsorbable component is preferentially adsorbed by be adsorbent material, and withdrawing a depleted gas depleted in the at least one more readily adsorbed component exiting from the bed; (c) halting the withdrawal of the depleted gas from the bed and halting the feed of the feed gas to the bed; (d) depressurizing the bed by withdrawing an enriched gas enriched in the at least one more readily adsorbable component from the bed; (e) feeding a portion of the depleted gas into the bed to facilitate the extraction of the at least one more readily adsorbable component from the adsorbent material; and, (f) repeating operations (a)-(e) in a cyclic manner; wherein the at least one more readily adsorbable component is preferentially adsorbed by the adsorbent material at the feed pressure, wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1) Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10; and, wherein the mean pressure gradient in the bed in (b) exceeds 0.035 psi/inch. 10. The pressure swing adsorption process of claim 9, wherein each repeat of (a) through (e) defines a cycle with a cycle time of 15 seconds or less. 11. A pressure swing adsorption system for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one m ore readily adsorbable component on an adsorbent material, comprising: (a) a bed of the adsorbent material, wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbe the at least one more readily adsorbable component and wherein the bed has at least one inlet surface and at least one outlet surface; (b) at least one prime mover supplying the multi-component feed gas mixture to the pressure swing adsorption system; and, (c) an array of valves in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface; wherein the valves cycle in unison from an open to a closed position in 1 second or less. 12. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 11, wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1)Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10. 13. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 11, wherein the bed has a Void factor according to equation (2) of less than 0.2wherein Vvoid is the total dead volume in the pressure swing adsorption system and Vbed is the bed volume. 14. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 11, wherein the array of valves comprises at least 4 individual valves. 15. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 11, wherein the valves in the array of valves are selected from the group consisting of piezoelectric valves, shape memory alloy valves, electrostatic valves, bimetallic valves, thermopneumatic valves and electromagnetic valves. 16. A pressure swing adsorption system for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component on an adsorbent material, comprising: (a) a bed of the adsorbent material, wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbs the at least one more readily adsorbable component and wherein the bed has at least one inlet surface and at least one outlet surface; and (b) at least one array of prime movers in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface; wherein flow through the prime movers can be started or stopped in less than 2 seconds. 17. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1)Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10. 18. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein the bed has a Void factor according to equation (2) of less than 0.2wherein Vvoid is the total dead volume in the pressure swing adsorption system and Vbed is the bed volume. 19. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, further comprising: (c) at least one array of prime movers at the at least one outlet surface in fluid communication with the bed. 20. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein the at least one array of prime movers comprises: an array of feed prime movers in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface of the bed, wherein the feed prime movers operate to feed the feed gas mixture into the bed; and, an array of exhaust prime movers in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface of the bed, wherein the exhaust prime moves operate to withdraw an enriched gas from the bed. 21. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein the at least one array of prime movers operates to feed the feed gas mixture into the bed during a feed gas feeding step and operates to withdraw an enriched gas from the bed during a regeneration step. 22. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein each array of prime movers comprises at least 4 individual prime movers. 23. The pressure swing adsorption system of claim 16, wherein the prime movers in the at least one array of prime movers are selected from the group consisting of piezoelectric pumps, thermopneumatic pumps, electrostatic pumps, electromagnetic pumps, ultrasonically drive pumps, electro-osmosis pumps , diaphragm pumps and electrohydrodynamic pumps. 24. An apparatus for the pressure swing adsorption separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component on an adsorbent material, comprising: (a) a bed of adsorbent material with at least one inlet surface and at least one outlet surface; wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbs the at least one more readily adsorbable component; and (b) an array of valves in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface; wherein the vales cycle in unison from an open to closed position. 25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1)Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10. 26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the bed has a Void factor according to equation (2) of less than 0.2wherein Vvoid is the total dead volume in the pressure swing adsorption system and Vbed is the bed volume. 27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the bed has a geometry selected from the group consisting of a cylinder with a circular cross section, a cylinder with a non-circular cross section, a rectangular parallelepiped, and an annular region between two coaxial cylinders. 28. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the apparatus is designed and sized to be carried by an individual. 29. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the apparatus is designed to provide oxygen for medical purposes. 30. An apparatus for the pressure swing adsorption separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component on an adsorbent material, comprising: (a) a bed of adsorbent material with at least one inlet surface and at least one outlet surface; wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbs the at least one more readily adsorbable component; and (b) at least one array of prime movers in fluid communication with the at least one inlet surface; wherein flow through the array of prime movers can be started or stopped in 2 seconds or less. 31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the bed has a bed depth, L, and a bed volume, Vbed; wherein the bed has an aspect ratio according to equation (1)Aspect ratio=L3/Vbed (1)wherein the aspect ratio for the bed is less than 10. 32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the bed has a Void factor according to equation (2) of less than 0.2wherein Vvoid is the total dead volume in the pressure swing adsorption system and Vbed is the bed volume. 33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the apparatus is designed and sized to be carried by an individual. 34. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the apparatus is designed to provide oxygen for medical purposes. 35. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the apparatus is designed to provide hydrogen to a fuel cell. 36. A pressure swing adsorption system comprising a bed of adsorbent material wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbs at least one more readily adsorbable component; and an array of microelectromechanical (MEM) prime movers in fluid communication with said bed. 37. A pressure swing adsorption system comprising a bed of adsorbent material wherein the adsorbent material more strongly adsorbs at least one more readily adsorbable component; and an array of microelectromechanical (MEM) valves in fluid communication with said bed.

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