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A pressure swing adsorption process including the step of separating a gas mixture by absorbing at least one gas component in an adsorbent mass provided within each vessel of a plurality of vessels. The separating step has a single pressure equalization cycle. The separating step is preferably perfo

A pressure swing adsorption process including the step of separating a gas mixture by absorbing at least one gas component in an adsorbent mass provided within each vessel of a plurality of vessels. The separating step has a single pressure equalization cycle. The separating step is preferably performed with only four valves per vessel of the plurality of vessels. Additionally, a pressure swing adsorption system of the invention includes a plurality of vessels each containing therein an adsorbent mass configured to separate a gas mixture by absorbing at least one gas component in said adsorbent mass, where the system is configured to separate the gas mixture using a single pressure equalization cycle and includes only four valves per vessel of the plurality of vessels.

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What is claimed is: 1. A pressure swing adsorption system comprising:a plurality of vessels each containing therein an adsorbent mass configured to separate a gas mixture by adsorbing at least one gas component in said adsorbent mass; anda throttling assembly disposed in a fluid path between at leas

What is claimed is: 1. A pressure swing adsorption system comprising:a plurality of vessels each containing therein an adsorbent mass configured to separate a gas mixture by adsorbing at least one gas component in said adsorbent mass; anda throttling assembly disposed in a fluid path between at least two of the plurality of vessels, the throttling assembly including at least two throttling orifices configured to regulate fluid flow between the at least two vessels, the at least two throttling orifices each penetrating a same obstruction,wherein the system is configured to separate the gas mixture using a single pressure equalization cycle, andwherein the system includes only four valves per vessel of the plurality of vessels.