Temperature swing adsorption process for the separation of target species from a gas mixture
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-053/04
B01D-053/047
출원번호
US-0406079
(2012-02-27)
등록번호
US-8784533
(2014-07-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Leta, Daniel P.
Kamakoti, Preeti
Deckman, Harry W.
Ravikovitch, Peter I.
Anderson, Thomas N.
출원인 / 주소
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
대리인 / 주소
Weisberg, David M.
인용정보
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초록▼
A temperature swing adsorption process for the removal of a target species, such as an acid gas, from a gas mixture, such as a natural gas stream. Herein, a novel multi-step temperature swing/pressure swing adsorption is utilized to operate while maintaining very high purity levels of contaminant re
A temperature swing adsorption process for the removal of a target species, such as an acid gas, from a gas mixture, such as a natural gas stream. Herein, a novel multi-step temperature swing/pressure swing adsorption is utilized to operate while maintaining very high purity levels of contaminant removal from a product stream. The present process is particularly effective and beneficial in removing contaminants such as CO2 and/or H2S from a natural gas at relatively high adsorption pressures (e.g., at least 500 psig) to create product streams of very high purity (i.e., very low contaminant levels).
대표청구항▼
1. A temperature swing adsorption process for separating a target species from a feed gas mixture containing said target species, which process comprises: a) subjecting said feed gas mixture containing said target species to an adsorption step by introducing the feed gas mixture into the feed input
1. A temperature swing adsorption process for separating a target species from a feed gas mixture containing said target species, which process comprises: a) subjecting said feed gas mixture containing said target species to an adsorption step by introducing the feed gas mixture into the feed input end of an adsorbent bed that is comprised of an adsorbent material that is selective for adsorbing said target species, which adsorbent bed having a feed input end and a product output end, and which adsorbent bed is operated at a first pressure and at a first temperature wherein at least a portion of the said target species in the feed gas mixture is adsorbed by the adsorbent bed and wherein a gaseous product stream containing a lower mol % of said target species than said feed gas mixture exits the product output end of said adsorbent bed;b) stopping the introduction of said feed gas mixture to said adsorbent bed before breakthrough of said target species from the product output end of said adsorbent bed;c) reducing the pressure in said adsorption bed to a second pressure in a manner to induce a flow in the adsorption bed that is counter-current to the flow of the feed gas mixture in step a);d) externally heating said adsorbent bed to a second temperature higher than said first temperature while simultaneously passing a flow of purge gas, substantially free of target species, counter-current to the direction of the flow of the feed gas mixture in step a), thereby desorbing and recovering at least a portion of the desorbed target species and resulting in the product outlet end of said adsorbent bed being reduced in the amount of the target species;e) cooling at least a portion of said adsorbent bed to a third temperature which is lower than said second temperature used in step d); andf) increasing the pressure in said adsorbent bed to a third pressure. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the first temperature is from −195° C. to 300° C. and the first pressure is from 1 bara to 600 bara. 3. The process of claim 2 wherein the first temperature is from 20° C. to 150° C. and the first pressure is from 2 bara to 200 bara. 4. The process of claim 1 wherein the second temperature is from 10° C. to 300° C. 5. The process of claim 4 wherein the second temperature is from 20° C. to 200° C. 6. The process of claim 1 wherein the third temperature is from −195° C. to 300° C. 7. The process of claim 1 wherein the feed gas mixture is a natural gas stream. 8. The process of claim 7 wherein the target species is selected from the group consisting of CO2, H2S, and a combination thereof. 9. The process of claim 8, wherein the target species comprises H2S, wherein the product outlet end of said adsorbent bed contains no more than 4 vppm H2S, and wherein the feed gas mixture contains between 6 vppm and 10,000 vppm H2S. 10. The process of claim 1 wherein the adsorbent bed has open flow channels throughout its entire length through which the feed gas mixture is passed. 11. The process of claim 10 wherein the adsorbent bed is a parallel channel contactor. 12. The process of claim 1 wherein reduction in pressure of step c) takes place in two or more steps wherein each step reduces the pressure of the adsorbent bed to a lower pressure than the next previous step. 13. The process of claim 1 wherein the external heating of step d) takes place co-current to the direction of gas flow through the adsorbent bed. 14. The process of claim 1 wherein the external heating of step d) takes place counter-current to the direction of gas flow through the adsorbent bed. 15. The process of claim 1 wherein the adsorbent material is an 8-ring zeolite having an Si/Al ratio greater than about 500. 16. The process of claim 15 wherein the 8-ring zeolite is selected from the group consisting of DDR, Sigma-1, ZSM-58, and combinations and intergrowths thereof. 17. The process of claim 1 wherein the heating of step d) is performed in such a way as to cause a thermal wave to travel along the adsorbent bed. 18. The process of claim 17 wherein the thermal wave travels co-current to the direction of gas flow through the adsorbent bed. 19. The process of claim 17 wherein a T90 and a T10 can be defined with respect to the second temperature and the first temperature such that a temperature differential of (T90−T10 occurs over at most 50% of the length of the adsorbent bed. 20. The process of claim 17 wherein the thermal wave exhibits a maximum Peclet number, Pe, less than 10, wherein Pe=(U*L)/α, where U represents a heat exchange fluid velocity, L represents a characteristic distance over which heat is transported in a direction roughly perpendicular to fluid flow, and a represents an effective thermal diffusivity of the contactor over the distance L, and wherein U is from about 0.01 m/s to about 100 m/s, and L is less than 0.1 meter. 21. The process of claim 1 wherein less than about 40% of the open pores of the adsorbent bed have diameters greater than about 20 Angstroms and less than about 1 micron. 22. The process of claim 1 wherein the product outlet end of said adsorbent bed is substantially free of the target species. 23. The process of claim 1 wherein said third pressure is between 90% and 100% of the absolute pressure of the feed gas mixture.
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