Apparatus and system for swing adsorption processes related thereto
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1. A cyclical swing adsorbent bed unit for removing contaminants from a gaseous feed stream, the adsorbent bed unit comprising:
- a housing forming an interior region;
an adsorbent bed disposed within the interior region of the housing;
a plurality of valves secured to the housing, wherein each of the plurality of valves is in flow communication with a conduit and configured to control fluid flow along a flow path extending from a location external to the housing through the conduit and to the adsorbent bed through the valve, wherein each of the plurality the valves has a valve cross sectional area within an interface cross sectional area of the adsorbent bed and the aspect ratio of the interface cross sectional area is greater than 2.
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Abstract
Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve passing streams through adsorbent bed units to remove contaminants, such as water, from the stream. As part of the process, the adsorbent bed unit may include additional space for the valves of the adsorbent bed unit.
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1. A cyclical swing adsorbent bed unit for removing contaminants from a gaseous feed stream, the adsorbent bed unit comprising:
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a housing forming an interior region; an adsorbent bed disposed within the interior region of the housing; a plurality of valves secured to the housing, wherein each of the plurality of valves is in flow communication with a conduit and configured to control fluid flow along a flow path extending from a location external to the housing through the conduit and to the adsorbent bed through the valve, wherein each of the plurality the valves has a valve cross sectional area within an interface cross sectional area of the adsorbent bed and the aspect ratio of the interface cross sectional area is greater than 2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A process for removing contaminants from a feed stream, the process comprising:
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a) performing one or more adsorption steps in an adsorbent bed unit, wherein each of the one or more adsorption steps comprise;
(i) opening a plurality of feed poppet valves to pass a gaseous feed stream from a feed inlet conduit to an adsorbent bed disposed in an interior region of a housing of the adsorbent bed unit, wherein each of the plurality of feed poppet valves is in direct flow communication with the feed inlet conduit and configured to control fluid flow along a flow path extending from a location external to the housing through the feed inlet conduit and to the adsorbent bed, wherein each of the plurality of feed poppet valves has a valve cross sectional area within an interface cross sectional area of the adsorbent bed and the aspect ratio of the interface cross sectional area is greater than 2, (ii) exposing the gaseous feed stream to the adsorbent bed to separate one or more contaminants from the gaseous feed stream to form a product stream, and (iii) opening one or more product poppet valves to conduct away the product stream from the interior region in the housing to a product conduit;b) performing one or more purge steps, wherein each of the one or more purge steps comprise passing a purge stream into the adsorbent bed unit to conduct away at least a portion of the one or more contaminants in a purge output stream; and c) repeating the steps a) to b) for at least one additional cycle, wherein the cycle duration is for a period greater than 1 second and less than 600 seconds. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of manufacturing a cyclical swing adsorbent bed unit, the method comprising:
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forming a housing having an interior region; creating a plurality of valve ports into the housing; securing a valve to the housing in each of the plurality of valve ports to form a plurality of valves; and disposing an adsorbent bed within the interior region of the housing wherein each of the plurality of valves is configured to control fluid flow along a flow path extending from a location external to the housing to the adsorbent bed, wherein each of the plurality of valves has a valve cross sectional area within an interface cross sectional area of the adsorbent bed and the aspect ratio of the interface cross sectional area is greater than 2. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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