Apparatus and system for testing swing adsorption processes
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1. A process for removing contaminants from a feed stream and testing one or more swing adsorption processes, the process comprising:
- performing a process to remove one or more contaminants from a feed stream in an operational system to form a process product stream;
separating one or more streams in the process from the operational system to form a test feed stream;
passing the test feed stream to a test system;
performing one or more swing adsorption processes on the test feed stream in the test system to remove one or more test contaminants from the test feed stream to form a test product stream having less test contaminants than the test feed stream and a test purge product stream containing at least a portion of the one or more test contaminants;
mixing at least a portion of the test product stream with a first stream in the operational system prior to the forming the process product stream; and
mixing at least a portion of the test purge product stream with a second stream in the operational system prior to the forming the process product stream.
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Abstract
Provided are apparatus and systems for testing the performance a swing adsorption process. This test system is integrated with an operational system that processes a feed stream to form a product stream. The test system includes a test swing adsorption system configured to perform a swing adsorption process on the test feed stream that is based on two or more streams from different locations in the operational system. Then, passing the streams from different steps to different locations in the operational system to be recycled into the operational system.
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1. A process for removing contaminants from a feed stream and testing one or more swing adsorption processes, the process comprising:
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performing a process to remove one or more contaminants from a feed stream in an operational system to form a process product stream; separating one or more streams in the process from the operational system to form a test feed stream; passing the test feed stream to a test system; performing one or more swing adsorption processes on the test feed stream in the test system to remove one or more test contaminants from the test feed stream to form a test product stream having less test contaminants than the test feed stream and a test purge product stream containing at least a portion of the one or more test contaminants; mixing at least a portion of the test product stream with a first stream in the operational system prior to the forming the process product stream; and mixing at least a portion of the test purge product stream with a second stream in the operational system prior to the forming the process product stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for testing one or more swing adsorption processes associated with an operational system, the system comprising:
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an operational system configured to perform a process to remove one or more contaminants from a feed stream to form a process product stream; a test system in fluid communication with the operational system and comprising; one or more separation units in fluid communication with the operational system and configured to separate one or more streams from the operational system to form a test feed stream; a swing adsorption system comprising one or more adsorbent bed units, wherein each of the one or more adsorbent bed units is configured to receive the test feed stream in an adsorption step and to separate test contaminants from the test feed stream and to output a test product stream having less test contaminants than the test feed stream; a recycle unit in fluid communication with the swing adsorption system and configured to receive the test product stream and to pass at least a portion of the test product stream to one of the one or more adsorbent bed units in a purge step and form a test purge product stream; and one or more conduits configured to pass the test product stream to the operational system and to pass the test purge product stream to the operational system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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