Systems and methods for regenerating adsorbents for indoor air scrubbing
First Claim
1. A method for removing at least one gas and/or contaminant from a mixture of gases and/or contaminants of an indoor airflow from an enclosed space, comprising:
- providing a scrubber system having one or more adsorbent materials configured for regeneration;
providing a dedicated heat pump to remove heat from the indoor airflow of an enclosed space;
scrubbing the indoor air by flowing at least a portion of the indoor air over the one or more adsorbent materials;
heating a purge gas and/or the one or more adsorbent materials with the removed heat; and
periodically regenerating the one or more adsorbent materials during a regeneration cycle via at least one of;
flowing the heated purge gas over and/or through the one or more adsorbent materials, andheating the one or more adsorbent materials with the removed heat and flowing the purge gas over and/or through the heated one or more adsorbent materials.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the disclosure correspond to, for example, a system for scrubbing a mixture of gases and/or contaminants from indoor air from an enclosed space to remove at least one gas and/or contaminant from the mixture of gases and/or contaminants. The system may include one or more adsorbent materials configured to be cycled between adsorption and regeneration of at least one of gas and/or contaminant from the mixture of gases and/or contaminants via a temperature swing adsorption cycle (for example), regeneration means configured to regenerate one or more adsorbent materials. The regeneration means may be configured at a regeneration temperature to regenerate the one or more adsorbent materials.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for removing at least one gas and/or contaminant from a mixture of gases and/or contaminants of an indoor airflow from an enclosed space, comprising:
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providing a scrubber system having one or more adsorbent materials configured for regeneration; providing a dedicated heat pump to remove heat from the indoor airflow of an enclosed space; scrubbing the indoor air by flowing at least a portion of the indoor air over the one or more adsorbent materials; heating a purge gas and/or the one or more adsorbent materials with the removed heat; and periodically regenerating the one or more adsorbent materials during a regeneration cycle via at least one of; flowing the heated purge gas over and/or through the one or more adsorbent materials, and heating the one or more adsorbent materials with the removed heat and flowing the purge gas over and/or through the heated one or more adsorbent materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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