Multicomponent adsorption process
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1. A process for the removal by adsorption of more than one component from a gaseous stream comprising:
- (a) passing a gaseous stream containing two components, a first component and a second component, wherein the first component is more strongly sorbed than the second component, in contact with a first mass of adsorbent to transfer the majority but not all of the first component to the first mass of adsorbent;
(b) passing the resulting gaseous stream in contact with a second mass of adsorbent, separate and spaced from the first mass of adsorbent, to transfer substantially all of the remaining first component and substantially all of the second component to the second mass of adsorbent;
(c) regenerating the second mass of adsorbent to a low residual loading with respect to the first component; and
(d) regenerating the first mass of adsorbent to a high residual loading.
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Abstract
A process to absorb more than one component from a gaseous stream comprising passing the gaseous stream sequentially in contact with separate and distinct adsorbent masses wherein not all of the more strongly sorbed component is removed in a single adsorbent mass. The process exhibits improved overall efficiency over conventional multicomponent adsorption processes.
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26 Claims
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1. A process for the removal by adsorption of more than one component from a gaseous stream comprising:
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(a) passing a gaseous stream containing two components, a first component and a second component, wherein the first component is more strongly sorbed than the second component, in contact with a first mass of adsorbent to transfer the majority but not all of the first component to the first mass of adsorbent; (b) passing the resulting gaseous stream in contact with a second mass of adsorbent, separate and spaced from the first mass of adsorbent, to transfer substantially all of the remaining first component and substantially all of the second component to the second mass of adsorbent; (c) regenerating the second mass of adsorbent to a low residual loading with respect to the first component; and (d) regenerating the first mass of adsorbent to a high residual loading. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A process for the removal by adsorption of more than one component from a gaseous stream comprising:
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(a) providing a gaseous stream containing at least two components, said components ranked by order of sorption as first through Nth component with the first component being the most strongly sorbed and the Nth component being the least strongly sorbed; (b) passing the gaseous stream in contact with a first mass of absorbent to transfer the majority but not all of the first component to the first mass of adsorbent; (c) passing the resulting gaseous stream in contact with a series of N-2 separate and spaced adsorbent masses, each adsorbent mass being associated with one component ranked 2 through N-1, wherein in each serial adsorbent mass the majority but not all of its associated component is removed from the stream to the said serial adsorbent mass along with the remainder of the component, more strongly sorbed than the associated component, which is still in the gaseous stream, while essentially none of the component(s) less strongly sorbed than the associated component are removed from the gaseous stream; (d) passing the gaseous stream resulting from step (c) in contact with the Nth adsorbent mass wherein substantially all of the remainder of the N-1th component and substantially all of the Nth component are transferred to the Nth adsorbent mass;
and(e) regenerating the first mass of adsorbent to a higher residual loading with respect to the first component then the residual loading of any of the other adsorbent masses. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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