Efficient use of adsorbents for indoor air scrubbing
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a scrubber containing an adsorbent, the scrubber configured to cycle between scrubbing at least one pollutant and/or first gas from a stream of gases with the at least one pollutant and/or first gas being adsorbed onto the adsorbent, and regenerating at least some of the adsorbent and thereby purging at least some of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent via a regeneration gas flow, the method comprising:
- flowing a stream of gases through the scrubber, the scrubber comprising the adsorbent;
adsorbing at least some of the one pollutant and/or first gas from the stream of gases onto the adsorbent during an adsorption phase over a first time period;
purging a portion of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during a regeneration phase over a second time period with a regeneration gas flow, and cycling between the adsorption phase and the regeneration phase, whereinone cycle comprises at least an adsorption phase followed by a regeneration phase,one cycle period comprises the total time elapsed during one cycle,the at least one pollutant and/or first gas purged from the adsorbent is carried away by the regeneration gas flow,a complete regeneration phase comprises a time period for removing substantially all of the pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during the regeneration phase, anda complete adsorption phase comprises a time period for substantially saturating all the adsorbent during the adsorption;
andlimiting at least one of;
the duration of the first time period to a period of time Ta which is less than the complete adsorption phase, andthe duration of the second time period to a period of time Tr which is less than the complete regeneration phase, whereina productivity of the scrubber is optimized as a function of at least one of Ta and Tr, with productivity comprising an amount of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas removed over the one cycle period.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the disclosure correspond to, for example, a method for controlling a scrubber containing an adsorbent. The scrubber may be configured to cycle between scrubbing at least one pollutant/gas from a stream of gases with the pollutant/gas being adsorbed onto the adsorbent, and regenerating at least some of the adsorbent and thereby purging at least some of the one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent via a regeneration gas flow. The method may include flowing a stream of gases through the scrubber, the scrubber including the adsorbent and adsorbing at least some of the one pollutant/gas from the stream of gases onto the adsorbent during an adsorption phase over a first time period. The method may also include purging at least a portion of the one pollutant/gas from the adsorbent during a regeneration phase over a second time period with a regeneration gas flow, and cycling therebetween.
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1. A method for controlling a scrubber containing an adsorbent, the scrubber configured to cycle between scrubbing at least one pollutant and/or first gas from a stream of gases with the at least one pollutant and/or first gas being adsorbed onto the adsorbent, and regenerating at least some of the adsorbent and thereby purging at least some of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent via a regeneration gas flow, the method comprising:
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flowing a stream of gases through the scrubber, the scrubber comprising the adsorbent; adsorbing at least some of the one pollutant and/or first gas from the stream of gases onto the adsorbent during an adsorption phase over a first time period; purging a portion of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during a regeneration phase over a second time period with a regeneration gas flow, and cycling between the adsorption phase and the regeneration phase, wherein one cycle comprises at least an adsorption phase followed by a regeneration phase, one cycle period comprises the total time elapsed during one cycle, the at least one pollutant and/or first gas purged from the adsorbent is carried away by the regeneration gas flow, a complete regeneration phase comprises a time period for removing substantially all of the pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during the regeneration phase, and a complete adsorption phase comprises a time period for substantially saturating all the adsorbent during the adsorption; and limiting at least one of; the duration of the first time period to a period of time Ta which is less than the complete adsorption phase, and the duration of the second time period to a period of time Tr which is less than the complete regeneration phase, wherein a productivity of the scrubber is optimized as a function of at least one of Ta and Tr, with productivity comprising an amount of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas removed over the one cycle period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for controlling a scrubber, the system comprising:
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a scrubber containing an adsorbent, the scrubber configured to cycle between scrubbing at least one pollutant and/or first gas from a stream of gases with the at least one pollutant and/or first gas being adsorbed onto the adsorbent, and purging the at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent via a regeneration gas flow; means for flowing the stream of gases through the scrubber and over and/or through the adsorbent, wherein the adsorbent adsorbs at least one pollutant and/or first gas from the stream of gases during an adsorption phase over a first time period; means for flowing the regeneration gas flow over the adsorbent for purging a portion of the pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during a regeneration phase over a second time period with a regeneration gas flow, and means for cycling between the adsorption phase and the regeneration phase, wherein; one cycle comprises one adsorption phase followed by one regeneration phase, one cycle period comprises the total time elapsed during one cycle; the pollutant and/or first gas purged from the adsorbent is carried away by the regeneration gas flow, a complete regeneration phase comprises a time period for removing substantially all of the pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent during the regeneration phase, a complete adsorption phase comprises a time period for substantially saturating all the adsorbant during the adsorption, the duration of at least one of the following is limited; the duration of the first time to a period of time Ta which is less than the complete adsorption phase, and the duration of the second time period of time Tr which is less than the complete regeneration phase, and productivity of the scrubber is optimized as a function of at least one of Ta and Tr, with productivity comprising an amount of the at least one pollutant and/or first gas removed over the one cycle period, wherein the means for cycling comprises a processor and a non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer instructions operating thereon for controlling cycling between the adsorption and regeneration phases.
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