Apparatus and system for swing adsorption processes

A cyclical swing adsorption system comprising:

• a plurality of adsorbent bed units coupled to a plurality of manifolds, each of the plurality of adsorbent bed units is configured to pass different streams through the adsorbent bed unit between two or more steps in a swing adsorption cycle and each of the plurality of adsorbent bed remove one or more contaminants from a feed stream to form a product stream and wherein each of the plurality of adsorbent bed units comprise:
• a housing;
• an adsorbent material disposed within the housing;
• a plurality of valves, wherein at least one of the plurality of valves is associated with one of the plurality of manifolds, the at least one of the plurality of valves managing fluid flow along a flow path extending between the one of the plurality of manifolds and the adsorbent material;
• a dampening system in fluid communication with the plurality of adsorbent bed units, the dampening system lessening one or more of temperature fluctuations, compositional fluctuations, and any combination thereof associated with transitioning of the different streams through the plurality of adsorbent bed units between the two or more steps in the swing adsorption cycle;
• and
• wherein the cyclical swing adsorption system is configured to dampen one or more of temperature, compositional, and pressure pulses associated with the transition of the different streams through the adsorbent bed unit between the two or more steps in the swing adsorption cycle.