Sorbent bed cartridge, modular sorbent bed system and method

Abstract

A sorbent bed cartridge includes an exoskeleton having an interior space configured to receive a sorbent bed, and a thickness control system to at least substantially maintain a preselected thickness of the bed. A system includes a chamber to hold one or a plurality of the cartridges, which are movable into and out of the chamber. A method of forming the cartridge includes securing the bed within the exoskeleton, and utilizing the thickness control system to maintain the preselected thickness of the bed. A cartridge includes an exoskeleton having first and second side plates and first and second end external plates, the exoskeleton configured to receive a plurality of beds in a predetermined array for carbon capture airflow, and enables movement of the cartridge and the plurality of beds contained therein into and out of a chamber sized to hold a singular or plurality of the cartridges.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.