Space-filling polyhedral sorbents
AssigneeBlackpak, Inc.
InventorPeter Haaland
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Abstract
Solid sorbents, systems, and methods for pumping, storage, and purification of gases are disclosed. They derive from the dynamics of porous and free convection for specific gas/sorbent combinations and use space filling polyhedral microliths with facial aplanarities to produce sorbent arrays with interpenetrating interstitial manifolds of voids.
Claims20
An array of space-filling polyhedral-shaped sorbent microliths, wherein at least one of the microliths comprises one or more aplanarities on one or more polygonal faces, wherein the array comprises an interpenetrating, interstitial manifold of free space.
A method of manufacturing a system according to 12, the method comprising:
- (1) placing sorbent microliths through the aperture of the vessel;
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- (2) agitating the vessel to induce self-assembly of the microliths into a close-packed array with an interpenetrating, interstitial manifold of free space.
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