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US 9,168,484 B1Granted
Falling microbead counter-flow process for separating gas mixtures
AssigneeSRI International
InventorsMarc D Hornbostel, Gopala N Krishnan, Angel Sanjurjo
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Abstract
A method and reactor for removing a component from a gas stream is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing the gas stream containing the component that is to be removed and adsorbing the component out of the gas stream as the gas stream rises via microbeads of a sorbent falling down an adsorber section of a reactor.
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A reactor for continuously removing a selected component from a gas stream, comprising:
- an adsorber section comprising a structural packing having downward falling microbeads of sorbent and an upward rising gas stream;
- a transition section coupled to the adsorber section and configured to remove other components from the sorbent;
- a stripper section coupled to the transition section and configured to remove the selected component from the sorbent;
- a dehydration/cooling section coupled to the stripper section and configured to cool the microbeads of the sorbent with air;
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- a sorbent return configured to return the sorbent to the adsorber section.
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