Short cycle regeneration

Claim 1

A CYCLIC ADSORPTION SYSTEM FOR REMOVING LIQUID COMPONENTS FROM A GAS STREAM, COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF, (A) PLURAL GAS ADSORPTION TOWERS, (B) GAS STREAM SPLITTING AND THROTTLING MEANS FOR DIVIDING THE GAS INTO A THROTTLE-CONTROLLED MAIN-FLOW STREAM AND A SPLIT REGENERATING STREAM, (C) GAS HEATER, CONDENSER AND SEPARATOR MEANS, (D) SEQUENTIAL AT LEAST ONE TOWER PERFORMING AN ADSORPTION THROUGH AT LEAST ONE TOWER PERFORMING AND ADSORPTION FUNCTION, AND FOR PASSING THE SPLIT-STREAM THROUGH A TOWER BEING COOLED, THROUGH THE HEATER MEANS AND INTO A TOWER BEING REGENERATED, AND THEN THROUGH THE CONDENSER AND SEPARATOR MEANS, (EE INTERMITTENT MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SEQUENCE OF THE VALVE MEANS TO CYCLE THE TOWERS, (F) TEMPERATURE MEASUREING MEANS CONNECTED TO MEASURE THE EXIT TEMPERATURES OF THE TOWERS BEING COOLED AND BEING REGENERATED, AND CONNECED TO ACTUATE SAID INTERMITTENT MEANS WHEN BOTH TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED PRESET VALUES, AND (GE OTHER TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTLETS OF THE HEATER AND CONDENSER MEANS, AND COUPLED TO ACTUATE THE THROTTLING MEANS TO ADJUST THE MAIN-FLOW STREAM TO MAINTAIN THE SPLIT-STREAM FLOW AT A RATE WHICH WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAIN THE HEATER TEMPERATURE ABOVE A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM AND THE CONDENSER TEMPERATURE BELOW A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM.