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Carbon molecular sieves and a process for their preparation and use
Assignee: Calgon Carbon Corp
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Filing: 1983-12-13
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Granted: 1985-07-02
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Expires: 2003-12-13
Abstract
Abstract The instant invention is directed to carbon molecular sieves which are capable of separating gas or liquid mixtures containing components of at least two different molecular diameters, molecular weights or molecular shapes, said molecular sieve having an average effective pore diameter of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms and having specified oxygen diffusivities and selectivity ratios. The instant invention is also directed to a process for preparing carbon molecular sieves having average effective pore diameters of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms which comprises continuously feeding an agglomerated naturally occurring substrate to a continuous transport type heating means and calcining said agglomerated substrate in a substantially oxygen-free environment under a cocurrent purge of an inert gas at a temperature range of about 250° to 1100° C. for at least 1 minute. The instant invention is also directed to the use of the carbon molecular sieves in separating gas or liquid mixtures containing components of at least two different molecular diameters, molecular weights or molecular shapes.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert F. Sutt, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-01 04:51
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J20/00; B01J20/02; B01J20/20; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/02; B01D15/00; C; C01; C01B; C01B21/00; C01B21/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A carbon molecular sieve prepared from a naturally occurring substrate which is capable of separating gas or liquid mixtures containing components of at least two different molecular diameters, molecular weights or molecular shapes, said molecular sieve selected from the group consisting of molecular sieves having an average effective pore diameter of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms and having: (a) (i) an oxygen diffusivity of 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec or less and (ii) a diffusivity ratio or oxygen to nitrogen of 15 to 100; (b) (i) an oxygen diffusivity of 600×10 -8 cm 2 /sec or less and (ii) a diffusivity ratio or oxygen to nitrogen greater than 100; or (c) (i) an oxygen diffusivity greater than 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and (ii) a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen greater than 5.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A carbon molecular sieve prepared from a naturally occurring substrate which is capable of separating gas or liquid mixtures containing components of at least two different molecular diameters, molecular weights or molecular shapes, said molecular sieve selected from the group consisting of molecular sieves having an average effective pore diameter of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms and having: (a) (i) an oxygen diffusivity of 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec or less and (ii) a diffusivity ratio or oxygen to nitrogen of 15 to 100; (b) (i) an oxygen diffusivity of 600×10 -8 cm 2 /sec or less and (ii) a diffusivity ratio or oxygen to nitrogen greater than 100; or (c) (i) an oxygen diffusivity greater than 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and (ii) a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen greater than 5.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 1, having an oxygen diffusivity of 500×10 -8 to 750×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen of 15 to 75.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 1, having an oxygen diffusivity of 50×10 -8 to 500×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen of 100 to 4000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 3, having a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen of 175 to 1550.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 1, having an oxygen diffusivity of 800×10 -8 to 3000×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen of 9 to 4000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 5, having an oxygen diffusivity of 900×10 -8 to 2100×10 -8 cm 2 /sec and a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen of 9 to 25.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 1, having an oxygen diffusivity of greater than 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec, a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen greater than 5 and a carbon dioxide diffusivity greater than 200×10 -8 cm 2 /sec.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The carbon molecular sieve of claim 1, having a an oxygen diffusivity of greater than 800×10 -8 cm 2 /sec, a diffusivity ratio of oxygen to nitrogen greater than 5 and a methane diffusivity greater than 0.01×10 -8 cm 2 /sec.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
A process for preparing carbon molecular sieves having average effective pore diameters of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms which comprises continuously feeding an agglomerated naturally occurring carbonaceous substrate to a continuous transport type heating means and calcining said agglomerated substrate under non-activation conditions and under a purge of an inert gas at a rate of 1.2 to 9.2 feet/minute at a temperature range of about 250° to 1100° C. for at least 1 minute.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
A process for preparing carbon molecular sieves having average effective pore diameters of from about 3 to about 20 Angstroms which comprises continuously feeding an agglomerated naturally occurring carbonaceous substrate to a continuous transport type heating means and calcining said agglomerated substrate under non-activation conditions and under a purge of an inert gas at a rate of 1.2 to 9.2 feet/minute at a temperature range of about 250° to 1100° C. for at least 1 minute.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 9, wherein said agglomerated carbonaceous substrate is calcined at from 525° to 975° C. for from 10 to 60 minutes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The process of claim 9, wherein said agglomerated substrate is a mixture of from 30 to 97 percent coconut char, from 1 to 40 percent thermal binder, from 0 to 20 percent cold binder and from 0 to 40 percent water, all percentages being by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 11, wherein said thermal binder is selected from the group consisting of coal tar pitch, petroleum pitch, asphalt, bitumin and lignin and said cold binder is starch.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
The process of claim 9, wherein said agglomerated substrate is a mixture of from 30 to 98 percent decoked coal from 1 to 40 percent thermal binder, from 0 to 20 percent cold binder and from 0 to 40 percent water, all percentages being by weight.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 13, wherein said thermal binder is selected from the group consisting of coal tar pitch, petroleum pitch, asphalt, bitumin and lignin and said cold binder is starch.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 9, wherein the cocurrent inert purge gas maintains an atmosphere of less than 10,000 ppm oxygen by volume.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 9, wherein the agglomerated carbonaceous substrate is dried at from 30° to 200° C.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 9, wherein said purge of an inert gas has a linear velocity of 1.2 to 9.2 feet/minute.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 9.
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