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Process for separating nitrogen from mixtures thereof with less polar substances
Assignee: Katalistiks International Inc
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Filing: 1987-06-30
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Granted: 1989-08-22
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Expires: 2007-06-30
Abstract
Abstract The highly lithium exchanged forms of zeolite X, particularly the low silica forms of zeolite X which contain more than ninety equivalent percent lithium cations, have been found to exhibit extraordinary capacities and selectivities for nitrogen adsorption. Such adsorbents are to a surprising degree effective in separating nitrogen from gas streams such as air and mixtures of nitrogen with less polar substances such as hydrogen, argon and methane. Pressure swing adsorption separation process are well suited to take advantage of the exceptional properties of these absorbents.
Inventors
- 👤 Chien C. Chao
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-26 19:12
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B21/00; C01B21/04; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/02; B01J; B01J20/00; B01J20/02; B01J20/10; B01J20/16; B01J20/18; C02; C02F; C02F3/00; C02F3/02; C02F3/12; C02F3/20; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S95/00; Y10S95/90; Y10S95/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
Process for selectively adsorbing nitrogen from a gas mixture thereof with less polar substances which comprises contacting said gas mixture with a crystalline zeolite X adsorbent having a framework SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratio of not greater than 3.0 and having at least 88 percent of its AlO 2 tetrahedral units associated with lithium cations.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
Process for selectively adsorbing nitrogen from a gas mixture thereof with less polar substances which comprises contacting said gas mixture with a crystalline zeolite X adsorbent having a framework SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratio of not greater than 3.0 and having at least 88 percent of its AlO 2 tetrahedral units associated with lithium cations.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the framework SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratio of the zeolite X adsorbent is from 2.0 to 2.5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
Process according to claim 2 wherein the zeolite X adsorbent has at least 95 percent of its AlO 2 tetrahedral units associated with lithium cations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the zeolite X adsorbent has at least 90 percent of its AlO 2 tetrahedral units associated with lithium cations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Process according to claim 4 wherein the mixture of nitrogen with less polar substances consists essentially of nitrogen and oxygen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
Process according to claim 5 wherein the mixture of nitrogen and oxygen is contacted with the zeolite X adsorbent at a temperature of from 15° C. to 70° C. and at a pressure of 50 torr to 10,000 torr.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
Process according to claim 6 wherein the temperature is from 20° C. to 50° C.
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