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Adsorption device for gas separation
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1988-09-06
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Granted: 1989-11-21
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Expires: 2008-09-06
Abstract
Abstract An adsorption device for gas separation with an adsorbent includes a thermally insulated container. Adsorber tubes with a given length are vertically disposed in the container for receiving adsorbent. A heating device is adjacent the adsorber tubes. Cooling tubes are disposed alongside the adsorber tubes and extend over substantially all of the given length for receiving coolant. A gas circulation device in the container generates a gas flow encompassing the heating device, the cooling tubes and all of the given length of the adsorber tubes.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernd Eckardt
- 👤 Thomas Burbach
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 03:26
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21F; G21F9/00; G21F9/02; G21C; G21C19/00; G21C19/28; G21C19/30; G21C19/303; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
Adsorption device for gas separation with an adsorbent, comprising a thermally insulated container, adsorber tubes with a given length being vertically disposed in said container, adsorbent disposed in said adsorber tubes, a heating device adjacent said adsorber tubes, cooling tubes disposed alongside said adsorber tubes and extending over substantially all of said given length for receiving coolant, and a gas circulation device in said container generating a gas flow encompassing said heating device, said cooling tubes and all of said given length of said adsorber tubes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
Adsorption device for gas separation with an adsorbent, comprising a thermally insulated container, adsorber tubes with a given length being vertically disposed in said container, adsorbent disposed in said adsorber tubes, a heating device adjacent said adsorber tubes, cooling tubes disposed alongside said adsorber tubes and extending over substantially all of said given length for receiving coolant, and a gas circulation device in said container generating a gas flow encompassing said heating device, said cooling tubes and all of said given length of said adsorber tubes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Adsorption device according to claim 1, including means for directing the gas flow from said gas circulation device first past said adsorber tubes, and then past at least one of said heating device and said cooling tubes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
Adsorption device according to claim 1, wherein the gas flow occurs in a given direction, and said adsorber tubes have a rectangular cross section and a longitudinal direction being the same as said given direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
Adsorption device according to claim 1, wherein said gas circulation device circulates the gas flow at a rate of at least 100 h -1 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
Adsorption device according to claim 1, wherein said adsorber tubes form a tube bundle having a circular-ring cross section, said cooling tubes form a cylindrical tube coil concentric to said tube bundle, and said heating device is electric and is disposed in the center of at least one of said tube bundle and said tube coil.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
Adsorption device according to claim 5, including means for directing the gas flow from said gas circulation device toward said tube bundle in horizontal direction, and the gas flow has a pressure loss over said tube bundle being at least twice as high as the pressure loss of the gas flow over the remainder of the circulation of the gas flow.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
Adsorption device according to claim 6, wherein said heating device extends only over a portion of said given height of said adsorber tubes of said tube bundle and only over a portion of the height of said tube coil defining a space remaining in said tube bundle and in said tube coil, and said gas circulation device is in the form of a ventilator disposed in said remaining space.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
Adsorption device according to claim 7, including a container cap in which said ventilator is disposed directly above said tube bundle.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
Adsorption device according to claim 7, including a drive motor for said ventilator disposed outside said container.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
Adsorption device according to claim 9, including a gas-tight capsule flanged to said container and surrounding said drive motor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
Adsorption device according to claim 10, wherein said capsule is double walled and has an intermediate space in which coolant circulates.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
Adsorption device according to claim 9, including a ventilator shaft connected between said ventilator and said drive motor, a magnet coupling disposed between said drive motor and said ventilator, and a gas-tight capsule flanged to said container and surrounding at least part of said ventilator shaft and of said magnet coupling.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
Adsorption device according to claim 5, wherein said tube bundle, said tube coil and said heating device are joined to one another and suspended as a unit inside said container.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
Adsorption device according to claim 13, including anchors protruding into the interior of said container and suspending said unit.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
Adsorption device according to claim 14, including a container cap disposed on said container, and inflow and removal lines additionally suspending said unit on said cap.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
Adsorption device according to claim 1, including means for connecting the interior of said container to a pressure-equalizing chamber disposed outside said container.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
124 words
Adsorption system, comprising at least two parallel branches, and two adsorption devices each being connected in a respective one of said parallel branches, one of said adsorption devices functioning as an adsorber while the other of said adsorption devices is regenerated, each of said adsorption devices including a thermally insulated container, adsorber tubes with a given length being vertically disposed in said container, adsorbent disposed in said adsorber tubes, a heating device adjacent said adsorber tubes, cooling tubes disposed alongside said adsorber tubes and extending over substantially all of said given length for receiving coolant, and a gas circulation device in said container generating a gas flow encompassing said heating device, said cooling tubes and all of said given length of said adsorber tubes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
124 words
Adsorption system, comprising at least two parallel branches, and two adsorption devices each being connected in a respective one of said parallel branches, one of said adsorption devices functioning as an adsorber while the other of said adsorption devices is regenerated, each of said adsorption devices including a thermally insulated container, adsorber tubes with a given length being vertically disposed in said container, adsorbent disposed in said adsorber tubes, a heating device adjacent said adsorber tubes, cooling tubes disposed alongside said adsorber tubes and extending over substantially all of said given length for receiving coolant, and a gas circulation device in said container generating a gas flow encompassing said heating device, said cooling tubes and all of said given length of said adsorber tubes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
Adsorption system according to claim 17, including a heat exchange circuit connected between said adsorbers of said parallel branches.
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