Inventors:
James Michael Occhialini - New Tripoli PA, US
Roger Dean Whitley - Allentown PA, US
Glenn Paul Wagner - Fogelsville PA, US
Matthew James LaBuda - Fogelsville PA, US
Craig E. Steigerwalt - Slatington PA, US
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Allentown PA
International Classification:
B01D 53/02
US Classification:
95 96, 96121, 96130, 12820512
Abstract:
System for producing an oxygen-rich gas comprising (a) a primary gas mover including a first and a second compressor, wherein the primary gas mover is characterized by a weight W; (b) a drive motor adapted to drive the first and second compressors; (c) a rechargeable power supply characterized by a weight, W; and (d) a pressure/vacuum swing adsorption unit adapted to separate the pressurized feed air into an oxygen-rich product at a product flow rate Fand an oxygen-depleted waste gas, wherein the adsorption unit comprises a plurality of adsorber beds containing an adsorbent and characterized by a total adsorbent weight W; and wherein the combined weight, W, of the adsorbent, the primary gas mover, and the rechargeable power supply is characterized by the expression0. 75 where Fis in liters per min (at 23 C. and 1 atma pressure), and W, W, and Ware in pounds.
