A pressure swing adsorption type hydrogen manufacturing apparatus includes a process control unit that controls operation of adsorption towers that generate a product gas by adsorbing, using adsorbents, adsorption target components other than hydrogen components from a source gas, in a state where an adsorption process, a pressure-equalization discharge process, a desorption process, and a pressure-restoration process are successively repeated. The process control unit is configured to control operation of the adsorption towers in such a manner that a prior pressure-equalization process is performed in an initial stage of a unit processing period, a subsequent pressure-equalization process is performed in a final stage of the unit processing period, a pressurization process of introducing a product gas to perform pressurization is performed, as the pressure-restoration process, subsequently to the prior pressure-equalization process, and the pressurization process is performed while overlapping with the subsequent pressure-equalization process.

The disclosure discloses an energy-saving system for purifying and recycling oxygen from high-temperature oxygen-enriched flue gas, including a water washing mechanism for introducing high-temperature oxygen-enriched flue gas, a compressor set connected with the water washing system through a pipeline, a compressor outlet heat exchanger connected with the compressor set through a pipeline, a gas-liquid separation tank connected with the compressor outlet heat exchanger through a pipeline, a temperature swing adsorption isobaric drying mechanism and a pressure swing adsorption purification mechanism connected with the gas-liquid separation tank through pipelines, a dedusting and filtering mechanism for introducing gas treated by the temperature swing adsorption isobaric drying mechanism and the pressure swing adsorption purification mechanism, and a cooling mechanism for cooling the water washing mechanism and the compressor outlet heat exchanger.

The present invention and embodiments thereof provide a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.

The current disclosure provides systems and methods for multiple beds undergoing a feed step at the same time with the same feed flow rate and multiple beds undergoing a light reflux step at the same time with the same light reflux flow rate to process a gas stream in a multi-bed, multi-unit vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process using reasonably sized beds.

Pressure swing adsorption process for reducing fluctuations in the flow rate of tail gas from the adsorption unit and reducing fluctuations in the stoichiometric oxidant flow rate required to completely combust the tail gas in a reformer furnace. Constant flow rate and constant fuel property can be obtained by intelligent mixing designs.

The current disclosure provides systems and methods for multiple beds undergoing a feed step at the same time with the same feed flow rate and multiple beds undergoing a light reflux step at the same time with the same light reflux flow rate to process a gas stream in a multi-bed, multi-unit vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process using reasonably sized beds.

The present invention is directed to a dryer provided with an inlet for receiving a flow of compressed gas and an outlet for providing dry air, said dryer comprising: a first and a second adsorption vessel connected in parallel, a depressurization unit connectable to the inlet flow conduit of each of said first and second adsorption vessels; whereby the dryer further comprises a flow reducer connectable to the inlet flow conduit of each of the first and second adsorption vessels and whereby said control valves are adapted to be switched in a first state, and a second state.

Pressure swing adsorption process for reducing fluctuations in the flow rate of tail gas from the adsorption unit. The flow rate of the stream of blowdown gas is regulated responsive signals from a sensor measuring the pressure and/or flow rate of the tail gas comprising the blowdown gas and purge gas effluent before the tail gas is introduced into a surge vessel.

A portable pressure swing adsorption method and system for fuel gas conditioning. A fuel gas conditioning system includes a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system fluidly coupled to a rich gas stream, the PSA system including a plurality of adsorbent beds and configured to condition the rich natural gas stream and produce therefrom a high-quality fuel gas and gaseous separated heavier hydrocarbons, a product end of the adsorbent beds fluidly coupled to a fuel gas line, wherein the high-quality fuel gas is discharged from the product end and supplied to the fuel gas line, and a feed end of the adsorbent beds configured to be fluidly coupled to the rich natural gas stream or a raw natural gas stream, wherein the produced gaseous separated heavier hydrocarbons are recirculated into the rich natural gas stream or the raw natural gas stream.

The present invention describes a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.