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  2. Pressure swing adsorption - Wikipedia

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    Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a technique used to separate some gas species from a mixture of gases (typically air) under pressure according to the species' molecular characteristics and affinity for an adsorbent material.

  3. Gas separation - Wikipedia

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    Vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) uses the same principle as PSA but swings between vacuum pressures and atmospheric pressure. [2] PSA and VSA techniques may be combined and are called "vacuum pressure swing adsorption" (VPSA) in this case.

  4. Air separation - Wikipedia

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    A nitrogen generator Bottle of 4Å molecular sieves. Pressure swing adsorption provides separation of oxygen or nitrogen from air without liquefaction. The process operates around ambient temperature; a zeolite (molecular sponge) is exposed to high pressure air, then the air is released and an adsorbed film of the desired gas is released.

  5. Hydrogen purification - Wikipedia

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    Pressure swing adsorption is used for the removal of carbon dioxide (CO 2) as the final step in the large-scale commercial synthesis of hydrogen. It can also remove methane , carbon monoxide , nitrogen , moisture and in some cases, argon , from hydrogen.

  6. Oxygen concentrator - Wikipedia

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    Pressure swing adsorption medical oxygen generator "R-OXY" by RIFAIR Technical Systems. Industrial processes may use much higher pressures and flows than medical units. To meet that need, another process, called vacuum swing adsorption (VSA), has been developed by Air Products. This process uses a single low-pressure blower and a valve that ...

  7. Biogas upgrader - Wikipedia

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    The solution is the use of biogas upgrading or purification processes whereby contaminants in the raw biogas stream are absorbed or scrubbed, leaving more methane per unit volume of gas. There are four main methods of upgrading: water washing, pressure swing adsorption, selexol adsorbtion, and amine gas treating.

  8. Nitrogen generator - Wikipedia

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    Among nitrogen adsorption plants of various types, pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants have found the broadest application world-wide. The system's design is based on the regulation of gas adsorption and adsorbent regeneration by means of changing pressures in two adsorber–adsorbent-containing vessels. This process requires constant ...

  9. Gas blending - Wikipedia

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    Pressure swing adsorption – Selective adsorption of gas on a medium which is reversible and proportional to pressure. Gas is loaded onto the medium during the high pressure phase and is released during the low pressure phase. Membrane gas separation – Gas is forced through a semi-permeable membrane by a pressure difference. Some of the ...