Effects of carbon-to-zeolite ratio on layered bed H{sub 2} PSA for coke oven gas
- Yonsei Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Effects of carbon-to-zeolite ratio on a layered bed H{sub 2} PSA using activated carbon and zeolite 5A were studied experimentally and theoretically. Coke oven gas (56.,4 vol.% H{sub 2}, 26.6 vol.% CH{sub 4}, 8.4 vol.% CO, 5.5 vol. % N{sub 2}, and 3.1 vol.% CO{sub 2}) was used as a feed gas for the seven-step two-bed PSA process incorporating a backfill step. In these experiments, the effects of three operating variables such as adsorption pressure, feed rate and purge rate on the performance of a layered bed PSA were investigated. The layered bed gave better purity than the single-adsorbent bed at the same operating condition, except at low purge rate. Since every component had its own front velocity at each layer, a carbon-to-zeolite ratio affected product purity at a given recovery or throughput. Moreover, for a high-purity H{sub 2} product from coke oven gas, an optimum carbon-to-zeolite ratio had to be determined to control a leading wavefront of N{sub 2}. In layered bed PSA processes, the temperature variations inside the bed reflected a kind of inflection or plateau at which a roll-up phenomenon occurred and showed the dynamics of adsorption well at each step during a cycle. Simulated results of the dynamic model incorporating mass, energy and momentum balances agreed well with the PSA experimental results.
- OSTI ID:
- 346940
- Journal Information:
- AIChE Journal, Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 45; ISSN 0001-1541; ISSN AICEAC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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