Patent ID: 6398853
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B01D,F04D

Abstract:
A gas separation system for separating a feed gas mixture comprising a first gas component and a second gas component, the gas separation system comprising:a stator, including a first stator valve surface, a second stator valve surface; and a plurality of function compartments opening into the stator valve surfaces; a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator, and including a first rotor valve surface in communication with the first stator valve surface, a second rotor valve surface in communication with the second stator valve surface, and a plurality of rotor flow paths for receiving adsorbent material therein for preferentially adsorbing the first gas component in response to increasing pressure in the rotor flow paths in comparison to the second gas component, each said rotor flow path including a pair of opposite ends opening into the rotor valve surfaces for communication with the function compartments; and centrifugal turbomachinery coupled to a portion of the function compartments, and including an impeller having a plurality of impeller flow paths for exposing each said rotor flow path to a plurality of different pressures between an upper pressure and a lower pressure as the rotor rotates for separating the first gas component from the second gas component.