Patent ID: 6200365
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A device for continuously fractionating a gas by adsorption, comprising:at least one pair of containers including a first and a second container;a first shuttle valve and a second shuttle valve;a common gas inlet branching off through said first shuttle valve to said two containers;a common gas outlet branching off through said second shuttle valve to said two containers;a bypass line connecting said two containers in the vicinity of said gas outlet;a bypass outlet connected to said two container s in the vicinity of said gas inlet for individually shutting off said two containers;at least one extruded container body having mutually spaced apart outer surfaces, at least one container cavity and at least one line cavity, said at least one container cavity having two cavity openings in said outer surfaces; anda common pre-fabricated functional block into which said gas inlet, said gas outlet and said bypass outlet feed, said gas inlet and said gas outlet to and from said containers, said first and second shuttle valves and other components forming a line switching circuit integrated in said functional block.