Patent ID: 6139609
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B01D,F26B

Abstract:
A container of a drying plant for drying gas, comprising:a container body;cartridges including a first cartridge with a first hollow interior and a second cartridge with a second hollow interior, said second cartridge disposed in said container body so as to be easily removed from said container body;an adsorption medium for a gas to be dried disposed in at least one of said first cartridge and said second cartridge, at least part of said adsorption medium completely filling said first hollow interior and said second hollow interior, a pressure prevailing between said adsorption medium and at least one of said first cartridge and said second cartridge is such that said adsorption medium is stationary even under changing operating and environmental conditions in said at least one of said first cartridge and said second cartridge;said second cartridge stacked on top of said first cartridge in said container body so that there is a guaranteed guided flow from said first cartridge to said second cartridge and a connection of said first cartridge to said second cartridge and to said container body being substantially gas-tight;at least a part of said first cartridge and said second cartridge can be re-used after said adsorption medium has been replaced and said first cartridge and said second cartridge being at least partially identical in structure; andsaid cartridges each having a top rim and a bottom rim, at least one of said top rim and said bottom rim functioning as a seal so that the gas to be dried is applied to an entire cross-section of said adsorption medium without being diverted between said first cartridge and said second cartridge.