Patent ID: 10843119

Abstract:
A valve arrangement in particular four-way switch, for an adsorber station of an air separation plant, having a first valve device comprising a first gas inlet/gas outlet, a second valve device, comprising a second gas inlet/gas outlet, and a first connecting piece, which fluidically connects a first housing section of the first device to a second housing section of the second valve device, the first connecting piece has a third gas inlet/gas outlet. A second connecting piece, fluidically connects the first housing section to the second housing section, wherein the second connecting piece has a fourth gas inlet/gas outlet. The valve arrangement is selectively switchable into a first switching state, in which the first gas inlet/gas outlet is fluidically connected to the fourth gas inlet/gas outlet and the second gas inlet/gas outlet is simultaneously fluidically connected to the third gas inlet/gas outlet, or into a second switching state, in which the first gas inlet/gas outlet is fluidically connected to the third gas inlet/gas outlet and the second gas inlet/gas outlet is simultaneously fluidically connected to the fourth gas inlet/gas outlet.