Patent ID: 7871460

Claim:
A moving bed system for removing contaminates from a fluid stream comprising: a pressurized housing maintained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; a first bed system disposed in the housing and coupled to the housing, the first bed system including at least one first flow channel with a downward slope along the entire length of the at least one first flow channel that enables an adsorbent material to flow through the first bed system; a second bed system disposed in the housing and including at least one second flow channel with a downward slope along the entire length of the at least one second flow channel, the at least one second flow channel in fluid communication with the first bed system to receive the adsorbent material from the first bed system, the at least one second flow channel of the second bed system being symmetrical to the at least one first flow channel of the first bed system about a horizontal axis defined through the housing; a divider that separates the first bed system from the second bed system, the divider enables the adsorbent material to flow between the first bed system and the second bed system, but prevents the fluid stream from flowing between the first bed system and the second bed system; and wherein the first bed system and the second bed system direct a first portion of the fluid stream into contact with the adsorbent material of the at least one first flow channel of the first bed system at least twice and a second portion of the fluid stream into contact with the absorbent material of the at least one second flow channel of the second bed system at least twice to remove the contaminates from the fluid stream.