Patent ID: 8419826

Claim:
A process for the regeneration of an adsorbent bed, wherein the process comprises the steps of: (a) providing a first adsorbent bed (B 1 ), having an adsorbed species, a second adsorbent bed (B 2 ), and a bypass around said second adsorbent bed (B 2 ); (b) directing a proportion of a gaseous stream through said bypass to said first adsorbent bed (B 1 ), and contacting said first adsorbent bed (B 1 ) with said proportion of said gaseous stream such that at least a portion of said adsorbed species in said first adsorbent bed (B 1 ) are released; (c) cooling said second adsorbent bed (B 2 ) with a remaining proportion of said gaseous stream by directing said remaining proportion of said gaseous stream to flow through said second adsorbent bed (B 2 ); and, (d) controlling said proportion of said gaseous stream directed to flow through said bypass.