Countercurrent exchange

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Pressure swing adsorption process with multiple desorption steps

Abstract: Pressure swing absorption processes are disclosed which employ a standard pressure swing absorption cycle comprising the steps of adsorption, one or more cocurrent depressurization steps for equalization or providing purge gas, a countercurrent depressurization step, a countercurrent purge step, and repressurization steps. The processes of the present invention also include an additional countercurrent desorption step performed in conjunction with the first countercurrent desorption step at above atmospheric pressure and a countercurrent purge step at about the adsorption temperature which can provide increased capacity and recovery as compared to PSA processes that only have one countercurrent depressurization step or otherwise do not have a countercurrent purge step. Preferably the pressure reduction during the second countercurrent depressurization step is accomplished by passing another stream from the process, such as the effluent from the first countercurrent desorption step, as a motive gas through an ejector which is in operative communication with the adsorber bed undergoing the second countercurrent desorption step.

Hot-air drying machine capable of utilizing waste heat and achieving penetrating countercurrent fluidization

Abstract: The invention discloses a hot-air drying machine capable of utilizing waste heat and achieving penetrating countercurrent fluidization. The upper portion of a drying tower is connected with an induced draft fan, and the induced draft fan is connected with a cyclone dust removing waste heat efficient recoverer formed by a tube-type heat exchanger and a cyclone dust collector in an overlapped manner in the tangent direction and then is emptied; the air inlet end of the shell side of the tube-type heat exchanger is communicated with the atmosphere, and the air outlet end of the shell side of the tube-type heat exchanger is connected with the lower portion of the drying tower through an air blower and a steam finned heater; and an impeller of the induced draft fan is of a structure that blades are in a hollow and wedged shape and the backing plate is in a disc shape, and the contour line of the appearance of the induced draft fan is an evolvent. According to the hot-air drying machine capable of utilizing the waste heat and achieving the penetrating countercurrent fluidization, creative integration is conducted on waste heat utilization and dust removal, the cyclone dust removing waste heat efficient recoverer is designed out, the equipment input is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved; and due to the fact that sieve mesh cone covers, sieve mesh cone discs, discharging tubes, a stretching vibration transmission shaft and conical plugs are arranged, penetrating, countercurrent, boiling and fluidization drying of materials are exquisitely and perfectly achieved, more energy is saved, the drying quality is higher, the power consumption of the induced draft fan is lower, and the application prospect is wider.