Experimental Study of a Novel Rapid Pressure-Swing Adsorption Based Medical Oxygen Concentrator: Effect of the Adsorbent Selectivity of N2 over O2

Chin Wen Wu, Rama Rao Vemula, Mayuresh V. Kothare, Shivaji Sircar

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Abstract

It was experimentally demonstrated that the performance of a medical oxygen concentrator based on rapid pressure swing adsorption (RPSA) process using a LiLSX zeolite was improved [lower bed size factor (BSF) and higher oxygen recovery (RO)] when the adsorbent exhibited higher selectivity of adsorption of N2 over O2. The effects of N2 selectivity on BSF and RO as functions of the RPSA process cycle times were found to be complex and nonintuitive. The key properties of a LiLSX zeolite sample for adsorption of N2 and O2 (pure and binary gas isotherms, binary selectivity, pure gas isosteric heats, pure gas mass-transfer characteristics, and degrees of adsorbent heterogeneity), which exhibited a relatively higher selectivity of adsorption for N2 over O2 compared to a previously reported sample, were measured and used in this study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4676-4681
Number of pages6
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume55
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 27 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Chemistry
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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