CONTINUOUS PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (CPSA) FOR NITROGEN REJECTION FROM NATURAL GAS

A CONTINUOUS PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (CPSA) PROCESS WILL BE DEVELOED IN PHASE I FOR NITROGEN REJECTION FROM LOW QUALITY NATURAL GAS. THIS PROCESS WILL REMOVE THE SOLE TECHNO-ECONOMIC HURDLE FOR UTILIZING MAJOR RESOURCES OF LOW QUALITY NATURAL GAS. THIS WILL PROVIDE A METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING A VALUABLE FUEL RESOURCE OUT OF GAS RESOURCES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY EITHER BEING THROWN AWAY OR ARE LEFT UNUSED IN THE GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS IN WHICH THEY WERE DISCOVERED. THE CPSA PROCESS TAKES THE BATCH OPERATING CONDITIONS OF TRADITIONAL PSA AND YIELDS A CONTINUOUS SYSTEM. THE REDUCTION OF VESSELS AND SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCESS OPERATION YIELD SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OVE BATCH PSA. THE PLANNED RESEARCH SHOULD LEAD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS WHICH WILL BE THE BASIS FOR PATENT SUBMITTALS. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT OF CONTINUOUS RAPID CYCLING PSA HAS BEEN PROVEN IN THE LABORATORY FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCT OBJECTIVES. THIS CPSA RESEARCH CAN BUILD ON PRIOR WORK TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL NITROGEN REJECTION PROCESS.