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What is Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) ?

The TSA process (Temperature Swing Adsorption) process is based on adsorption at operating conditions and regeneration at an elevated temperature. The adsorption capacity of an adsorbent at higher temperature is lower than at lower temperatures. Using this physical aspect drying of gases is possible with molecular sieves. The regeneration is done by increasing the temperature of the adsorber that needs to be regenerated.

There are several possibilities to introduce the heat in to the adsorber:

• Heating ambient air
• Heating part of the feed gas
• Heating part of the product gas
• Heating a separate inert gas

The choice for the best way of regeneration is depending on the application and the required dewpoint.

After a certain number of cycles, the absorbent material loses its affinity to the gas molecules. This is because the pores are either filled with affinity gases. Another cause is the absorption of moisture when operating at near ambient temperatures. Moisture is a major factor in the degeneration of the absorbent bed.

Temperature Swing Absorption (TSA) helps regenerate the absorbent. The process increases the temperature from near ambient to 200 ˚C, evaporating the moisture. This coupled with low pressure PSA process will release the moisture and absorbed gases thus regenerating the absorbent bed.

What is PSA ?

Pressure swing Absorption (PSA) leverages the “affinity” that some gas molecules have to absorb onto certain solid absorbent material. The process occurs at high pressure. As the pressure reduces, the separation of the gas molecule from the solid surface occurs. Although this occurs at near ambient temperatures, temperature control is still necessary to provide high pressures for the absorption process.

The solid absorbent surface traps the target gas molecules on the porous surface of the absorbent, while other gas molecules travel through the absorbent bed unhindered. These gases are then available for extraction on the outlet or exhaust.

Absorbent materials, such as zeolite, have an affinity towards nitrogen at high pressure. Under low pressure, nitrogen separates from the zeolite resulting in regeneration of the absorbent. PSA technology physically binds gas molecules to the absorbent. The face of this binding depends upon various factors like partial pressure of the gas, operating temperatures, and the polarity of the gas molecule and the absorbent material. Electric immersion heaters play a crucial role in controlling these factors.

Process description of the T.S.A. (Temperature Swing Adsorption)

Regeneration step

The saturated adsorber is being regenerated at high temperatures of 110-280 deg C (depending on the required dewpoint, the process parameters, the gas composition and the used material). The regeneration gas is taken from the inlet of the dryer package. Part of the gas flow is split-up and the purge gas is first heated in an electric heater to the required regeneration temperature. The heated purge gas is fed counter current in to the adsorber that is being regenerated and the regeneration takes place at somewhat higher pressure than the adsorption pressure. After the purge gas leaves the regenerated adsorber, the gas is cooled in a water cooled heat exchanger and the condensed water is separated from the gas in a water separator with automatic drain. The gas is fed back to the inlet downstream the pressure control valve and is entering the TSA system again.

Drying step

The gas that need to be dried is fed into one of the adsorbers. First the gas is reduced to a somewhat lower pressure in order to allow the purge gas to be re-injected in the inlet. The water is adsorbed on the drying material. The gas can be dried to a dew point (at atmospheric pressure) better than -90 deg C.

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