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Pressure Swing Adsorption Technology and Equipment for Air Separation to Produce O2 and N2


 

I. Pressure Swing Adsorption for Oxygen Enrichment:

Pressure swing adsorption units offer numerous advantages, including rapid startup, low energy consumption, simple operation, a wide load-range flexibility, and straightforward maintenance. Since the 1980s, with the maturation of pressure swing adsorption technology for producing oxygen-enriched air, this method has become the primary means worldwide for obtaining low-cost oxygen in applications where high-purity oxygen is not required. It is extensively used in nonferrous metallurgy (copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel smelting, titanium dioxide production, etc.), ferrous metallurgy (oxygen-enriched blast-furnace coal injection for ironmaking, electric-arc furnace steelmaking, etc.), oxygen-enriched combustion (industrial boilers, glass furnaces, electrolytic aluminum production), chemical gasification (ammonia, methanol, ethylene, ethylene glycol production, etc.), medical applications, wastewater treatment (oxygen-enriched aeration), pulp bleaching, hydrogen peroxide production, various oxidation processes in the chemical industry, ferrite cement production in the cement industry, refractory brick manufacturing, ozone generators, aquaculture, carbon black production, and medical health care, among others.

 

II. Pressure Swing Adsorption for Nitrogen Production:

Nitrogen is an inert protective gas widely used in grain preservation and pest control, fruit preservation, and various industries such as metallurgy, petroleum, and chemical processing. Compared with conventional cryogenic separation methods, pressure swing adsorption offers significant advantages, including high product purity, greater operational flexibility, lower capital investment, reduced operating costs, a high degree of process automation, and convenient start-up and shutdown.

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