IP Library Granted Patent US 8,328,913
Granted Patent B2
US 8,328,913 · App. 12/446,830 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Flammable gas concentration system

Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,328,913
App. No.
12/446,830
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flammable gas concentration system is described, which includes a concentrating apparatus for acquiring at least a portion of the product gas, concentrating the flammable gas included in the acquired product gas, and generating a high-concentration gas; and a mixer for acquiring the raw gas and the high-concentration gas generated by the concentrating apparatus, mixing the acquired high-concentration gas and the raw gas, and generating the product gas.

Claims (14)

1. A flammable gas concentration system for generating a product gas in which a flammable gas is concentrated from a raw gas that includes the flammable gas; said flammable gas concentration system comprising:

concentrating means for acquiring at least a portion of said product gas, concentrating the flammable gas included in the acquired product gas, and generating a high-concentration gas;

mixing means for acquiring said raw gas and the high-concentration gas generated by said concentrating means, mixing the acquired high-concentration gas and the raw gas, and generating said product gas; and

concentration setting means for adjusting a feeding rate of said high-concentration gas to said mixing means and setting a flammable gas concentration of said product gas generated by said mixing means to or above an allowed concentration.

2. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 1 , wherein said concentrating means comprises an adsorption tower filled by an adsorbent for selectively adsorbing said flammable gas, and is configured so as to alternately execute adsorption processing for causing said product gas to pass through an inside of said adsorption tower, and desorption processing for expelling said high-concentration gas from the inside of said adsorption tower at a pressure lower than a pressure during said adsorption processing.

3. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 2 , wherein said flammable gas is methane.

4. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 2 , wherein a storage unit is provided for storing said product gas, and said concentrating means is configured so as to acquire said product gas from said storage unit.

5. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 2 , comprising suction means for drawing in said product gas from the mixing means, the suction means being provided on a downstream side of said mixing means.

6. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 1 , wherein said flammable gas is methane.

7. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 6 , wherein a storage unit is provided for storing said product gas, and said concentrating means is configured so as to acquire said product gas from said storage unit.

8. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 6 , comprising suction means for drawing in said product gas from the mixing means, the suction means being provided on a downstream side of said mixing means.

9. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 1 , wherein a storage unit is provided for storing said product gas, and said concentrating means is configured so as to acquire said product gas from said storage unit.

10. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 9 , comprising suction means for drawing in said product gas from the mixing means, the suction means being provided on a downstream side of said mixing means.

11. The flammable gas concentration system according to claim 1 , comprising suction means for drawing in said product gas from the mixing means, the suction means being provided on a downstream side of said mixing means.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2010
From: GAS AND POWER INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
To: GAS AND POWER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024807/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2010
From: GAS AND POWER CO., LTD.
To: OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024807/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2009
From: SHITO, ETSUO; HIRAO, KATSUHIKO; SEKI, KENJI
To: GAS AND POWER INVESTMENT CO., LTD.; OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023468/0919 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2006-296619 · Oct 31, 2006 · national
JP 2007-164017 · Jun 21, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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