FLUID STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING HIGH WORK CAPACITY PHYSICAL SORBENT

摘要

AN ADSORPTION-DESORPTION APPARATUS, FOR STORAGE AND DISPENSING OF A SORBABLE GAS, WHEREIN A PHYSICAL SORBENT MEDIUM BEARING THE ADSORBED GAS TO BE SELECTIVELY DISPENSED IS DELIVERED BY PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL DESORPTION AND/OR THERMAL DESORPTION OF THE SORBATE GAS FROM THE SORBENT MATERIAL. THE SORBENT MATERIAL PREFERABLY COMPRISES A MATERIAL WHICH CHARACTERIZED BY A SORBENT WORKING CAPACITY, MEASURED FOR ARSINE AT 40 TORR AND AT 650 TORR, OF AT LEAST 100 GRAMS ARSINE PER LITER OF BED OF THE SORBENT MATERIAL, E.G., A SORBENT MATERIAL HAVING THE ADSORPTION ISOTHERM CHARACTERISTIC OF CURVE A IN FINGURE 1 HEREIN.MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS(