摘要 |
A pressure swing and temperature swing adsorption system (10) is disclosed which continuously purges contaminants such as nuclear, biological and chemical warfare agents from intake air and provides cool clean air to the crew compartment (74) of a vehicle by progressively directing contaminated air through a first adsorption bed (30) to clean the air, while simultaneously directing hot exhaust gases at about 600 DEG F through a second adsorption bed (32) for purging contaminants therefrom, while simultaneously cooling a third adsorption bed (34) for enhancing adsorption of contaminants in the purging bed upon repeating the cycles of operation. |