Modular Gas Adsorber Assembly with Tie-Rod Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gas adsorbers require specific design and materials based on client requirements, leading to high design labor and material usage due to their fixed constructional volume, which limits flexibility and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A modular gas adsorber assembly comprising operatively coupled cylindrical units with threaded tie-rods and clamping nuts, allowing for assembly in series or tandem configurations without mechanical operations or constructional modifications, enabling flexible adaptation to client requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional gas adsorbers are designed with preset constructional volume based on client requirements, then gas separation performance is improved, but design labor and material usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The gas adsorber is divided into multiple modular units that can be independently manufactured and then assembled in series or parallel configurations. Each module contains standardized components (vessels, adsorbing materials, distribution systems) that can be replicated. This segmentation allows the system to be scaled to meet different client requirements without redesigning the entire system, thus maintaining gas separation performance while reducing design labor and material usage.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional gas adsorbers are designed with fixed constructional volume, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different client requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a fixed, static design to a dynamic, configurable architecture where modules can be added, removed, or rearranged based on client needs. The modular units are designed with standardized connection interfaces that enable flexible assembly in series for increased capacity or in parallel for enhanced separation performance, allowing the system to adapt to different requirements while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardization.
3Reliability
If conventional gas adsorbers are designed specifically for each client requirement, then gas separation effectiveness is improved, but production time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The modular units are pre-designed and pre-assembled with standardized components, including pre-filled adsorbing materials and pre-configured distribution systems. This preliminary preparation of standardized modules eliminates the need for custom design and assembly for each client order. The modules can be quickly configured and assembled to meet specific separation requirements, significantly reducing production time and cost while maintaining gas separation effectiveness.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible and efficient assembly of gas adsorber systems that can be tailored to specific client needs without the need for extensive design or material changes, reducing labor and material usage while maintaining effective gas separation capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
filled-in by a given amount of an adsorbing material forming, inside the vessel, a sieve, allowing to separate one or more gases from a gas mixture
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AI summary
In a modular gas-separating adsorber assembly, a pair of cylindric vessels, filled-in by a given amount of an adsorbing material (either a mainly adsorbing or a mainly adsorbing material) are always operatively assembled with a top plate and a bottom plate, the top and bottom plates being mutually coupled by tie rods, engaged in the plate corners, the bottom plates and top plates forming plate chambers and being operatively connected with the chamber formed by adjoining cylindric vessel, the plates having projecting fittings to be assembled with the plate chambers included in adjoining vessels.