Abstract:
A gas storage and dispensing system (10) includes a dispenser container (12) holding a physical sorbent material (16) having sorptive affinity for (i) a sorbable dispensing gas to be held in and subsequently selectively discharged from container (12), and (ii)extraneous sorbables, in which sorbent material (16) having extraneous sorbables sorbed thereon, is treated to desorb at least part of the extraneous sorbables therefrom. The treated sorbent material (16) is loaded in container (12), sorbable dispensing gas is introduced into container (12), for physical sorption of the dispensing gas on the sorbent material (16) and container (12) holding the dispensing gas on the sorbent material (16) is sealed, so that container (12) thereafter contains the dispensing gas in a high purity form, available for selective dispensing by desorption and discharging of the dispensing gas from container (12).
Abstract:
A gas storage and dispensing system (100) comprising a vessel (102) for holding a gas at a desired pressure. The vessel (102) has a gas pressure regulator (132) in its interior volume, to maintain pressure of dispensed gas at a desired pressure determined by the set point of the regulator (132). A second gas pressure regulator (260) may be joined in series gas flow communication with the first gas pressure regulator (242), with the second gas pressure regulator (260) being in initial contact with gas that is dispensed prior to its flow through the first gas pressure regulator, and with the set point pressure of the second gas pressure regulator geing at least twice the set point pressure of the first gas pressure regulator.
Abstract:
A germane storage and dispensing system, in which germane gas is sorptively retained on an activated carbon sorbent medium in a vessel containing adsorbed and free germane gas. The activated carbon sorbent medium is deflagration-resistant in relation to the germane gas adsorbed thereon, i.e., under deflagration conditions of 65 DEG C and 650 torr, under which free germane gas undergoes deflagration, the activated carbon sorbent medium does not sustain deflagration of the adsorbed germane gas or thermally desorb the germane gas so that it undergoes subsequent deflagration. The deflagration-resistance of the activated carbon sorbent medium is promoted by pre-treatment of the sorbent material to remove extraneous sorbables therefrom and by maintaining the fill level of the sorbent medium in the gas storage and dispensing vessel at a substantial value, e.g., of at least 30 %.