School of Chemical Engineering - SCHEME

CHE 3999 - Technical Answers to Real World Problems

Review – 1 Online Date: 07.08.2020; Weightage: 20 %

Documents to be submitted:
Report : Submit the progress report along with the details as enclosed.
Powetr point : Power point Submission Maximum 10 slide.
Due date : On or before August 6th 2020 (05.30 PM).
Google link : https://forms.gle/KJT4wJWGJTJPm4VK9

Presentation and assessment: 10 minutes for each batch.

Project Title Cost effective oxygen generation and storage

Group Leader Pranesh M (17BCM0005)
Reg No. Name
17BCM0002 Gurucharan Singh
Members 17BCM0003 Rohit.T
17BCM0006 Bharath Varshan
17BCM0012 N.Sharukh Hussain
17BCM0026 Rishav Kumar
17BCM0099 Meghna
1. To develop, model and design a simulation model
and compare with experimental results.
2. To optimise the energy required for the
Project Objectives
production of oxygen.
3. To design a cost-effective method for storage of
oxygen.

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Brief description of the
project (50 - 100 words):
• Room air is drawn, filtered and compressed to a
• pressure of 4 atmospheres, and passed into a
column containing Zeolite beads.
• Nitrogen binds to the Zeolite, while oxygen passes
through. The flow of air is switched to a second
column, before the column becomes saturated
with nitrogen.
• Then first column is vented to atmosphere,
discharging most of the nitrogen, and the
remainder of the nitrogen is removed by back
flushing the column with a small flow of oxygen
from the second column.
• As the second column approaches saturation, the
process is reversed.

1. Model Design and Overview

2. Model simulation module
Project Deliverables 3. Bed pressure and temperature
4. Cost analysis of the production
5. Energy recovery
What is new The usage of LiLSX zeolite to produce both high purity
and recovery of nitrogen and oxygen.
There are various techniques for separation of nitrogen,
amongst them the most common are reverse stirling
Current status of
cycle, LINDE-HAMPSON cycle, Joule Thompson effect.
technology in terms of Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a well-established
technique for separation of components from air, which is
"Technology Readiness
commonly known as Air Separation Unit (ASU), drying
Level" of gas and nitrogen and hydrogen purification separation
and etc. In PSA processes, the most important is
adsorbent material(Zeolite) depending upon its properties.
Recovery of 99% oxygen and nitrogen from the feed at
optimal conditions, found using simulation models.
Zeolite for oxygen concentration process is zeolite 13X
Expected level at the end due to its outstanding nitrogen to oxygen adsorption
selectivity. However, 13X zeolite modified with Li+
of the project
exchange method exhibits a higher nitrogen adsorption
capacity at the active cation sites of the zeolite
framework.

Currently no portable device capable of producing

oxygen continuously with 99% efficiency, however
portable oxygen concentrators are available. There is a
growing need to address the health and quality of life
Global Scenario through a light-weight and portable oxygen concentrator
with a medical grade oxygen supply (O2 concentration:
~88–92 vol %). Currently, oxygen concentration
techniques are based on air separation processes such as
cryogenic technique, membrane separation and pressure

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 swing adsorption (PSA) that can effectively produce
enriched oxygen using ambient air as the source.

Portable oxygen concentrators are also available in India.

Portable oxygen concentrators receive air, purify it and
then distribute the changed air. Air is made up of mostly
nitrogen and some oxygen before it goes into the
Indian Scenario concentrator. After going through the concentrator, the air
comes out almost all oxygen and very little nitrogen. The
device then separates the nitrogen to give the individual
as much oxygen as possible.

Likely Industries/agencies 1. SS Technomed Pvt. Ltd.

2. Atlas Copco
which may take up your
3. Gaztron Industries
technology for 4. MVS HOUSE
5. CREATIVE OZ-AIR (I) PVT LTD
commercialization

Flow sheet of proposed

methodology

August:
Week 1: Literature survey and understanding, stimulation
models in Comsol Multiphysics and Aspen Plus.
Week 2
Week 3
Detailed timeline (in Week 4
September:
weeks)
Week 1:
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
October:
Week 1:

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Week 3
Week 4
November:
Week 1:
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

Date : 06-08-2020