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Revamping
the
system
T
he first industrial hydrogen pressure swing installed in oil refineries to recover and purify
adsorption (PSA) system started up in 1966 at hydrogen from steam methane reformer (SMR) syngas
a petrochemical facility in Texas. The system or various hydrogen containing refinery offgas streams.
was designed by the Union Carbide While Polybed PSA systems have proven to maintain
Corporation (UCC) and was later added to Honeywell performance over decades, system revamps can be an
UOPs technology portfolio. Since then, more than economic way to take advantage of changing feeds or
1000 Polybed TM PSA systems have been designed by the need for increased capacity. The case studies below
UOP worldwide, with approximately 65% being illustrate a series of system revamps that provided good