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VPSA oxygen generation, the real 4-bed cycle

Air fed into a real 4-bed vacuum pressure swing adsorption unit over N2-selective zeolite, producing oxygen-rich product and N2-rich tail gas.

4-bed cycle with real pressure-equalization stepsSub-atmospheric vacuum evacuation, not just pressure swingReal periodic steady state, not a fixed-recovery shortcut
Air
VPSA (4-bed)
O2 product (~93%)
N2-rich tail gas

The actual dark-mode canvas: air fed into a real 4-bed VPSA unit, one or more beds adsorbing nitrogen while others regenerate under vacuum — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

The proven 2-bed engine, generalized to N beds

This is the same real cyclic tanks-in-series + linear-driving-force engine the PSA hydrogen page uses, generalized to N beds with pressure-equalization steps and sub-atmospheric evacuation instead of atmospheric blowdown — the genuine VPSA mechanism, not a pressure-swing shortcut relabeled.

qi=qmax,ibipi1+jbjpj(N2-selective competitive Langmuir isotherm)q_i^* = \frac{q_{max,i}\,b_i\,p_i}{1 + \sum_j b_j\,p_j} \quad \text{(N}_2\text{-selective competitive Langmuir isotherm)}
qit=kLDF,i(qiqi)(linear driving force kinetics)\frac{\partial q_i}{\partial t} = k_{LDF,i}\bigl(q_i^* - q_i\bigr) \quad \text{(linear driving force kinetics)}
plowpatm(sub-atmospheric vacuum evacuation, not a pressure-swing-only cycle)p_{low} \ll p_{atm} \quad \text{(sub-atmospheric vacuum evacuation, not a pressure-swing-only cycle)}

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Vacuum pressure swing adsorption

The 2-bed PSA engine generalized to N beds with pressure-equalization and sub-atmospheric evacuation.

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Live plant integration

Stream bed vacuum level, cycle-step timing, and O2 purity from your VPSA unit's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved periodic steady state are flagged automatically.

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  • 4-bed cycle with real pressure-equalization steps
  • Sub-atmospheric vacuum evacuation, not just pressure swing
  • Real periodic steady state, not a fixed-recovery shortcut

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