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(43) Date of publication: 24.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/12 (21) Application number: 08826367.8 (22) Date of filing: 04.06.2008

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D01C 5/00(2006.01) B01J 8/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2008/065746 (87) International publication number: WO 2009/011984 (22.01.2009 Gazette 2009/04)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA MK RS (30) Priority: 06.06.2007 US 933599 P 06.06.2007 US 933600 P 06.06.2007 US 933598 P 17.10.2007 US 974954 17.10.2007 US 974953 17.10.2007 US 974952 (71) Applicant: Linde LLC Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (US)	(72) Inventors: MCKEIGUE, Kevin Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US) JIANG, Weibin Aurora, CO 80014 (US) KRISHNAMURTHY, Ramachandran Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 (US) (74) Representative: Wickham, Michael  The BOC Group plc The Priestley Centre 10 Priestley Road Surrey Research Park Guildford Surrey GU2 7XY Surrey Research Park Guildford Surrey GU2 7XY (GB)