The MACONS Oxygen Plant is safe and economical to operate. It comes with an efficient expansion engine. It also cuts down power consumption.

Air contains 21% Oxygen, 78% Nitrogen, 0.9% Argon and 0.1% other trace gases. MACONS oxygen generator separate this oxygen from Compressed Air through a unique process called Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA).

The Pressure Swing Adsorption process for the generation of enriched oxygen gas from ambient air utilizes the ability of a synthetic Zeolite Molecular Sieve to absorb mainly nitrogen. While nitrogen concentrates in the pore system of the Zeolite, Oxygen Gas is produced as a product.

MACONS Oxygen generation plant’s use two vessels filled with Zeolite Molecular sieve as adsorbers. As Compressed Air passes up through one of the adsorbers, the molecular sieve selectively adsorbs the Nitrogen. This then allows the remaining Oxygen to pass on up through the adsorber and exit as a product gas. When the adsorber becomes saturated with Nitrogen the inlet airflow is switched to the second adsorber. The first adsorber is regenerated by desorbing nitrogen through depressurization and purging it with some of the product oxygen. The cycle is then repeated and the pressure is continually swinging between a higher level at adsorption (Production) and a lower level at desorption (Regeneration).

Non-cryogenic air separation plants are compact and operate at near-ambient temperature and pressure. Once installed, they can usually be brought on-line in less than half an hour.

Unlike cryogenic plants which use the difference between the boiling points of nitrogen, oxygen and argon to separate and purify those products.

The most common technologies are PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption)