An apparatus for selectively adsorbing gas during adsorption processes and
desorbing gas during desorption processes. A tube has a porous sidewall,
and at each end is an end-fitting sealingly connected thereto. A
particulate porous gas storage material is located within the tube,
wherein the porosity prevents the material, but allows gases, to pass
therethrough. A selected gas from a porous inner tube, a heating coil, or
a heat exchanger located within the tube may provide heat for the
desorption processes, and the selected gas or heat exchanger may provide
cooling during the adsorption processes.