摘要:
The invention relates to a method and to a device for the variable production of compressed oxygen by means of low-temperature separation of air in a distillation column system which comprises a high-pressure column (5) and a low-pressure column (6). Process air in form of a total air stream (1) is cooled in a main heat exchanger (3). At least a part of the cooled process air is fed into the high-pressure column (5). A first oxygen stream (35) from the low-pressure column (6) is brought to an elevated pressure (36) in a liquid state, is vaporized, or pseudo-vaporized, and heated in the main heat exchanger (3), and is finally obtained as a gaseous compressed oxygen product. Prior to entering the main heat exchanger (3), a first and a second partial stream (12) of the process air are brought to a high pressure (9, 10), which is at least 4 bars higher than the operating pressure of the high-pressure column (5). The first partial stream is liquefied, or pseudo-liquefied, in the main heat exchanger (3), and is subsequently introduced into the distillation column system (14). The second partial stream (16) is expanded to perform work (17), and is subsequently introduced into the distillation column system (4). In a first operating mode, a first total air quantity is cooled in the main heat exchanger (3), and a first turbine amount as first partial stream (16) is fed to the expansion to perform work. In a second operating mode, a second oxygen stream (46) from an external source outside the distillation column system is introduced into the low-pressure column (6) in a liquid state. There is less total air (1) cooled in the main heat exchanger (3), and less air is fed to the expansion (17) to perform work than in the first operating mode.
摘要:
A method of supplying refrigeration to air separation plants within an air separation plant facility in which a refrigerant stream is produced at cryogenic temperature within a centralized refrigeration system. Streams of the refrigerant at the cryogenic temperature are introduced into the air separation plants such that all or a part of the refrigeration requirements of the air separation plants are supplied by the streams of the refrigerant.
摘要:
An air separation unit (1) produces and supplies nitrogen gas N used in gasification furnace facility (2) and/or gas purification facility (3) from material air A and supplies oxygen-rich waste gas B to air compressor (24) installed in gasification furnace facility (2), and introduces it as part of the gasification agent in gasification furnace (22) after being pressurized together with air in air compressor (24).
摘要:
A process for the cryogenic separation of air using a multiple column distillation system comprising at least a higher pressure column (“HP column”) and a lower pressure column (“LP column”), comprising: feeding cooled feed air to the high pressure column for separation into high pressure nitrogen-enriched overhead vapor and crude liquid oxygen; feeding at least one low pressure column feed stream comprising nitrogen and oxygen to the low pressure column for separation into nitrogen-rich overhead vapor and liquid oxygen; refluxing the low pressure column with a liquid stream from or derived from the high pressure column; feeding expanded air to an auxiliary separation column for separation into auxiliary column nitrogen-rich overhead vapor and oxygen-rich liquid and removing the nitrogen rich overhead vapor as a product stream; feeding bottom liquid from the auxiliary column to an intermediate location of the low pressure column; and refluxing the auxiliary column with a nitrogen rich liquid stream from or derived from the HP column.
摘要:
The invention relates to an air separating device by means of cryogenic distillation for producing nitrogen, comprising an exchange line (3), a simple distillation column (7) containing plates and/or structured packings, a supply line for delivery of compressed purified air (1) to the exchange line, a supply line for delivery of the compressed purified and cooled air from the exchange line to the distillation column, a line for withdrawal of a liquid (11) enriched in oxygen from the distillation column for delivery to the exchange line, said exchange line having two sections, a rectifying section (3B) and a heat exchange section (3A), the rectifying section being connected to the column and the line for the enriched liquid and the heat exchange section is connected to the air supply line and the rectifying section.
摘要:
A cryogenic air separation system that optimizes the recovery of argon includes an air intake (110), a high-pressure distillation column (120), a low-pressure distillation column (122), a crude argon distillation column (129), and a controller that automatically controls the composition of the raw argon stream to decrease the concentration of oxygen in the stream while preventing the concentration of nitrogen in the crude argon stream from exceeding a selected value. In addition, the controller also controls the composition of the crude argon stream until an oxygen concentration of the crude argon stream reaches a selected value. The controller may include a multivariable predictive controller.
摘要:
A method of producing a gaseous product, for instance gaseous oxygen in accordance with a cyclical demand pattern having high and low periods of demand. During periods of high demand, liquid is vaporised against condensing air which is in turn stored. During low demand periods, product is accumulated and previously stored liquid air is introduced into the column. During both high and low periods of demand liquid product is drawn to reduce the percentage variance in the required flow rate to the booster compressor used in producing the air to be liquefied. Preferably, during periods of high demand, a turbine used in generating refrigeration can be turned down to increase the amount of air available for condensation and with a reduction in production of liquid product.