摘要:
There is provided a method of generating nitrogen which includes cryogenically separating compressed air introduced into a high-pressure column 11, storing liquid air 13 in a bottom portion of the high-pressure column 11 and taking nitrogen in gaseous form from an upper portion of the high-pressure column 11, introducing the liquid air 13 stored in the bottom portion of the high-pressure column 11 into a low-pressure column 12, cryogenically separating the liquid air 13 introduced into the low-pressure column 12, storing oxygen-enriched liquid air 22 in a bottom portion of the low-pressure column 12 and taking nitrogen in gaseous form from an upper portion of the low-pressure column 12 as a product gas, introducing the nitrogen taken from the upper portion of the high-pressure column 11 into a condenser 16 to liquefy the nitrogen, refluxing part of the liquid nitrogen to the high-pressure column 11, feeding the remainder of the liquid nitrogen to the upper portion of the low-pressure column 12, and introducing liquid nitrogen or liquid oxygen from outside a system into the low-pressure column as a coolant, wherein the liquid air 13 taken through an extraction pipe 20 is introduced into a portion of a rectification part 12a of the low-pressure column 12 in which the number of theoretical plates from a column bottom side is set within the range of one to ten. This method significantly reduces the amount of raw material air to accomplish significant reductions in power consumption, the amount of coolant and costs of facilities.
摘要:
A low temperature air separation process for producing pressurized gaseous product in an air separation unit using a system of distillation columns comprises cooling a compressed air stream to a heat exchange line (30) to form a compressed cooled air stream (3), sending at least part of the compressed, cooled air stream to a column (10) of the system, liquefying a process stream to form a first liquid product, storing at least part of the first liquid product in a storage tank (50), sending at least part (60) of the above first liquid product from the storage tank to the air separation unit as one of the feeds, extracting at least one second liquid product stream (6) from a column (11) of the column system and pressurizing the at least one second liquid product stream, vaporizing the above pressurized second liquid product stream to form pressurized gaseous product in the heat exchange line and extracting a cold gas (40) without warming it completely in the heat exchange line.
摘要:
A low temperature air separation process for producing pressurized gaseous product in an air separation unit using a system of distillation columns comprises cooling a compressed air stream to a heat exchange line (30) to form a compressed cooled air stream (3), sending at least part of the compressed, cooled air stream to a column (10) of the system, liquefying a process stream to form a first liquid product, storing at least part of the first liquid product in a storage tank (50), sending at least part (60) of the above first liquid product from the storage tank to the air separation unit as one of the feeds, extracting at least one second liquid product stream (6) from a column (11) of the column system and pressurizing the at least one second liquid product stream, vaporizing the above pressurized second liquid product stream to form pressurized gaseous product in the heat exchange line and extracting a cold gas (40) without warming it completely in the heat exchange line.
摘要:
Air separation method in which air is separated within cryogenic rectification processes conducted in first and second cryogenic air separation plants. The first cryogenic air separation plant is designed to produce an oxygen-rich product stream and the second cryogenic air separation plant is designed to produce an impure oxygen vapor stream. At least part of the impure oxygen vapor stream is introduced into a lower pressure column of the first cryogenic air separation plant and oxygen contained in such stream along with air separated within the first air separation plant is used in producing the oxygen-rich product stream.
摘要:
A method for separation and concentration of a mixture, comprising the step of operating at least one or a part of distillation towers forming a distillation cascade by a dephlegmator for simultaneously performing a heat exchange and an evaporation to reduce the hold-up amount of liquid in an evaporation device so as to shorten a startup time, whereby a wasteful operating cost required for startup can be reduced, and a productivity can be increased remarkably.
摘要:
In order to boost production of a product (A) of an existing separation plant (X,1), an additional plant (Y) is integrated with the original plant so as to enable the original plant (X) to produce more of that product (A+B), whilst the additional plant may or may not necessarily itself produce the same product directly. For example, air is separated in a first unit, which is an existing double column distillation plant, to produce an oxygen rich fluid. So as to increase the production of the oxygen rich fluid, a second unit, which is a wash column (15), is integrated with the first unit. Air (41) is separated in the single nitrogen wash column (15) to remove oxygen and gaseous nitrogen (42) is produced at the top of the column. The wash column is fed with liquid nitrogen (39) from the high pressure column (25) of an existing air separation unit.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for extracting xenon and eventually also krypton from a liquid oxygen (LOX) charge, as it accrues in a cryogenic air separation system (LZA) during a rectification of the air, mostly as a bottom product of a low-pressure column, namely with xenon (Xe), krypton (Kr) and hydrocarbons (CxHy) in a small concentration and approximately 99 mol % oxygen (O2). According to the inventive method, the LOX charge is fed to a first column, the oxygen of the LOX charge is extensively removed by stripping with an inert gas, and is extracted in the top gas, whereas the inert gas is withdrawn in the form of a liquid from the bottom of the first column with little O2 and nearly the total mass of CxHy, Kr, Xe. According to the invention, the liquid discharge is fed to a second column without prior catalytic and/or adsorptive removal of CxHy. A Kr fraction is extracted as top gas of the second column, and an Xe fraction is withdrawn from the bottom of the second column. The method can be used in a device for extracting Xe and/or Kr in an air separation system (LZA). The device can be arranged in a transportable container.
摘要:
An apparatus comprising first to third columns, wherein the outlet of a first column reboiler and the inlet of a second column condenser are connected by a first introduction conduit, and the outlet of a second distillation column reboiler and the inlet of a third column condenser are connected by a second introduction conduit, and additionally the outlet of the second column condenser and the inlet of the first column reboiler are connected by a first return conduit, and the outlet of the third column condenser and the inlet of the second column reboiler are connected by a second return conduit.