摘要:
Disclosed is a production process and apparatus of high-purity air and various air material gases for semiconductor production factories that, together with enabling the production of high-purity air, also enables the production high-purity nitrogen simultaneous to the production of oxygen-rich air as the finished product. This is accomplished by compressing feed air to a pressure of 3 to 10 kg/cm.sup.2 G, introducing this compressed air into a catalyst tower (8) to convert the carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and hydrogen contained in the feed air into carbon dioxide and water, and introducing the purified air into an adsorption tower (12a) or (12b) after cooling the heated air following catalytic reaction to remove carbon dioxide, water and other minute amounts of impurities by adsorption. A portion of the resulting purified air is removed as product high-purity air, while the remainder is introduced into a main heat exchanger (18) where it is cooled to substantially the liquefaction temperature. After cooling, the air is introduced into a single rectification tower (19) followed by liquefaction rectification. High-purity nitrogen is then removed from the top of said single rectification tower which is then obtained as product high-purity nitrogen after going through the main heat exchanger (18). On the other hand, oxygen-rich liquefied air is drawn out from the bottom of the single rectification tower (19). This oxygen-rich liquefied air is then introduced into a condenser-evaporator. (24) where it is vaporized and then drawn out. This drawn out air is then introduced into the main heat exchanger (18) where it is heated to an intermediate temperature and then removed. This oxygen-rich air is then introduced into an expansion turbine (35) where it is expanded and lowered in temperature. After generation of cold, the cold is recovered followed by obtaining of the product gas in the form of purified oxygen-rich air.
摘要:
Air is distilled in a distillation apparatus (13) associated with a heat exchange line (11) in which is circulated a heat transfer fluid under high pressure. A storage (20, 23)is supplied, at least intermittently, with gas in liquid phase; and gas in liquid phase withdrawn from the storage is raised to a vaporization pressure, and vaporized under this pressure in the heat exchange line (11). The supply of liquefied gas to the storage can be from the distillation apparatus (13) and/or from an external source such as a tank truck (29, 34). It is useful particularly for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon under pressure to installations for the production of stainless steel such as electric arc furnaces.
摘要:
An apparatus comprising a rotatable mass of structured packing for mass or heat transfer between two contacting fluids of different densities wherein the packing mass is made up of corrugated sheets of involute shape relative to the axis of the packing mass and form a logarithmic spiral curved counter to the direction of rotation.
摘要:
A cryogenic rectification system employing a coupled expander and compressor wherein a process stream employs system energy to drive the expander to compress product nitrogen while generating refrigeration to assist in carrying out the rectification thereby carrying out the rectification at a lower pressure.
摘要:
In a heat exchanger system wherein a primary conditioning fluid is reactive with a fluid to be conditioned, a leak safe arrangement of concentric tubes disposed across the conditioned fluid flow path having the reactive primary fluid in a central duct surrounded by inert fluid in an outer duct so that single failure leak of primary conditioning fluid or inert fluid presents no risk of harmful reaction with conditioned fluid. The heat exchanger system is used in an air collection and enrichment system in a hypersmic vehicle propulsion system.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for the ultrapurification of cryogenic low boiling liquified gases such as oxygen and nitrogen which contain trace impurities. The impure gas is introduced into a first distillation column and is substantially at its liquid-gas equilibrium temperature at the pressures within the first distillation column. Here the gas is separated by distillation into a first vapor fraction containing low boiling point impurities and a first liquid fraction containing high boiling point impurities. The first vapor fraction is withdrawn and introduced into a second distillation column. The first vapor fraction is substantially at the liquid-gas equilibrium temperature at the pressures within the second distillation column. Here the vapor fraction is separated by distillation into a second vapor fraction containing high boiling point impurities and a second liquid fraction free of trace impurities which is withdrawn as product. Cooling for the process is provided by indirect heat exchange with a cryogenic low boiling gas such as nitrogen, oxygen, or air. The gas to be purified as well as the heat exchange gas can be obtained from a standard air separation unit or the process can be conducted using gases obtained from storage.
摘要:
There is disclosed high-purity nitrogen gas production equipment for production of ultra-high-purity nitrogen gas for use in the electronics and other industries, for example in connection with the production of silicon semiconductors. The conventional nitrogen gas production equipment of cryogenic air separation type tends to develop troubles and yields product nitrogen gas only at high cost and in comparatively low purity. The equipment according to the invention is such that a liquid nitrogen storage means (23) is connected via a first feeding pipeline (24a) to a distillation column (15) into which air is introduced from the outside via an air compression means (9) and heat exchange means (13), (14) while the above storage means (23) is also connected via a second feeding line (24b) to the above heat exchange means (13), (14). In this way, the raw material air is chilled to a cryogenic temperature as a result of absorption of the latent heat of evaporation by liquid nitrogen in the heat exchangers and the cryogenic compressed air is further chilled in the distillation column (15 ) by the heat of evaporation of liquid nitrogen. By taking advantage of the difference in boiling point, the nitrogen is withdrawn in gaseous state while oxygen is retained in liquid state. The resulting nitrogen gas is combined with the vaporized liquid nitrogen originating from the liquid nitrogen storage tank (23) to give product nitrogen gas. By these features, low-cost, high-purity nitrogen gas can be produced without machine troubles.
摘要:
A process and apparatus to economically produce argon in conjunction with an air separation plant designed originally to produce only oxygen wherein an auxiliary argon column is fed with a small stream from the main oxygen plant and is driven by an independent heat pump circuit.
摘要:
15. A rocket comprising, in combination, a housing having an open inlet end portion and an outlet end portion, engine means mounted in said housing and having burner nozzles in a combustion chamber therein and an exhaust portion at said outlet end portion of said housing operable to discharge gases from said combustion chamber therethrough, a liquid hydrogen fuel storage tank positioned within said housing, a liquid air storage tank positioned within said housing, a heat exchanger mounted at said inlet portion of said housing and having an air inlet diffuser portion opening into a relatively narrow air desuperheater portion which in turn opens into an enlarged condenser portion, a plurality of tubes in said condenser portion and said air desuperheater portion of said heat exchanger, inlet headers with the inlet end of said tubes and outlet headers with the outlet end of said tubes, conduit means connected to said hydrogen fuel storage tank and connected to said inlet headers to pass liquid hydrogen fuel therethrough, control means with said last-named conduit means having pressure and temperature pickup means in said air desuperheater portion and said condenser portion of said heat exchanger to regulate flow of said fuel thereto to control pressure and temperature conditions in said air desuperheater portion and said condenser portion of said heater exchanger, conduit means positioned to receive fuel from said outlet headers of said air desuperheater portion and supply said fuel to said burner nozzles in said rocket engine, hydrogen fuel recirculating conduit means connecting said outlet headers of said tubes with the inlet of said hydrogen fuel storage tank, air condensate well means with said condenser portion of said heat exchanger, conduit means connecting said air condensate well with said liquid air storage tank and with said burner nozzles of said rocket engine, means with said liquid air storage tank to separate oxygen from the liquid air and make the same available to said burner nozzles to support combustion of the fuel, conduit means connecting said liquid air storage tank with said last-named means to provide liquid air from said liquid air storage tank thereto, and means in said rocket constructed and adapted to be initially fueled with liquid hydrogen and in flight to receive air from the atmosphere and condense same and separate the nitrogen therefrom to be used as the oxidizer for said hydrogen fuel for burning in said combustion chamber of said rocket engine.
摘要:
1. A method of propelling a space plane from the earth surface through the earth atmosphere into space and then return to the earth surface which plane initially carries fuel and utilizes oxidizer later collected from said atmosphere, comprising the steps of, propelling said plane from said earth''s surface to a given altitude and velocity in said atmosphere by liquid air cycle engine propulsion, propelling said plane at an increasing altitude and velocity for a given period of time by ramjet propulsion, collecting liquid air in said plane from said atmosphere during said given period of time, separating said liquid air into nitrogen and liquid oxygen, expelling said nitrogen from said vehicle while storing a sufficient quantity of said liquid oxygen in said plane to facilitate space flight using said liquid oxygen and said fuel in said liquid air cycle engine to propel said plane from said atmosphere into space by rocket propulsion, and flying said plane to said earth''s surface.