METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AIR BY CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200370825A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16768067

    申请日:2018-11-08

    发明人: Benoit DAVIDIAN

    IPC分类号: F25J3/04

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for separating air by cryogenic distillation in a column system, comprising a first column operating at a first pressure and a second column operating at a second pressure, in which an argon-enriched flow is sent from an intermediate point of the first column to the tank of the second column and an argon-rich flow is drawn off at the top of the second column, wherein a nitrogen-enriched flow of the first column is compressed in a compressor, the compressed flow is sent to a head condenser of the second column after an expansion step and the vaporized flow is expanded in the condenser in a turbine where it at least partially liquefies.

    Method and device for filling a tank with pressurized gas

    公开(公告)号:US10816139B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16343058

    申请日:2017-10-16

    IPC分类号: F17C5/06

    摘要: Method for filling a tank with pressurized gas to a target pressure from at least one pressurized gas source via a transfer pipe provided with at least one valve, the tank having a predetermined inner length and predetermined inner diameter, the end of the transfer pipe forming an injector with a predetermined injection diameter; said method comprises a step for transferring pressurized gas from the source to the tank at a predetermined flow rate, the method comprising a step of controlling the transfer of gas from the source to the tank to reduce the heat produced in the tank, the step of controlling the transfer of gas comprising at least one of: sizing of the injection diameter, and sizing of the flow rate of the transferred gas; the control step being carried out according to the ratio L/D between the length and the diameter of the tank.

    Reformer for producing synthesis gas having improved burner waste gas flow

    公开(公告)号:US10773230B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US15765884

    申请日:2016-09-28

    发明人: Antonio Coscia

    IPC分类号: B01J8/06 C01B3/38

    摘要: A steam reformer, with a combustion chamber, catalyst tubes arranged in several rows, with burners for heating the catalyst tubes, with feed conduits each for supplying the catalyst tubes with educt gas and the burners with air and fuel gas, with collecting conduits for discharging the product gas, with channels for discharging the burner waste gases from the combustion chamber, wherein the ceilings of the channels each are formed by the bottom or the ceiling of the combustion chamber, and wherein the channels for discharging the burner waste gases are designed such that the flow velocity of the burner waste gases is constant along the entire length of the channels, as seen vertically to the catalyst tubes.

    AN APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF STEAM PRODUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20200147570A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16185694

    申请日:2018-11-09

    摘要: An apparatus for improving thermal efficiency of steam production is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include: a BFW heat exchanger in fluid communication with a hydrocarbon gas source and a boiler feed water source, wherein the BFW heat exchanger is configured to allow for the natural gas stream to exchange heat with the first BFW stream such that the hydrocarbon gas stream is pre-heated within the BFW heat exchanger and the BFW stream is cooled; a syngas production facility in fluid communication with the BFW heat exchanger, wherein the syngas production facility comprises a steam methane reformer (SMR) that is configured to convert natural gas within the hydrocarbon gas stream into a hot product stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, wherein the SMR comprises a plurality of burners; and a third heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger and the syngas production facility, wherein the third heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the hot product stream and the first BFW stream, thereby creating a hot BFW stream and a cooled product stream.