Krypton and xenon recovery system
    1.
    发明授权
    Krypton and xenon recovery system 失效
    氪和氙气回收系统

    公开(公告)号:US06843973B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-18

    申请号:US10137051

    申请日:2002-05-01

    IPC分类号: B01D53/32 B01D53/72 B01D53/86

    摘要: In a process for the recovery of krypton and xenon, an oxygen-enriched stream containing krypton and/or xenon and hydrocarbons is removed from an air separation unit. A substantial portion of the hydrocarbons, especially methane, ethane, and acetylene, is removed from the oxygen-enriched stream prior to the distillation process. The hydrocarbon removal process includes, but is not restricted to, the hydrocarbons reacting with a portion of the oxygen present in the feed gas. The krypton and xenon are eventually recovered from the oxygen stream through a distillation process. The distillation process is performed in such a manner that at least a stream further enriched in both krypton and xenon is produced.

    摘要翻译: 在回收氪和氙的过程中,从空气分离单元去除含有氪和/或氙和烃的富氧流。 在蒸馏过程之前,大部分烃,特别是甲烷,乙烷和乙炔在富氧流中被除去。 烃去除方法包括但不限于与进料气体中存在的一部分氧气反应的烃。 氪和氙最终通过蒸馏过程从氧气流中回收。 蒸馏过程以至少进一步富含氪和氙的流产生的方式进行。

    Process and apparatus for removal of volatile compounds from process gases
    2.
    发明授权
    Process and apparatus for removal of volatile compounds from process gases 有权
    用于从工艺气体中除去挥发性化合物的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US06490883B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-10

    申请号:US09879016

    申请日:2001-06-12

    IPC分类号: F25J100

    摘要: Volatile compounds (“VCs”), especially volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”), are cryogenically removed from a process gas stream (pW) by cooling the gas stream in a condenser to condense the VC to form both liquid VC and VC ice and providing a treated process gas essentially freed of the VC but containing entrained VC ice particles, which are subsequently removed by passing the treated process gas through a filter downstream of the condenser to remove at least particles of a size greater than 50 &mgr;m. The condensation can be conducted in an indirect heat exchanger or by direct contact of the process gas with a liquid cryogen such as liquid nitrogen. It is preferred that the filter removes VC ice particles greater than 1 &mgr;m.

    摘要翻译: 挥发性化合物(“VC”),特别是挥发性有机化合物(“VOC”)通过在冷凝器中冷却气流以冷凝VC以形成液体VC和VC冰两者而从工艺气流(pW)中低温除去,以及 提供基本上不含VC的处理过的气体,但含有夹带的VC冰颗粒,其随后通过使经处理的工艺气体通过冷凝器下游的过滤器去除至少大于50um的粒子的颗粒而被去除。 冷凝可以在间接热交换器中或通过工艺气体与诸如液氮的液体致冷剂的直接接触进行。 过滤器优选除去大于1um的VC冰颗粒。

    Air separation process integrated with gas turbine combustion engine driver
    4.
    发明授权
    Air separation process integrated with gas turbine combustion engine driver 失效
    空气分离过程与燃气轮机内燃机驱动器集成

    公开(公告)号:US06263659B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-24

    申请号:US09326219

    申请日:1999-06-04

    IPC分类号: F02G300

    摘要: A method for the separation of a feed gas mixture comprising oxygen and nitrogen in which an oxidant gas and fuel are combusted in a combustion engine to generate shaft work and a hot exhaust gas, the feed gas mixture comprising oxygen and nitrogen is compressed, and the resulting compressed feed gas mixture is separated into two or more product gas streams with differing compositions. The shaft work of the combustion engine is utilized to provide at least a portion of the work required for compressing the feed gas mixture, one of the product gas streams by is heated by indirect heat exchange with the hot exhaust gas from the combustion engine, and the resulting heated product gas is work expanded to generate shaft work and yield an expanded product gas stream. The combustion engine may be a gas turbine combustion engine.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于分离包含氧和氮的进料气体混合物的方法,其中氧化剂气体和燃料在内燃机中燃烧以产生轴功和热废气,包含氧和氮的进料气体混合物被压缩,并且 得到的压缩进料气体混合物被分离成具有不同组成的两个或多个产物气流。 内燃机的轴作用用于提供压缩进料气体混合物所需的工作的至少一部分,其中一个产物气流通过与来自内燃机的热排气的间接热交换而被加热,以及 所得到的加热产物气体被膨胀以产生轴作用并产生膨胀产物气流。 内燃机可以是燃气涡轮内燃机。

    Air separation process
    5.
    发明授权
    Air separation process 失效
    空气分离过程

    公开(公告)号:US06397631B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-04

    申请号:US09879232

    申请日:2001-06-12

    IPC分类号: F25J300

    摘要: A process for the cryogenic distillation of air uses a distillation column system having a supplemental column and a distillation unit including a lower-pressure column and a higher-pressure column. A liquid stream enriched in oxygen is withdrawn from the lower-pressure column and is eventually vaporized through indirect latent heat transfer, thereby producing a reflux stream, a portion of which is eventually sent to the lower-pressure column, the higher-pressure column, and/or the supplemental column. At least a portion of the reflux for the supplemental column is eventually derived from the distillation unit. A nitrogen-enriched liquid removed from the distillation unit is increased in pressure and is fed to the supplemental column or back to the distillation unit. An oxygen-enriched fluid from the bottom of the supplemental column is fed to the distillation unit. At least some of the nitrogen product from the supplemental column is returned to the distillation unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于空气的低温蒸馏的方法使用具有补充塔的蒸馏塔系统和包括低压塔和高压塔的蒸馏单元。 富含氧的液态物流从低压塔中排出,最终通过间接潜热传递而蒸发,从而产生回流,其一部分最终送入低压塔,高压塔, 和/或补充栏。 补充塔的回流的至少一部分最终来自蒸馏单元。 从蒸馏单元中除去的富氮液体的压力增加,并被送入补充塔或回到蒸馏单元。 将来自补充塔底部的富氧流体进料至蒸馏单元。 来自补充塔的至少一些氮产物返回到蒸馏单元。

    Recovery of krypton and xenon
    6.
    发明授权
    Recovery of krypton and xenon 失效
    恢复氪和氙气

    公开(公告)号:US06735980B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-18

    申请号:US10039866

    申请日:2002-01-04

    IPC分类号: F25J304

    摘要: A method for recovering krypton and xenon from air comprises (a) separating an air feed stream into oxygen-enriched and nitrogen-enriched product streams; (b) reacting the oxygen-rich product stream with a hydrocarbon feed in a synthesis gas generation process to yield a synthesis gas stream comprising hydrogen, carbon oxides, krypton, and xenon, which synthesis gas stream contains essentially no oxygen; (c) introducing the synthesis gas stream into a synthesis gas conversion process and converting the synthesis gas stream into a liquid synthesis product stream and an unreacted synthesis gas stream; (d) recycling at least a portion of the unreacted synthesis gas stream to the synthesis gas generation process; (e) reducing the pressure of the liquid synthesis product stream to yield a two-phase reduced-pressure product stream, and separating the two-phase reduced-pressure product stream into a final liquid synthesis product stream and a gas stream enriched in krypton and xenon; and (f) separating the gas stream enriched in krypton and xenon into a purge gas stream and a gas product stream further enriched in krypton and xenon.

    摘要翻译: 从空气中回收氪和氙的方法包括(a)将空气进料流分离成富氧和富氮产物流; (b)在合成气生成过程中使富氧产物流与烃进料反应,以产生包含氢,碳氧化物,氪和氙的合成气流,该合成气流基本上不含氧; (c)将合成气流引入合成气转化过程中,并将合成气流转化成液体合成产物流和未反应的合成气流; (d)将至少一部分未反应的合成气流再循环到合成气产生过程中; (e)降低液体合成产物流的压力以产生两相减压产物流,并将两相减压产物流分离成最终的液体合成产物流和富含氪的气流和 氙; 和(f)将富含氪和氙的气流分离成吹扫气流和进一步富含氪和氙的气体产物流。