CHILLER, AIR SEPARATION SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220099367A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17036439

    申请日:2020-09-29

    IPC分类号: F25J3/04

    摘要: A chiller can be configured as a chiller for a gasification system or other type of system or plant. In some embodiments, the chiller can be configured to utilize a single heat source, such as low grade waste heat in the form of hot water, and/or low pressure steam to drive one or more absorption-based chillers to cool inlet air to one or more adsorbers of a pre-purification unit (PPU). In the event of the detection of an undesired impurity spike (e.g. carbon dioxide spike, etc.) an additional amount of heat source can be withdrawn from the gasification system to increase the level of cooling the absorption chiller can provide to improve the removal of impurities. An automated control loop can be utilized in some embodiments. The control loop can be configured to check for an impurity concentration and adjust operations accordingly.

    Process and apparatus for separating air using a split heat exchanger

    公开(公告)号:US11054182B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US15993993

    申请日:2018-05-31

    IPC分类号: F25J3/04

    摘要: Process and apparatus for the separation of a compressed feed air stream to produce an oxygen product using a distillation column having a lower-pressure column and a higher-pressure column, a higher-pressure heat exchanger and a lower-pressure heat exchanger where the gaseous nitrogen expander receives a nitrogen-enriched fraction from a position intermediate the warmer end and the colder end of the higher-pressure heat exchanger.