摘要:
Method and device for generating gaseous compressed nitrogen by the low-temperature separation of air in a distillation column system, having a pre-column, a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column. The feed air is compressed, purified in a purification apparatus and cooled. A first sub-flow of the cooled feed air is introduced in a predominantly liquid state into the distillation column system. A gaseous fraction from the pre-column in introduced into the liquefaction chamber of a pre-column head condenser with liquid formed therein fed as reflux into the pre-column. A first gaseous nitrogen product fraction is drawn from the high-pressure column, heated, and obtained as first gaseous compressed nitrogen product. At least a part of the second sub-flow is introduced into the evaporation chamber of the pre-column head condenser. A third sub-flow of the cooled feed air is expanded to perform work and subsequently introduced into the liquefaction chamber.
摘要:
The method and the apparatus are used to obtain oxygen and nitrogen at superatmospheric pressure by low-temperature separation of air in a rectification column system. Compressed and purified feed air (1, 3) is introduced into a pressure column (4). Liquids (5, 8) from the lower region and, respectively, from the upper or middle region of the pressure column (4) are fed into the low-pressure column (7). A third liquid fraction (17) from the lower region of the low-pressure column (7) is evaporated in indirect heat exchange (12) with condensing vapour (11) from the upper region of the pressure column (4), at least a portion of the vapour (22, 24, 26, 27) obtained in the process being introduced into the low-pressure column (7). Condensate (13) is fed into the pressure column (4); A pressurized nitrogen fraction (10, 14, 15) is extracted as product from the upper region of the pressure column (4). The pressure of the third liquid fraction (17) from the lower region of the low-pressure column (17) is increased upstream of the indirect heat exchange (12); that portion (24) of the vapor which is obtained during the indirect heat exchange and led back into the low-pressure column is expanded (25) before being introduced (27) into the low-pressure column (7).
摘要:
A method of installing a structured packing in an exchange column, the structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3 includes a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation. Each plate has at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate. The apertures have an equivalent diameter of less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters. The corrugations have a corrugation angle (&agr;) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60°. Each corrugation, when approximated to be substantially a triangular cross-section, has an included angle (&bgr;) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°. The structured packing is used in exchange columns for exchanging heat and/or mass between a first phase and a second phase in processes such as cryogenic air separation.
摘要翻译:一种在交换柱中安装规整填料的方法,其表面积密度在约500m 2 / m 3至约675m 2 / m 3范围内的规整填料包括垂直平行关系的多个波纹板。 每个板具有至少一个孔和多个规则间隔且基本上平行的波纹,其布置成与相邻板的波纹成十字交叉。 孔的等效直径小于约4毫米但大于约2毫米。 波纹在约40°至约60°的范围内具有相对于水平的波纹角(α)。 当近似为基本上三角形的横截面时,每个波纹具有在约90°至约100°的范围内由波纹的两侧限定的夹角(β)。 结构填料用于交换塔中,用于在诸如低温空气分离的过程中在第一相和第二相之间交换热量和/或质量。
摘要:
A cryogenic rectification system characterized by a hybrid argon column having trays in the lower portion and packing in the upper portion whereby the argon column is operated at a lower pressure thus enabling improved argon recovery while maintaining the pressure sufficiently high at the lower end of the argon column to enable fluid flow back to the main column system without need for pressurization.
摘要:
A structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3 includes a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation. Each plate has at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate. The apertures have an equivalent diameter of less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters. The corrugations have a corrugation angle (null) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40null to about 60null. Each corrugation, when approximated to be substantially a triangular cross-section, has an included angle (null) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90null to about 100null. The structured packing is used in exchange columns for exchanging heat and/or mass between a first phase and a second phase in processes such as cryogenic air separation. A method also is provided for installing the structured packing in an exchange column
摘要翻译:具有约500m 2 / m 3至约675m 2 / m 3范围内的表面积密度的规整填料包括以垂直平行关系设置的多个波纹板。 每个板具有至少一个孔和多个规则间隔且基本上平行的波纹,其布置成与相邻板的波纹成十字交叉。 孔的等效直径小于约4毫米但大于约2毫米。 波纹在约40°至约60°的范围内具有相对于水平的波纹角(α)。 当近似为基本上三角形横截面时,每个波纹具有在约90°至约100°的范围内由波纹的两侧限定的夹角(β)。 结构填料用于交换塔中,用于在诸如低温空气分离的过程中在第一相和第二相之间交换热量和/或质量。 还提供了一种用于将规整填料安装在交换柱中的方法
摘要:
A packing material capable of improving the uniformity of liquid distribution and of achieving a preferable gas-liquid contact reaction, even in the case where the specific surface area of the packing material is small, includes a plurality of projections provided on the surface of a thin plate, and a plurality of holes provided respectively between the projections. In one embodiment, the transfer extension of each projection is larger than a longitudinal extension thereof, so that descending liquid flows downward while being transversely dispersed by the projection. The holes are provided between the projections so that they do not obstruct the transfer dispersion of liquid at the projection. Moreover, the holes accelerate the transverse dispersion of liquid, or the dispersion of liquid between front and rear surfaces of the thin plate, by the surface tension of the liquid. As a result, excellent uniformity of liquid distribution can be obtained on the surface of the thin plate. An improved air separator containing the packing material incorporated into a rectifier for performing gas-liquid contact reaction is also disclosed.
摘要:
The present invention relates to improvements to a process and apparatus for the cryogenic distillation of mixtures, which comprise oxygen, nitrogen and argon, e.g. air. The improvement comprises effectuating intimate contact of the liquid and vapor phase streams utilizing a structured packing to effectuate the intimate contact in at least those regions of the distillation column system where argon concentration is within the range from about 0.6 to about 75 volume percent, and operating the process such that the densimetric superficial gas velocity in those regions is at least 0.06 feet per second. The present invention also relates to a method for improving a cryogenic distillation apparatus having at least one distillation column for the separation of mixtures containing oxygen and argon, comprising the step of replacing the distillation trays with a structured packing in at least those regions of the distillation column system where the concentration of argon is in the range from about 0.6 to about 75 volume percent.
摘要:
A method and apparatus to obtain a compressed nitrogen product by low-temperature fractionation of air in a distillation column system. The system has a high-pressure column, a low-pressure column, a main condenser, and a low-pressure column top condenser. Bottoms liquid from the low-pressure column is evaporated in the top condenser and the gas formed is decompressed to perform work that drives a cold compressor. A gaseous first compressed nitrogen product stream from the high-pressure column is warmed in the main heat exchanger. A further gaseous nitrogen stream from the low-pressure column is compressed in the cold compressor and warmed as a second compressed nitrogen product stream in the main heat exchanger. The cold compressor overcomes a pressure differential which is at least equal to two thirds of the pressure differential between the top of the high-pressure column and the top of the low-pressure column.
摘要:
The invention relates to a transportable package with a cold box, in the interior of which at least one double column of a low-temperature air separation system is arranged, i.e., a double column having a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column. The high-pressure and low-pressure columns contain mass transferring elements. The mass transferring elements in at least one sub-region of the low-pressure columns are formed by an ordered packing made of folded metal sheets having a thickness of 0.2 mm or less. The ordered packing has a specified surface area of at least 1000 m2/m3. At least in a sub-region of the high-pressure column, the mass transferring elements are formed by rectifying plates arranged one over the other and which have a clearance of less than 195 mm. The invention further relates to a method for producing a low-temperature air separation system using such a transportable package.
摘要:
The invention relates to equipment for separating air that includes a first average pressure distillation column, a second low-pressure distillation column, a third low-pressure distillation column, a first condenser-vaporizer, a second condenser-vaporizer arranged in the tank of the second column, a pipe for supplying air to the first column, a pipe for supplying a nitrogen-enriched liquid from the head of the first column to the head of the third column, at least one pipe for supplying the liquid from the tank of the third column to the first condenser-vaporizer, a pipe for supplying a liquid of the tank from the first column to the third column, a pipe for supplying the liquid from the first condenser-vaporizer to the second column, a pipe for supplying gas from the head of the second column to the tank of the third column, wherein the first, second, and third columns are arranged side by side.