摘要:
A method for purifying an argon stream is provided. The method includes pretreating an argon waste stream to remove impurities to provide a pre-treated argon waste stream having argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen; cooling the argon waste stream to create a cold feed stream; and condensing the cold feed stream to create a liquid feed stream. The liquid feed stream is fed to the cryogenic distillation column to create a bottoms argon product stream and a gas waste stream. The bottoms argon product stream travels to an expansion device to provide a cooled bottoms argon product stream, which can optionally be combined with an argon lift stream downstream of the expansion device. The combined argon lift stream and cooled bottoms argon product stream are fed to the overhead condenser and vaporized to create a purified vapor phase argon stream.
摘要:
An argon purification system is provided which includes a cryogenic heat exchanger, a cryogenic distillation column. The cryogenic heat exchanger is configured to remove heat from a pre-treated argon waste stream to create a cold feed stream. The cryogenic distillation column includes packing, a reboiler, and an overhead condenser, as well as an upper portion and a lower portion and is configured to receive a liquid feed stream and to produce a bottoms argon product stream and a gas waste stream. The reboiler is positioned in the lower portion of the cryogenic distillation column and is configured to condense the cold feed stream to produce the liquid feed stream. The condenser is positioned in the upper portion of the cryogenic distillation column and is configured to heat the bottoms argon product stream such that the bottoms argon product stream evaporates to a purified vapor phase argon stream.
摘要:
A method for the purification of argon through simple steps with low energy consumption. Oxygen is added to argon gas containing nitrogen, carbon monoxide, oxygen, and methane as impurities, and carbon monoxide is oxidized carbon dioxide in a carbon monoxide oxidation column (31) in the presence of a catalyst. Hydrogen is added to the argon gas, and oxygen is reacted with hydrogen in a deoxo column (33) in the presence of a catalyst to conduct conversion to water. The carbon dioxide and water are removed from the argon gas in a carbon removal/drying unit (50) using an adsorbent. The resultant argon gas is cooled in a main heat exchanger (60) or the like for liquefaction. The formed liquid is then introduced into a rectifying column (70), where rectification is conducted by using the reflux composed mainly of argon. Nitrogen-enriched argon gas is separated from a head (76) of the rectifying column, while methane-enriched liquid argon is separated from a bottom (77), and high-purity argon gas is recovered from a gas phase in a middle stage.
摘要:
The present invention relates a process and apparatus that recovers a helium rich stream from a mixed gas having low concentrations of helium therein. More specifically, the invention relates to an integrated process and apparatus for treating a mixed feed gas from an operating process that produces a fluid product from natural gas containing helium, such as processes that produce ammonia, methanol, or liquid hydrocarbons.
摘要:
This invention is directed to a method for recovering, purifying and recycling an inert gas on a continual basis in connection with a silicon crystal pulling process. Silicon oxide impurities generated during the crystal growth process are completely oxidized by in-situ oxidation with a regulated amount of an oxidizing source gas mixture to form silicon dioxide impurities, which can be removed by a particulate removal device. The particulate-free effluent enters a purification unit to remove the remaining impurities. The inert gas emerging from the purification unit can be fed back into the crystal puller apparatus and/or mixed with the oxidizing source gas mixture. As a result, the ability to increase silicon crystal throughput, quality and at the same time reduce the costs associated with recycling the inert gas can be achieved.
摘要:
Procédé de production d'hélium à partir d'un courant gazeux source (1) comprenant au moins de l'hélium, du méthane, de l'azote et de l'hydrogène, comprenant au moins les étapes successives suivantes: Etape a): introduction dudit courant gazeux source (1) dans au moins un compresseur(3); Etape b): élimination de l'hydrogène et du méthane par réaction du courant (4) issu de l'étape a) avec de l'oxygène; Etape c): élimination au moins des impuretés issues de l'étape b) par adsorption à température alternée (TSA); Etape d): condensation partielle du courant (8) issu de l'étape c) afin de produire un courant (10) d'azote liquide et un courant (11) gazeux comprenant majoritairement de l'hélium; Etape e): purification du courant gazeux (11) issu de l'étape d) afin d'augmenter la teneur en hélium par adsorption à pression alternée (PSA) en éliminant l'azote et les impuretés contenues dans le courant gazeux (11) issu de l'étape d).
摘要:
The method of recovery and recycling of inert gases, especially noble gases, from processes such as vacuum furnaces and other applications. A first gas stream comprising the inert gas and oxidisable impurities, is supplied to an oxidation column comprising a metal oxide. The impurities in the first gas stream are oxidised in the column in the presence of the metal oxide to form a second gas stream containing carbon dioxide and water, the second gas stream is supplied to a regenerable carbon dioxide removal column; the carbon dioxide is removed from the second gas stream in the column to form a third gas stream. Water is removed from the third gas stream in an absorption column, and the exhausted, purified inert gas is collected from the absorption column for conveying to a process utilising the inert gas. The recovered gas stream is of around 6N purity (99.9999% pure) i.e. having lppm total contaminants.
摘要:
A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing high-purity air and various kinds of gases obtained by using air as a raw material which are used for semiconductor manufacturing industries, which method and apparatus are capable of providing as products high-purity air, high-purity nitrogen and oxygen-enriched air at once. Raw air is compressed to 3-10 Kg/cm G and introduced into a catalyst tower (8), and the carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and hydrogen in the raw air are converted into carbon dioxide and water. The catalyst-reacted temperature-increased air is cooled and then introduced into adsorption towers (12a, 12b) in which carbon dioxide, water and other impurities are adsorption-removed. A part of the refined air obtained is drawn out as high-purity product air, and the remaining part thereof is introduced into a primary heat exchanger (18) and cooled substantially to a liquefication temperature. The resultant air is introduced into a simple rectification tower (19) and subjected to liquefication rectification, and high-purity nitrogen is drawn out from the top portion of the tower (19) and extracted as a product through the primary heat exchanger (18). Meanwhile, oxygen-enriched liquefied air is drawn out from the bottom portion of the simple rectification tower (19), introduced into a condensation evaporator (24), gasified, drawn out therefrom, introduced into the primary heat exchanger (18), and subjected to a temperature increasing operation. After the temperature of the gas has reached to an intermediate level, the gas is drawn out and introduced into an expansion turbine (35), in which the gas is expanded and cooled to generate cold. After the cold has recovered, it is extracted as refined oxygen-enriched air.