Abstract:
A liquefier device which may be a retrofit to an air separation plant or utilized as part of a new design. The flow needed for the liquefier comes from an air separation plant running in a maxim oxygen state, in a stable mode. The three gas flows are low pressure oxygen, low pressure nitrogen, and higher pressure nitrogen. All of the flows are found on the side of the main heat exchanger with a temperature of about 37 degrees Fahrenheit. All of the gasses put into the liquefier come out as a subcooled liquid, for storage or return to the air separation plant. This new liquefier does not include a front end electrical compressor, and will take a self produced liquid nitrogen, pump it up to a runnable 420 psig pressure, and with the use of turbines, condensers, flash pots, and multi pass heat exchangers. The liquefier will make liquid from a planned amount of any pure gas oxygen or nitrogen an air separation plant can produce.
Abstract:
An apparatus for separating air by cryogenic distillation comprises N air compressors (C1, C2, C3) connected so as to receive air at ambient pressure and designed to produce air at a first pressure above 12 bar absolute, N being at least 3, each of the compressors being driven by a single asynchronous motor (M1, M2, M3), the total power of the compressors being at least 10 MW.
Abstract:
A method for moving a packed column section about a remote manufacturing yard is provided. In one embodiment, the packed column section can include a first course, a second course, packing disposed within the first course and second course, and a plurality of distributors. The method can include the steps of placing the packed column section on top of a movable platform, the movable platform configured to support and distribute the weight of the packed column section; and moving the packed column section from a first point to a second point, the second point being in an open area adapted for stacking a plurality of packed column sections on top of each other to form a column.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a distillation column in a remote location away from a permanent manufacturing facility is provided. In one embodiment, the method can include the steps of: forming a plurality of column sections each having a diameter D, each column section comprising a plurality of courses that have been horizontally welded together, wherein each course is comprised of two or more partial shells that have been vertically welded together, wherein each of the two or more partial shells was created by vertically rolling a rectangular plate having a length of at least ( 1 N π · D ) , wherein N is the number of partial shells used to form the course; installing a distributor and packing in each column section to form a plurality of packed column sections; and stacking the plurality of packed column sections to form a column.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for the low-temperature separation of air and comprises a main heat exchanger (6) having at least two heat-exchanger blocks, a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5) having at least one high-pressure column, a subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), means for introducing feed air via the main heat exchanger (6) into the high-pressure column, means for introducing a liquid stream from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), and means for introducing a gas stream (16) from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2). The main heat exchanger (6) and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) are arranged in a first cold box (12), and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) is suspended from the main heat exchanger (6).
Abstract:
A trolley for supporting the plate during vertical rolling of the plate is provided. In one embodiment, the trolley can include a support body configured to provide support for the trolley; a plurality of wheels configured to allow the trolley to move across a floor; a lifting arm supported by the support body, wherein the lifting arm is movable about a first position and a second position; a pump handle configured to raise the lifting arm between the first position and the second position; and a plate holder configured to move with the lifting arm and hold the plate in place relative to the trolley.
Abstract:
The device serves for the cryogenic separation of air. It has the following features: a main heat exchanger and a supercooling countercurrent heat exchanger (2); a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5), which comprises a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column; a mixing column (1); means for introducing charge air via the main heat exchanger into the high-pressure column and into the mixing column; a liquid-oxygen line for introducing liquid oxygen from the low-pressure column into the upper region of the mixing column; an oxygen product line for extracting oxygen gas from the upper region of the mixing column through the main heat exchanger. The mixing column (1) and at least one of the two heat exchangers mentioned (2, 6) are arranged in a common cold box (3).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a cooling unit consisting of an exchange line capable of heating nitrogen originating from the system of columns by exchanging heat with the air to be cooled for the system of columns, and a cooling tower for the heat- and mass-exchange between the water to be cooled sent to the top of the tower and the nitrogen originating from a system of air distillation columns, the lower portion of the tower including an inlet connected to a nitrogen pipe, and the nitrogen pipe being connected to at least one exchanger body of the exchange line, which is capable of heating the nitrogen originating from the system of columns by exchanging heat with the air to be cooled for the system of columns, wherein the tower is arranged above at least one portion of the exchange line.
Abstract:
The device serves for the cryogenic separation of air. It comprises a main heat exchanger (6) and a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5) with a double column (5), which contains a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column. The device also includes a mixing column (1) and means for introducing charge air via the main heat exchanger (6) into the high-pressure column and into the mixing column. A liquid oxygen line serves for introducing liquid oxygen from the low-pressure column into the upper region of the mixing column (1), an oxygen product line serves for extracting oxygen gas from the upper region of the mixing column (1) through the main heat exchanger (6). The mixing column (1) and the double column (5) are arranged in a common cold box (3). The mixing column (1) is attached to the double column (5) by way of connecting elements (10, 11).
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for the low-temperature separation of air and comprises a main heat exchanger (6) having at least two heat-exchanger blocks, a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5) having at least one high-pressure column, a subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), means for introducing feed air via the main heat exchanger (6) into the high-pressure column, means for introducing a liquid stream from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2), and means for introducing a gas stream (16) from the distillation column system into the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2). The main heat exchanger (6) and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) are arranged in a first cold box (12), and the subcooling-counterflow heat exchanger (2) is suspended from the main heat exchanger (6).