EP1008826B1 - Vaporiseur à film ruisselant et installations de distillation d'air correspondantes - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vaporizer of the type comprising a heat exchanger body which has main passages placed in heat exchange relationship, means for forming a bath of the liquid to be sprayed so that it circulates in at least a first of said passages main, and means for introducing circulating fluid into the minus a second of said main passages so that it ensures the vaporization of the liquid, the heat exchanger body being formed from an assembly of substantially parallel parallel plates similar alternately delimiting the first and second passages main which are flat.
- a vaporizer is already known from EP-A1-0130122.
- the invention applies, for example, to a vaporizer-condenser for a double column air distillation installation.
- oxygen-rich liquid from the low pressure column tank, is vaporized in the evaporator-condenser by condensation of a nitrogen-rich gas, taken off at the head of the medium pressure column.
- an air separation device such as a double distillation column includes several types of heat exchanger heat.
- a main heat exchanger is used to cool the supply air of the apparatus at distillation temperature by heat exchange with a or more fluids from the distillation apparatus. In some cases, these are pressurized liquids from the device that vaporize against the air at distill in the exchanger. These exchangers are normally made entirely of aluminum or copper or alloys of these metals (WO95 / 28610).
- the apparatus also comprises at least one vaporizer-condenser which is a heat exchanger placed inside or outside of the column.
- vaporizers-condensers are usually made entirely in copper, stainless steel, nickel or aluminum and are made up of at least two circuits which are connected to the rest of the installation by means of pipes welded to the equipment.
- Exchangers used in air separation devices include heat exchanger bodies which are often made in parallel aluminum plates having a similar contour brazed between they.
- a oxygen-rich liquid vaporizes against a current rich in gas nitrogen (such as air or nitrogen with a purity greater than 80%).
- EP-0795349 describes the case where such a vaporizer is combined with a thermosiphon type vaporizer (so-called bath vaporizer, i.e. a vaporizer completely immersed in the liquid where the recirculation of the liquid rich in oxygen is made thanks to the hydraulic thrust due to the difference in density between the bath and the liquid vaporizing in the passages).
- bath vaporizer i.e. a vaporizer completely immersed in the liquid where the recirculation of the liquid rich in oxygen is made thanks to the hydraulic thrust due to the difference in density between the bath and the liquid vaporizing in the passages.
- the liquid is distributed between many passages made up of waves vertical inserted between two so-called separating sheets and thus constituting thermal fins, and due to the pitch of these waves the bodies brazed plate heat exchangers have surfaces very large exchange.
- liquid film when the whole surface is wet, the liquid film will be very thin and to avoid dry spraying at the bottom of the first passages main or in the event of a distribution fault, liquid is poured in excess in the heat exchanger body. This excess liquid forces in general to recycle liquid by means of a pump.
- vaporizers of the aforementioned type called bath, recirculation of the liquid is also maintained to avoid dry vaporization in the top of the first main passengers.
- US-A-5699671 further describes a vaporizer with an exchanger body vertically arranged tubular in which nitrogen gas condenses at contact of its tubes.
- An object of the invention is to solve this problem by providing a vaporizer of the aforementioned type which limits the risk of clogging of the passage (s) dedicated to the liquid to be vaporized.
- Another object of the invention is to minimize the recirculation of the liquid to be vaporized in vaporizers of the aforementioned type and ensure the safety of the optimal operation and performance.
- the invention relates to a vaporizer of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the or each first main passage has, in current section transverse to the direction of circulation of the liquid at spray, at least one region of free flow continues sufficiently extended to allow the liquid to bypass a deposit of impurities, or at least a first main passage is either narrower than a second main passage and contains neither exchange wave nor passage auxiliary, either contains one or more closed auxiliary passage (s) which span most of the dimension of the heat exchanger body parallel to the direction of flow of the liquid to be vaporized, the walls of the (of) auxiliary passage (s) touching the plates defining the passage main.
- all the first main passages contain at least minus a closed auxiliary passage.
- the liquid sent into the auxiliary passage crosses the vaporizer without contacting the plates defining the first passages key.
- the liquid should be avoided between the exterior of the auxiliary passage and the passages defined by the plates.
- passages auxiliaries in a material block (e.g. aluminum, nickel or copper). If the block has substantially the dimensions of a first pass main, the liquid will not be able to flow outside the passages auxiliaries which are cylindrical holes passing through the block.
- a material block e.g. aluminum, nickel or copper.
- the maximum width of an auxiliary passage is greater than 50% of the distance between two adjacent plates.
- the inner surface of the auxiliary passage or each auxiliary passage includes only curved surfaces and possibly convexities.
- the absence of cavities in the passages of the first set ("liquid" passages) never has been proposed in the prior art.
- At least one, and preferably all, of the first main passages contain several auxiliary passages formed by a series of cylindrical tubes parallel to each other and each having a diameter at least equal to 50% of the separation between two adjacent plates.
- At least one and preferably all of the first main passages contain several auxiliary passages consisting of tubes, each having an inner surface with at least three identical convexities and curved surfaces connecting the convexities.
- the adjacent tubes may or may not be contiguous.
- auxiliary passage there are means for directing liquid into the or each auxiliary passage and / or liquid distribution means constituted by predistribution openings, these openings leaving drop this liquid on a lining located above the means for direct liquid into one or each auxiliary passage.
- the means for directing the liquid into the passages are inclined points whose ends are above inside the auxiliary passage (or passage).
- the vaporizer can be a main exchanger which is used to cool the air purified at its distillation temperature, a sub-cooler or the vaporizer-condenser of a double column.
- the invention also relates to an air distillation installation comprising at least one vaporizer as defined above.
- FIG 1 illustrates a vaporizer-condenser 2 (see description of Figure 1 in EP-A-0130122).
- the vaporizer-condenser 2 includes a heat exchanger body formed by a sealed envelope 3 and a series of parallel vertical plates 4 made of aluminum, which define a multitude of main flat passages intended alternately for one of two fluid flows, for example, a gas flow containing 98% nitrogen at around 5 bar and a liquid flow rate containing 98% oxygen at around 1.5 bars.
- pressures and purities can take other values.
- first main passages The passages dedicated to the liquid to be vaporized are called first main passages and are marked with the letter L in the figures, while the passages dedicated to the gas to be condensed are called second passages main and are identified by the letter G in the figures.
- the space above the plates 4 contains a bath 5 of the liquid to be vaporized from a line 6.
- the liquid from this bath enters each first pass L through a series of perforations in a upper distribution bar 27. It then falls on a wave 26 which is a non-perforated aluminum sheet with horizontal generators (layout so-called hardway with respect to the flow of liquid oxygen) and offset partial vertical (partial vertical offset is not illustrated so as not to overload the figures) and which ensures the fine distribution of the liquid.
- the liquid falls from the wave 26 onto an upper drip 25 constituted by an aluminum strip folded with a series of triangular points 29 forming an angle of 135 ° with the plane of one of the plates 4 of the passage L considered.
- each point 29 of the upper drip 15 is located above with a point of a lower drip 24, identical to the first but whose tips are oriented towards the other plate 4 of passage L considered.
- the liquid to be vaporized then flows on the plates 4 of the first passage L considered in the form of a film streaming downwards.
- the gas to be condensed enters the second passages G at by means of a pipe 9 welded in the middle of a head 8 (sometimes called “Box” or in English “headline”) semi-cylindrical.
- the gas then flows downwards in the second passages G to cocurrent of the liquid in the first passages L, the condensation of the gas ensuring the vaporization of the liquid in the first passages L.
- only the second passages G each contain a spacer wave 21 consisting of a sheet corrugated perforated aluminum with vertical generators (available in "Easy-way").
- these spacer waves 21 fill also the function of thermal fins.
- the first passages L have a thickness less than that of second passages G.
- the thickness of the first passages L is included between 2.5 mm and two thirds of the thickness of the second G passages.
- the first passages L are each delimited by two plates 4 neighbors and by closing bars 30 situated between them on their side edges.
- the first passages L are narrower than the second passages G and contain neither exchange waves nor passages Auxiliary.
- the distance between the adjacent plates 4 of the first passages L varies between 2.5 mm and two-thirds of the separation between the plates 4 of the second passages G.
- the first passages L have on their whole length a rectangular cross section free of any obstacle and keep on going.
- This section has a width substantially equal to the width of the plates 4 and therefore the width of the heat exchanger body, that is to say a width of about 1 meter.
- the structure of the first passages L limits the recirculation of liquid required in the vaporizer 2.
- first passages L having in cross section current, that is to say over most of their length, a region unobstructed and continuous flow that extends along a guide curve C of length greater than approximately 10 cm.
- this guide curve C is a straight line parallel to plates 4, located between them, and about 1 m long.
- the right C is shown in dotted lines in FIG. 5a.
- the distance separating the two plates 4 associated with a first passage L is greater than that of the variant of Figures 1 to 5a.
- Each sheet 29, 31 therefore comprises a series of semi-cylindrical sections joined at the ends to form a curved line.
- Each sheet 29, 31 is carried by a plate 4.
- the concavities of the sheets 29, 31 are directed towards each other.
- the sheets 29 and 31 are offset transversely from each other so that the tips of each sheet are located opposite a hollow of the other sheet. So the two sheets 29 and 31 form a single auxiliary passage between them, in which all the fluid flowing in the first passage L considered.
- the sheets 29 and 31 play the role of thermal fins and delimit therefore between them the flow region of the liquid to be vaporized.
- each first passage L extends, in its cross section, continuously and freely practically over the entire width of the heat exchanger body.
- the mentioned guideline C above then extends between the sheets 29 and 31 following their contours.
- the directing curve is then sinuous and has a length greater than 1 m.
- the first passages L make it possible to limit the risks closure thanks to a sufficient transverse extent so that the liquid to be sprayed bypasses any deposits.
- the auxiliary passages of the first passages L are formed by contiguous aluminum tubes 23.
- the second passages G we find the generating waves 21 classic verticals.
- the auxiliary passages of the first passages L are non-contiguous tubes having a cross section shape of clover leaves.
- the auxiliary passage (s) includes only curved surfaces or convexities thus preventing the accumulation of impurities in the passages and making it possible to limit the liquid recirculation required in the vaporizer 2.
- the invention is not limited to dripping film vaporizers but also applies to so-called bath vaporizers.
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- la figure 1 est un schéma partiel d'une installation de distillation d'air selon l'invention,
- la figure 2 est une vue schématique éclatée du vaporiseur-condenseur de l'installation de la figure 1,
- la figure 3 est une vue partielle, schématique et en coupe d'un passage du vaporiseur-condenseur de la figure 1 dédié à la circulation du liquide à vaporiser,
- la figure 4 est une vue partielle, schématique et en coupe prise suivant la ligne IV-IV de la figure 3,
- la figure 5a est une section partielle schématique illustrant la structure des passages du vaporiseur-condenseur de la figure 1 dédiés au liquide à vaporiser et au gaz à condenser, et
- les figures 5b à 5d sont des vues analogues à la figure 5a illustrant des variantes de l'invention.
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- Vaporiseur (2), du type comprenant un corps d'échangeur de chaleur qui présente des passages principaux (G, L) placés en relation d'échange thermique, des moyens pour former un bain (5) du liquide à vaporiser pour qu'il circule dans au moins un premier (L) desdits passages principaux, et des moyens (8, 9) d'introduction d'un fluide calorigène dans au moins un deuxième (G) desdits passages principaux pour qu'il assure la vaporisation du liquide, le corps d'échangeur de chaleur étant formé à partir d'un assemblage de plaques parallèles (4) de contour substantiellement similaire délimitant alternativement les premiers (L) et deuxièmes passages principaux (G) qui sont plats, caractérisé en ce que le ou chaque premier passage principal possède, en section courante transversale à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser, au moins une région d'écoulement libre continue suffisamment étendue pour permettre au liquide de contourner un dépôt d'impuretés, ou au moins un premier passage principal (L) est soit plus étroit qu'un deuxième passage principal et ne contient ni d'onde d'échange ni de passage auxiliaire, soit contient un ou plusieurs passage(s) auxilaire(s) fermé(s) (23, 50) qui s'étendent sur l'essentiel de la dimension du corps d'échangeur de chaleur parallèle à la direction d'écoulement du liquide à vaporiser, les parois du (des) passage(s) auxillaire(s) touchant les plaques (4) définissant le passage principal.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite région d'écoulement s'étend le long d'une courbe directrice (C) de longueur supérieure à environ 10 cm.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite courbe directrice (C) a une longueur supérieure ou égale à environ 30 cm.
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite région d'écoulement s'étend sensiblement sur toute une dimension du corps d'échangeur de chaleur transversale à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque premier passage principal (L) ne comprend pas d'onde-entretoise entre les deux plaques parallèles (4) entre lesquelles il est situé.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que chaque premier passage principal (L) est délimité par les deux plaques parallèles (4) entre lesquelles il est situé, ces deux plaques définissant entre elles un espace sensiblement libre et continu sur l'essentiel de leur largeur transversale à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que chaque premier passage principal (L) contient au moins une onde (29, 31) formant ailette thermique.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que chaque premier passage (L) contient deux ondes (29, 31) formant ailettes thermiques disposées en regard l'une de l'autre, et définissant entre elles un passage auxiliaire sensiblement libre et continu sur l'essentiel de leur largeur transversale à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que la ou chaque onde (29, 31) formant ailette thermique d'un premier passage (L) a une section transversale à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser sensiblement en épicycloide.
- Vaporiseur selon les revendications 8 et 9 prises ensemble, caractérisé en ce que les ondes en epicycloïde d'un même premier passage (L) sont décalées l'une de l'autre transversalement à la direction de circulation du liquide à vaporiser.
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que les moyens pour former un bain du liquide à vaporiser et les moyens d'introduction du fluide calorigène sont disposés de sorte que le fluide calorigène et le liquide à vaporiser s'écoulent à cocourant dans le corps d'échangeur de chaleur.
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que le vaporiseur est un vaporiseur-condenseur, les moyens d'introduction du fluide calorigène étant des moyens (8, 9) d'introduction d'un gaz à condenser et le vaporiseur comprenant en outre des moyens (10, 11) d'évacuation du gaz condensé.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le ou chaque passage auxiliaire (23, 50) empêche le liquide à vaporiser de rentrer en contact avec les plaques (4) du premier passage principal (L) correspondant.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 1 ou 13, dans lequel chaque premier passage principal (L) contient au moins un passage auxiliaire fermé (23, 50).
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 1, 13 ou 14, dans lequel la largeur maximale d'un passage auxiliaire est supérieure à 50% de la distance entre deux plaques adjacentes (4).
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 13 à 15, dans lequel la surface intérieure du ou de chaque passage auxiliaire (23, 50) ne comprend que des surfaces courbes et éventuellement des convexités.
- Vaporiseur de chaleur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 13 à 16, dans lequel au moins un, et préférablement chaque premier passage principal (L) contient plusieurs passages auxiliaires constitués par une série de tubes cylindriques (23) parallèles les uns aux autres et ayant chacun un diamètre au moins égal à 50% de la séparation entre deux plaques adjacentes (4).
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 13 à 17, dans lequel au moins un, et préférablement chaque premier passage principal contient plusieurs passages auxiliaires constitués par des tubes (50) ayant chacun une surface intérieure avec au moins trois convexités identiques et des surfaces courbes reliant les convexités.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 17 ou 18, dans lequel les tubes adjacents (23, 50) sont contigus.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 17 ou 18, dans lequel les tubes adjacents (23, 50) ne sont pas contigus.
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 13 à 20, comprenant des moyens (24, 25) pour diriger le liquide du bain vers le ou chaque passage auxiliaire.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 21, comprenant des moyens de distribution du liquide du bain comprenant des ouvertures de prédistribution, ces ouvertures laissant tomber ce liquide sur un garnissage (26) situé au-dessus des moyens (24, 25) pour diriger du liquide dans un ou chaque passage auxiliaire.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 21 ou 22 dans lequel les moyens (24, 25) pour diriger le liquide dans les passages auxiliaires sont des pointes inclinées dont le bout se trouve en dessus de l'intérieur du passage (ou d'un passage) auxiliaire.
- Vaporiseur selon la revendication 1 ou 13 dans lequel les passages auxiliaires sont formés dans un bloc de matériel placé dans le premier passage principal (L) et ayant substantiellement les mêmes dimensions que celui-ci.
- Vaporiseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 24, caractérisé en ce que les moyens pour former un bain du liquide à vaporiser sont des moyens pour former un bain (5) au-dessus des passages principaux (G, L), le vaporiseur comprenant en outre des moyens d'introduction du liquide du bain (5) dans le ou chaque premier passage principal pour qu'il s'y écoule sous forme d'un film ruisselant.
- Installation de distillation d'air comprenant au moins un vaporiseur (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 25.
- Installation selon la revendication 26 dans laquelle le vaporiseur (2) est un échangeur principal qui sert à refroidir de l'air épuré à sa température de distillation.
- Installation selon la revendication 26 ou 27 dans laquelle le vaporiseur (2) est un sous-refroidisseur.
- Installation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 26 à 28 comprenant une première colonne alimentée par de l'air et reliée thermiquement à une deuxième colonne au moyen du vaporiseur (2).
- Installlation de distillation d'air selon la revendication 29, dans laquelle la première colonne est une colonne moyenne pression (1), la deuxième colonne est une colonne basse pression et le vaporiseur (2) est un vaporiseur-condenseur de mise en relation d'échange thermique de l'oxygène de cuve de la colonne basse pression et de l'azote de tête de la colonne moyenne pression.
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