EP4133227A2 - Procédé de séparation d'air à basse température, installation de séparation d'air et ensemble composé d'au moins deux installations de séparation d'air - Google Patents

Procédé de séparation d'air à basse température, installation de séparation d'air et ensemble composé d'au moins deux installations de séparation d'air

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EP4133227A2
EP4133227A2 EP21718017.3A EP21718017A EP4133227A2 EP 4133227 A2 EP4133227 A2 EP 4133227A2 EP 21718017 A EP21718017 A EP 21718017A EP 4133227 A2 EP4133227 A2 EP 4133227A2
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rectification column
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gas
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Dimitri GOLUBEV
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Linde GmbH
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  • a “condenser evaporator” is a heat exchanger in which a first, condensing fluid flow occurs in indirect heat exchange with a second, evaporating fluid flow.
  • Each condenser-evaporator has a liquefaction space and an evaporation space.
  • the liquefaction and evaporation space have liquefaction and evaporation passages.
  • the condensation (liquefaction) of the first fluid flow is carried out in the liquefaction space, and the evaporation of the second fluid flow is carried out in the vaporization space.
  • the evaporation and liquefaction spaces are formed by groups of passages which are in a heat exchange relationship with one another.
  • turbo compressors In air separation plants, multi-stage turbo compressors are used to compress the feed air to be separated, which are referred to here as "main air compressors".
  • the mechanical structure of turbo compressors is fundamentally known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the medium to be compressed is compressed by means of turbine blades which are arranged on a turbine wheel or impeller or directly on a shaft.
  • a turbo compressor forms a structural unit, which, however, can have several compressor stages in a multi-stage turbo compressor.
  • a compressor stage usually comprises a corresponding arrangement of turbine blades. All of these compressor stages can be driven by a common shaft. However, provision can also be made for the compressor stages to be driven in groups with different shafts, it also being possible for the shafts to be connected to one another via gears.
  • the main air compressor is also distinguished by the fact that it compresses the entire amount of air fed into the rectification column system and used for the production of air products, that is to say the entire feed air.
  • a “post-compressor” can also be provided, in which, however, only part of the amount of air compressed in the main air compressor is brought to an even higher pressure.
  • This can also be designed as a turbo compressor.
  • the use of a common compressor or compressor stages of such a compressor as the main air compressor and booster can also be provided.
  • additional turbo compressors in the form of the booster mentioned are typically provided in air separation plants, which, however, usually only perform a compression to a relatively small extent compared to the main air compressor or the booster.
  • the second top gas can in particular be formed with a content of 1 to 1000 ppb, for example approx. 100 ppb, oxygen and 3 to 300 ppm, for example approx. 90 ppm, argon.
  • the first and second overhead gases can also have essentially the same contents.
  • the recycle stream or a part thereof is condensed using a condenser evaporator which heat-exchangingly connects the first rectification column and the second rectification column and is fed into the first rectification column.
  • the first bottom liquid, or at least its part which is used to form the second feed stream, can, as mentioned several times, be fed into at least the third rectification column for the condensation of top gas.
  • the third In particular, as is known per se from the prior art, top gas can be purified to pure argon in a pure argon column.
  • FIGS 1 to 5 illustrate air separation plants according to different configurations of the present invention.
  • first overhead gas is formed at the top of the pressure column 11.
  • first overhead gas is passed through the main condenser 16 in the form of a material flow b and a further part is passed through the sump evaporator 17 in the form of a material flow c.
  • Part of the condensate formed in this way is returned to the pressure column 11 as reflux.
  • Further condensate can be conducted in the form of a liquid nitrogen stream m through the subcooling countercurrent 18 and, for example, be provided as a corresponding product.
  • the stream c can also be fed into the pressure column 11 separately from the stream b or subcooled separately in the subcooling countercurrent 18 and fed into the low pressure column 12.
  • Another part of the top gas of the pressure column 11 is used to form a stream d, which is heated in the main heat exchanger 4 and with a content of, for example, approx. 10 ppb oxygen and at a pressure of, for example, approx. 11.8 bar from the air separation plant 100 as a product is diverted.
  • Bottom liquid (“second bottom liquid”) is formed in the low-pressure column 12 and is withdrawn from this in the form of a stream h, increased pressure in a pump 5, heated in the main heat exchanger 4 and discharged as an internally compressed oxygen product.
  • gas is withdrawn from the low-pressure column 12 in the form of a stream i, combined with a stream k explained below to form a collective stream I with a content of, for example, approx. 90% oxygen, partially heated in the main heat exchanger 4, expanded in a generator turbine 6, again heated in the main heat exchanger 4, and used, for example, as a regeneration gas in the adsorber station 3.
  • Gas enriched in argon is withdrawn from the low-pressure column 11 in the form of a stream o and fed into the upper part 14 a of the pure oxygen column 14.
  • this upper part 14a in the example shown is functionally part of the crude argon column 13. Reference is therefore made to the above explanations.
  • the stream o can also be fed directly into the crude argon column. From the lower region of the upper part 14a, bottom liquid in the form of a material flow p into the low-pressure column 11 returned.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de séparation d'air à basse température par utilisation d'une installation de séparation d'air (100-400) comportant un système de colonnes de rectification (10) qui présente une colonne de pression actionnée à un niveau de pression compris entre 9 à 14,5 bar, une colonne de basse pression (12) actionnée à un niveau de pression compris entre 2 et 5 bar et une colonne d'argon (13). Selon l'invention, pour former un flux de circulation, on utilise le second gaz de tête ou une partie dudit gaz, lequel/laquelle est chauffé(e), comprimé(e), à nouveau refroidi(e) et injecté(e), après liquéfaction partielle ou complète ou à l'état non liquéfié, en partie ou entièrement par fractions, dans la première colonne de rectification (11) et/ou dans la seconde colonne de rectification (12). La présente invention concerne également une installation (100-400) correspondante.
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