DE3016317A1 - Liquid nitrogen prodn. process - feeds liquid oxygen into base of low pressure column for air decomposition - Google Patents

Liquid nitrogen prodn. process - feeds liquid oxygen into base of low pressure column for air decomposition

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DE3016317A1
DE3016317A1 DE19803016317 DE3016317A DE3016317A1 DE 3016317 A1 DE3016317 A1 DE 3016317A1 DE 19803016317 DE19803016317 DE 19803016317 DE 3016317 A DE3016317 A DE 3016317A DE 3016317 A1 DE3016317 A1 DE 3016317A1
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Klaus Dipl Ing Baumgaertner
Werner Dipl Ing Klug
Gottfried Ing Grad Panhaus
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Messer Griesheim GmbH
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    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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Abstract

The process produces liquid nitrogen using the refrigerating action resulting from evaporation of liquid oxygen. The liquid oxygen is fed externally into the base of a low pressure column of a two-column unit, for air decomposition, where it evaporates in a main condenser under the action of the condensing nitrogen in a medium-pressure column. The nitrogen is collected below the main condenser, and drawn off as the product. The gaseous nitrogen can be drawn off from the head of the medium-pressure column, expanded to produce output, and brought into heat-exchange contact with the air to be decomposed.
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