EP0576314B2 - Procédé et installation de production d'oxygène gazeux sous pression - Google Patents

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EP0576314B2
EP0576314B2 EP93401395A EP93401395A EP0576314B2 EP 0576314 B2 EP0576314 B2 EP 0576314B2 EP 93401395 A EP93401395 A EP 93401395A EP 93401395 A EP93401395 A EP 93401395A EP 0576314 B2 EP0576314 B2 EP 0576314B2
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  • the present invention relates to a production process gaseous oxygen under pressure by air distillation in an installation comprising a heat exchange line and a double column of distillation which itself has a first column, called a column medium pressure, operating under medium pressure, and a second column, called low pressure column, operating under a low pressure, pumping of liquid oxygen withdrawn from the bottom column tank pressure, and vaporization of compressed oxygen by heat exchange with compressed air at high air pressure, all of the air to be treated being compressed at a first pressure P1 significantly greater than the medium pressure, the air at pressure P1 is divided into only two parts, the first being cooled and the second part being overpressed to a second high pressure P2 and cooled, most of at least the separated oxygen being withdrawn in the liquid state from the low pressure column, compressed by a pump at least a first pressure of vaporization to which it vaporizes by condensation of air at one of said high pressures P1, P2, and vaporized by condensation of air at one of these pressures.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method using a unique air compressor with high thermodynamic efficiency overall.
  • the invention also relates to an installation for producing gaseous oxygen under pressure for the implementation of the process described above, of the type comprising a double air distillation column comprising a column, called a low pressure column, operating under low pressure, and a column, called medium pressure column operating under medium pressure, a liquid oxygen compression pump drawn from the bottom of the low pressure column, compression means for bringing the air to be distilled to a high air pressure significantly higher than the medium pressure, and a heat exchange line for bringing the high pressure air and compressed liquid oxygen into heat exchange relationship, the compression means comprising a compressor for supplying all of the air to be distilled at a first high pressure P1 significantly higher than the medium pressure, and means for overpressuring a fraction of the air under this p first high pressure to a second high pressure P2, characterized in that these overpressure means comprise at least two blowers in series each coupled to an expansion turbine, one blower being coupled to an air expansion turbine under the first high pressure P1 and another blower being coupled to a second turbine for expanding part of the compressed air, and in that
  • the installation shown in Figure 1 is intended to produce gaseous oxygen at two different pressures, nitrogen gas under two different pressures, liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.
  • the installation essentially comprises a double column of distillation 1, a heat exchange line 2, an air compressor main 3, two blowers in series 4 and 5 provided with an outlet refrigerant 6, a "hot” turbine 7, a “cold” turbine 8, two pumps liquid oxygen 9, 10 and a liquid nitrogen pump 11.
  • Double column 1 includes a column medium pressure operating at 5 to 6 bar, one low pressure column 13 of the "minaret" type operating a little above atmospheric pressure, a vaporizer-condenser 14 which puts the overhead vapor (nitrogen) from column 12 in heat exchange relationship with the tank liquid (oxygen) from column 13, and an auxiliary column 15 for the production of impure argon coupled to column 13.
  • the fan wheel 4 is rigidly coupled to that of turbine 8, and, similarly, the wheel of fan 5 is rigidly coupled to that of the turbine 7.
  • the air to be distilled is fully compressed by compressor 3 at one pressure P1 of the order of 25 to 35 bars and purified in water and carbon dioxide in an adsorber 21, then divided in two streams.
  • the first current, at pressure P1, is cooled to an intermediate temperature T1 between 0 ° C and - 60 ° C. Part of this first current continues to cool, is liquefied, then is relieved at medium pressure in a valve trigger and sent to column 12 via a pipe 22. The rest of the first stream is out of the line exchange at temperature T1, relaxed to the average pressure in turbine 7, reintroduced into the line exchange, cooled and liquefied, then sent to the column 12 via a line 23.
  • the rest of the air leaving the adsorber 21 is blown up in two stages by blowers 4 and 5, up to a pressure P2 of the order of 35 to 50 bars, precooled in 6 then cooled in the exchange line up to a second intermediate temperature T2 clearly less than T1 and between -80 ° C and -130 ° C. Part of this air continues to cool, is liquefied and then relaxed at medium pressure in an expansion valve and introduced into column 12 via line 22 above. The rest of the air under pressure P2 has left the exchange line at temperature T2, expanded at medium pressure in turbine 8 and introduced into column 12 via line 23 above.
  • the exchange diagram includes a curve C1 corresponding to all of the heated fluids, and a curve C2 corresponding to the air treated during cooling.
  • the installation may include a third turbine 30, for example braked by a alternator 31, adapted to relax at low pressure part of the medium pressure air from the turbine 7.
  • the exhaust of the turbine 30 is connected to an intermediate point in column 13 or to the pipe carrying residual impure nitrogen. Admission of turbine 30 is at a temperature of -100 ° C to -150 ° C about.
  • Such a low pressure turbine is interesting in two cases: on the one hand, to enhance the low separation energy when oxygen is product with a purity between 85% and 98%, in increasing fluid production without decreasing notable of the oxygen extraction yield; else hand, to increase the production of liquid at the expense that of oxygen. If, as shown, the installation argon product, it is better to send low pressure air in impure nitrogen to maintain a good argon extraction yield. In the case reverse, this low pressure air can be blown into column 13.
  • the diagram in Figure 4 does not differ from that in Figure 1 only by mounting turbines 7 and 8. Indeed, it is the "hot” turbine 7 which is supplied by air at the highest pressure P2, while the “cold” turbine 8 is supplied with air at the pressure P1. In addition, the turbine 7 escapes a pressure P3 higher than medium pressure and, in practice, between this average pressure and the pressure P1.
  • the air at pressure P3 is cooled and liquefied in the exchange line, by oxygen spraying, then expanded at medium pressure in an expansion valve 34 before to be sent in column 12. This provision is particularly interesting for oxygen pressure between 3 bars and 8 bars.
  • the exchange line 2 of the installation includes three pressure air cooling passages different.
  • One or more of these pressures can be used to condense air by vaporization to against the current, with a small temperature difference of around 2 ° C, at least most of the oxygen separated, compressed in the liquid state to a corresponding pressure and vaporized under this pressure, oxygen additional to another pressure and / or nitrogen which may also be compressed in liquid form and vaporized in exchange line 2.
  • the installation produces a fraction of oxygen and nitrogen in liquid form with excellent specific energy due to the use two temperature expansion turbines very different admission.

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