EP0766055B1 - Procédé et installation de production d'un gaz sous pression par distillation cryogénique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and an installation for production of pressurized gas by cryogenic distillation according to the preamble of claim 1, respectively the preamble of claim 9.
- Such a method and such an installation are known from document EP-A-0 628 778.
- the pressures discussed are absolute pressures.
- condensation means "Vaporization” is either condensation or actual vaporization, either a pseudo-condensation or a pseudo-vaporization, depending on whether the pressures are subcritical or supercritical.
- the object of the invention is to provide the maximum demand in pressurized gas with a device sized to produce only part of the liquid required to supply the maximum gas demand.
- EP-A-628778 describes the case in which a flow of liquid oxygen of a column and a flow of liquid oxygen from an external source are mixed to form a single flow, pressurized and vaporized in the main exchanger an air separation device.
- Liquefied make-up gas can have the same composition as the flow rate of liquid withdrawn.
- the liquid can be an air gas.
- liquid nitrogen can be withdrawn from the head of a simple column or a low column or medium pressure of a double column.
- Liquid argon can be obtained at the head of an argon column.
- the invention also applies to the separation of other cryogenic fluids; the liquid to be sprayed could be methane, carbon monoxide or hydrogen for example.
- the liquid Before its vaporization, the liquid can be pressurized either by pressure hydrostatic, either with a pump.
- make-up gas If the make-up gas is already at the vaporization pressure of the withdrawn liquid, after liquefaction, it can be added to the withdrawn liquid downstream of the pressurization means. Otherwise, the liquefied make-up gas mixes liquid upstream of the pump to be pressurized.
- the liquefied make-up gas constitutes 20% of the flow of vaporized liquid, allowing the device to be sized at a capacity which represents 80% of the maximum demand.
- a production installation is also provided. of a gas under pressure by cryogenic distillation according to the claim 9.
- Figure 1 schematically represents an installation according to the invention.
- An air flow 1 is compressed in a compressor to 5.6 x 10 5 kPa, before being divided into three fractions.
- the first fraction 1A is compressed by the compressor 3 to 62 x 10 5 kPa, refrigerated in 4 and compressed to 76 x 10 5 kPa.
- the fraction 1A is cooled in a main exchanger 9.
- Part of the partially cooled air 11A is drawn off at an intermediate temperature level of the exchanger 9 and then expanded in a turbine 7, which drives the compressor 5, until the pressure of a medium pressure column 13 of a double column 12.
- the expanded air is then sent to this column 13.
- the remaining part of the flow 1A continues to cool in the exchanger 9 , condenses and is relaxed in the valve 11 at the pressure of the column 13, before being sent there.
- the fraction 1B crosses the exchanger 9 before being introduced in column tank 13.
- the fraction 1C is compressed by the compressor 15 to 8.9 x 10 5 kPa, partially cooled in the exchanger 9 and expanded by the blowing turbine 17 to the pressure of a low pressure column 14.
- the expanded fraction 1C is sent to column 14, possibly after a sub-cooling step.
- the insufflation turbine 17 drives the compressor 15.
- the double column 12 comprising the low pressure column 14 and the medium pressure column 13 is dimensioned to produce an average flow of liquid which vaporizes in the exchanger 9 to form a gas under pressure.
- the liquid is oxygen withdrawn from the bottom of column 14 through line 31 at a pressure of approximately 1.5 ⁇ 10 5 kPa.
- the liquid is pressurized to 76 x 10 5 kPa by a pump 25 before being vaporized in the exchanger 9 to form the oxygen under pressure.
- An additional gaseous oxygen comes from a 19 to 30 x 10 5 kPa network.
- the make-up gas in line 20 cools in exchanger 9, expands through valve 21 and is separated into two phases in separator 23.
- the gaseous part of the oxygen is sent at least in part to the low pressure column 14.
- the liquid part is sent to line 31 when the oxygen demand passes above the maximum capacity of the double column 12, which represents 80% of the maximum demand.
- the liquid coming from the network is vaporized to supply up to 20% of the maximum demand. This percentage is limited by the liquefaction capacity of the network oxygen acceptable by the exchanger 9.
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caractérisé en ce que l'on envoie un gaz d'appoint provenant d'une source extérieure à l'échangeur, on y refroidit le gaz d'appoint et on le condense au moins partiellement pour former le liquide d'appoint par échange de chaleur avec le mélange qui se vaporise.
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- Procédé de production d'un gaz sous pression dans un appareil de séparation cryogénique comprenant les étapes de :i) refroidir un fluide à séparer dans un échangeur de chaleur (9) et l'envoyer à une colonne de distillation (12) de l'appareil ;ii) soutirer un débit liquide d'une colonne (14) de l'appareil et le réchauffer dans l'échangeur (9) ;iii) on rajoute au moins un liquide d'appoint au débit liquide soutiré de l'étape ii) ;iv) on réchauffe et on vaporise dans l'échangeur (9) le mélange ainsi formé par le liquide d'appoint et le débit soutiré par échange thermique indirect ; etv) on récupère en sortie d'appareil le gaz sous pression,
- Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le liquide d'appoint et le débit soutiré ont substantiellement la même composition.
- Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel le liquide soutiré est un liquide enrichi en oxygène, en azote, argon ou en méthane.
- Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel la plupart du gaz sous pression provient de la colonne de distillation (14).
- Procédé selon la revendication 4 dans lequel au moins 80 % du gaz sous pression provient de la colonne de distillation.
- Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5 dans lequel on rajoute le liquide d'appoint au débit soutiré en amont ou en aval d'un moyen de pressurisation (25).
- Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel le fluide à séparer se condense au moins partiellement dans l'échangeur (9) où se vaporise le liquide soutiré de l'étape (ii).
- Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel on ne produit aucun produit final sous forme liquide.
- Installation de production d'un gaz sous pression par distillation cryogénique comprenant au moins une colonne de distillation (13, 14), un échangeur de chaleur (9), des moyens (1A, 1B, 1C) pour envoyer un fluide à séparer par distillation à une colonne de distillation (13, 14), des moyens (31) pour soutirer un liquide d'une colonne de distillation (14), des moyens pour envoyer le liquide soutiré à l'échangeur de chaleur (9) pour réchauffer le liquide, des moyens (27) pour rajouter un liquide d'appoint au liquide soutiré en amont de l'échangeur et des moyens pour envoyer le mélange ainsi formé à l'échangeur (9) afin de former le gaz sous pression par vaporisation du liquide,
caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend des moyens (20) pour envoyer un gaz d'appoint provenant d'une source extérieure à l'échangeur (9) afin de refroidir le gaz d'appoint et des moyens (21, 23) pour liquéfier le gaz d'appoint refroidi au moins partiellement, par échange de chaleur avec le mélange qui se vaporise, pour former le liquide d'appoint. - Installation selon la revendication 9, dans laquelle le liquide soutiré est un liquide enrichi en oxygène, en azote ou en argon.
- Installation selon la revendication 9 ou 10, dans laquelle les moyens pour soutirer un liquide sont reliés à la colonne basse pression (14) d'une double colonne de distillation d'air (12).
- Installation selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11 dans laquelle les moyens pour envoyer le liquide soutiré à l'échangeur sont reliés à un moyen de pressurisation (25) en amont de l'échangeur.
- Installation selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle les moyens pour rajouter du gaz d'appoint liquéfié au liquide soutiré sont reliés aux moyens pour envoyer le liquide soutiré à l'échangeur en aval ou en amont des moyens de pressurisation (25).
- Installation selon l'une des revendications 9 à 13, dans laquelle les moyens (1A, 1B, 1C) pour envoyer le fluide à séparer à une colonne traversent au moins partiellement l'échangeur (9).
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