EP0833120A1 - Process for supplying gas to a consumption unit - Google Patents

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EP0833120A1
EP0833120A1 EP97402214A EP97402214A EP0833120A1 EP 0833120 A1 EP0833120 A1 EP 0833120A1 EP 97402214 A EP97402214 A EP 97402214A EP 97402214 A EP97402214 A EP 97402214A EP 0833120 A1 EP0833120 A1 EP 0833120A1
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Emmanuel Garnier
Bernard Saulnier
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a installation for supplying a consuming unit of a gas, and in particular, of an air gas produced by an air separation device by distillation cryogenic.
  • the classic method for feeding a blast furnace is shown in figure 1. Air is sent to a compressor 3 and then to a separation unit cryogenic 5. The oxygen produced is compressed in a compressor 7 and mixed with an air flow coming from a blower 1 before being sent to the HF blast furnace.
  • JP139609 / 1986 describes ( Figure 2) a system in which an air separation device 5 is supplied by oxygen-enriched air from blower 1 an HF blast furnace. The oxygen 4 produced by the device separation at low pressure is sent to the suction of the blower.
  • the system only allows the recovery of gas produced by the device at a single press.
  • part of the gaseous oxygen produced is recycled in the air repair device, so going around in circles which means that equipment must be enlarged and further increases energy consumption.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy the defects known methods and installations.
  • a gas consuming unit comprising: a compression unit, a unit consuming a gas, a unit for separating a gas mixture (25), means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means for sending a first part of the compressed mixture to the unit consuming a gas (25), means for sending a second part of the compressed mixture to the separation unit, means for sending a first gas at higher pressure to the consuming unit (HF, HF1 ) gas and means for sending a second gas to at least one compression unit and then to at least one gas consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).
  • a gas consuming unit comprising: a compression unit, a unit consuming a gas, a unit for separating a gas mixture (25), means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means for sending a first part of the compressed mixture to the unit consuming a gas (25), means for sending a second part of the compressed mixture to the separation unit, means for sending a first gas at higher pressure to the consuming unit (HF, HF1
  • the invention could be applied to others applications than those described here.
  • the consuming unit of a gas could consume a gas other than oxygen such than nitrogen or hydrogen.
  • the separation unit could therefore produce nitrogen or hydrogen with several pressures.
  • FIG. 3 to 8 illustrate realizations different from the invention.
  • 200,000 Nm 3 / h of air is sent to the blower 21.
  • the HF blast furnace must be supplied with air enriched with 25% oxygen, which represents a need for 350 T / J of pure oxygen.
  • the flow of gas 22 compressed by the blower 21 is divided into two, the first part 28 being sent to the HF blast furnace and the second part 23, i.e. a flow of 50,000 Nm 3 / h being sent to a distillation apparatus 25 having two columns thermally connected in a conventional manner.
  • This device produces 120 T / J of low pressure oxygen and 230 T / J of medium pressure oxygen.
  • Medium oxygen pressure is met at flow 28 and oxygen at low pressure is compressed in the blower 21.
  • the blower 21A compresses 98,300 Nm 3 / h of oxygen-enriched air and the blower 21 compresses 145,000 Nm 3 / h of air of which 50,000 Nm 3 / h are sent to the device 25 (flow rate 23).
  • the device produces 3300 Nm 3 / h of low pressure oxygen, which are recycled to the blower 21A to be compressed there and 6700 Nm 3 / h of medium pressure oxygen (flow rate 24).
  • the combined flows 28 and 24 constitute 200,000 Nm 3 / h of oxygen-enriched air necessary for the blast furnace.
  • the compressed gas flow 22 is divided into two, the first part 28 being sent to an HF blast furnace and the second part 23 being sent to a distillation unit 25 two columns.
  • the distillation unit produces medium pressure oxygen 24 which is combined at the flow rate 28 and low pressure oxygen 26 which is compressed in the blower 21. Thus air enriched with 23% oxygen is sent to the blast furnace.
  • two blowers 21, 21A feed the blast furnace.
  • Low pressure oxygen 26 is recycled to the blower 21A and only the blower 21 sends air to the separation unit 25.
  • oxygen at low pressure is separated into two flow rates 36, 37 each of which is compressed by a respective blower 38, 39 and sent to an HF2, HF3 blast furnace. Air flows are also sent to compressors 38, 39.
  • the separation unit 25 can also be powered by an air flow coming from a compressor 51 (see figure 6).
  • Medium pressure oxygen can be produced by the vaporization of a liquid flow, possibly in a mixing column (direct heat exchange) or against part of the device's supply air in a exchanger (indirect heat exchange).
  • the invention also applies to units consumers of gases other than oxygen and others units consuming oxygen-enriched air, for example in glass furnaces and metallurgy units of copper.
  • gases such as nitrogen
  • produced by the separation device can also be sent to the compressed gas consuming unit of the invention.
  • air 71 compressed at the column pressure medium pressure is divided into three parts.
  • the first part 71A is sent directly to the medium pressure column.
  • the second part 71B is compressed in compressor 75, liquefied in line 73 and sent to the medium pressure column after relaxation.
  • the third part 71C is relaxed in a insufflation turbine 77 is sent to the lower column pressure. Liquid oxygen is drawn from the column low pressure, pumped and vaporized in the exchange line 73.

Abstract

A procedure for feeding a consumer unit (HF) with gas, especially an air gas produced by a cryogen distillation separator, consists of passing the gas through a compressor (21), feeding part of the gas (28) to the consumer unit and passing a second part (23) through a separator (25). In the separator the gas is divided into two flows, one at a higher pressure than the other. The higher pressure flow (24) is fed to the consumer unit, if necessary mixed with the first part (28) of the compressed gas flow, and the lower pressure flow (26) is fed back to the compressor (21).

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et une installation pour l'alimentation d'une unité consommatrice d'un gaz, et en particulier, d'un gaz de l'air produit par un appareil de séparation de l'air par distillation cryogénique.The present invention relates to a method and a installation for supplying a consuming unit of a gas, and in particular, of an air gas produced by an air separation device by distillation cryogenic.

La méthode classique pour alimenter un haut-fourneau est montrée en figure 1. De l'air est envoyé à un compresseur 3 et ensuite à une unité de séparation cryogénique 5. L'oxygène produit est comprimé dans un compresseur 7 et mélangé à un débit d'air provenant d'une soufflante 1 avant d'être envoyé au haut-fourneau HF.The classic method for feeding a blast furnace is shown in figure 1. Air is sent to a compressor 3 and then to a separation unit cryogenic 5. The oxygen produced is compressed in a compressor 7 and mixed with an air flow coming from a blower 1 before being sent to the HF blast furnace.

JP139609/1986 décrit (figure 2) un système dans lequel un appareil de séparation d'air 5 est alimenté par de l'air enrichi en oxygène provenant de la soufflante 1 d'un haut fourneau HF. L'oxygène 4 produit par l'appareil de séparation à basse pression est envoyé à l'aspiration de la soufflante.JP139609 / 1986 describes (Figure 2) a system in which an air separation device 5 is supplied by oxygen-enriched air from blower 1 an HF blast furnace. The oxygen 4 produced by the device separation at low pressure is sent to the suction of the blower.

Le système permet uniquement de valoriser le gaz produit par l'appareil à une seule pression.The system only allows the recovery of gas produced by the device at a single press.

De plus, une partie de l'oxygène gazeux produit est recyclé dans l'appareil de réparation d'air, donc tourne en rond ce qui oblige à grossir les équipements et de plus augmente la consommation d'énergie.In addition, part of the gaseous oxygen produced is recycled in the air repair device, so going around in circles which means that equipment must be enlarged and further increases energy consumption.

Le but de l'invention est de pallier les défauts des procédés et des installations connus.The object of the invention is to remedy the defects known methods and installations.

Selon la présente invention, il est prévu un procédé pour l'alimentation d'une unité (HF) consommatrice d'un gaz dans lequel :

  • i) on comprime un débit d'alimentation constitué par un mélange de gaz dans une unité de compression ;
  • ii) on envoie une première partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité (HF) ;
  • iii) on envoie une deuxième partie du mélange comprimé à un appareil de séparation qui sépare le mélange pour produire deux débits de gaz dont l'un est à une pression plus élevée que l'autre ;
  • iv) on envoie le débit de gaz à pression plus élevée à l'unité consommatrice du gaz (HF), éventuellement en la mélangeant à la première partie du mélange comprimé ;
  • v) on envoie l'autre débit de gaz à au moins une unité de compression et on envoie le gaz ainsi comprimé à au moins une unité consommatrice du gaz (HF, HF2, HF3).
    • According to the present invention, a method is provided for supplying a unit (HF) consuming a gas in which:
  • i) a supply flow consisting of a gas mixture is compressed in a compression unit;
  • ii) a first part of the compressed mixture is sent to the unit (HF);
  • iii) a second part of the compressed mixture is sent to a separation device which separates the mixture to produce two gas flows, one of which is at a higher pressure than the other;
  • iv) the flow of gas at higher pressure is sent to the gas consuming unit (HF), possibly by mixing it with the first part of the compressed mixture;
  • v) the other gas flow is sent to at least one compression unit and the gas thus compressed is sent to at least one gas consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).

    • Selon d'autres aspects de l'invention, il est prévu :

    • un procédé dans lequel le débit d'alimentation est de l'air et les gaz produit par l'appareil de séparation sont enrichis soit en azote soit en oxygène ;
    • un procédé dans lequel les deux débits de gaz sont envoyés à la même unité consommatrice du gaz (HF);
    • un autre procédé selon l'une quelconques des revendications précédentes selon lequel l'installation consommatrice d'un gaz (HF) est un haut-fourneau qui consomme de l'air enrichi en oxygène.
    According to other aspects of the invention, provision is made:
    • a process in which the feed rate is air and the gases produced by the separation apparatus are enriched either with nitrogen or with oxygen;
    • a method in which the two gas flows are sent to the same gas consuming unit (HF);
    • another process according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the installation consuming a gas (HF) is a blast furnace which consumes air enriched with oxygen.

    Selon la présente invention, il est également prévu une installation pour l'alimentation d'unité consommatrice d'un gaz (HF) comprenant :
       une unité de compression, une unité consommatrice d'un gaz, une unité de séparation d'un mélange gazeux (25), des moyens pour envoyer un mélange gazeux à l'unité de compression, des moyens pour envoyer une première partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité consommatrice d'un gaz (25), des moyens pour envoyer une deuxième partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité de séparation, des moyens pour envoyer un premier gaz à pression plus élevée à l'unité consommatrice (HF, HF1) du gaz et, des moyens pour envoyer un deuxième gaz à au moins une unité de compression et ensuite à au moins une unité consommatrice du gaz (HF, HF2, HF3).    According to the present invention, there is also an installation for supplying a gas consuming unit (HF) comprising:
    a compression unit, a unit consuming a gas, a unit for separating a gas mixture (25), means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means for sending a first part of the compressed mixture to the unit consuming a gas (25), means for sending a second part of the compressed mixture to the separation unit, means for sending a first gas at higher pressure to the consuming unit (HF, HF1 ) gas and means for sending a second gas to at least one compression unit and then to at least one gas consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).

    L'invention pourrait s'appliquer à d'autres applications que celles décrites ici. L'unité consommatrice d'un gaz pourrait consommer un gaz autre que l'oxygène tel que l'azote ou l'hydrogène. L'unité de séparation pourrait donc produire de l'azote ou de l'hydrogène à plusieurs pressions. The invention could be applied to others applications than those described here. The consuming unit of a gas could consume a gas other than oxygen such than nitrogen or hydrogen. The separation unit could therefore produce nitrogen or hydrogen with several pressures.

    Les figures 3 à 8 illustrent des réalisations différentes de l'invention.Figures 3 to 8 illustrate realizations different from the invention.

    Dans la figure 3, 200 000 Nm3/h d'air est envoyé à la soufflante 21. Le haut-fourneau HF doit être alimenté par de l'air enrichi à 25 % en oxygène, ce qui représente un besoin de 350 T/J d'oxygène pur. Le débit de gaz 22 comprimé par la soufflante 21 est divisé en deux, la première partie 28 étant envoyée au haut-fourneau HF et la deuxième partie 23, soit un débit de 50 000 Nm3/h étant envoyée à un appareil de distillation 25 ayant deux colonnes reliées thermiquement de manière classique.In FIG. 3, 200,000 Nm 3 / h of air is sent to the blower 21. The HF blast furnace must be supplied with air enriched with 25% oxygen, which represents a need for 350 T / J of pure oxygen. The flow of gas 22 compressed by the blower 21 is divided into two, the first part 28 being sent to the HF blast furnace and the second part 23, i.e. a flow of 50,000 Nm 3 / h being sent to a distillation apparatus 25 having two columns thermally connected in a conventional manner.

    Cet appareil produit 120 T/J d'oxygène basse pression et 230 T/J d'oxygène moyenne pression. L'oxygène à moyenne pression est réuni au débit 28 et l'oxygène à basse pression est comprimé dans la soufflante 21.This device produces 120 T / J of low pressure oxygen and 230 T / J of medium pressure oxygen. Medium oxygen pressure is met at flow 28 and oxygen at low pressure is compressed in the blower 21.

    Dans la variante de la figure 4, on alimente le haut fourneau de la figure 3 utilisant le même appareil de séparation d'air mais on utilise deux soufflantes 21, 21A, dont une 21 sert à alimenter l'unité de séparation 25 et l'unité consommatrice et l'autre 21A sert à comprimer l'air enrichi en oxygène basse pression.In the variant of Figure 4, we feed the top furnace of figure 3 using the same apparatus of air separation but two blowers 21, 21A are used, one of which 21 is used to supply the separation unit 25 and the consuming unit and the other 21A is used to compress the air enriched with low pressure oxygen.

    De cette façon, on peut comprimer l'air avec des soufflantes pouvant être de tailles différentes; seule une de ces soufflantes aura besoin de mesures de sécurité pour éviter des problèmes dus à la concentration en oxygène. Donc, la soufflante 21A comprime 98,300 Nm3/h d'air enrichi en oxygène et la soufflante 21 comprime 145,000 Nm3/h d'air dont 50 000 Nm3/h sont envoyés à l'appareil 25 (débit 23). L'appareil produit 3300 Nm3/h d'oxygène basse pression, qui sont recyclés à la soufflante 21A pour y être comprimés et 6700 Nm3/h d'oxygène moyenne pression (débit 24). Les débits 28 et 24 réunis constituent les 200 000 Nm3/h d'air enrichi en oxygène nécessaire au haut fourneau.In this way, the air can be compressed with blowers which may be of different sizes; only one of these blowers will need safety measures to avoid problems due to oxygen concentration. Therefore, the blower 21A compresses 98,300 Nm 3 / h of oxygen-enriched air and the blower 21 compresses 145,000 Nm 3 / h of air of which 50,000 Nm 3 / h are sent to the device 25 (flow rate 23). The device produces 3300 Nm 3 / h of low pressure oxygen, which are recycled to the blower 21A to be compressed there and 6700 Nm 3 / h of medium pressure oxygen (flow rate 24). The combined flows 28 and 24 constitute 200,000 Nm 3 / h of oxygen-enriched air necessary for the blast furnace.

    Le débit de gaz comprimé 22 est divisé en deux, la première partie 28 étant envoyé à un haut-fourneau HF et la deuxième partie 23 étant envoyé à une unité de distillation 25 à deux colonnes. L'unité de distillation produit de l'oxygène à moyenne pression 24 qui est réuni au débit 28 et l'oxygène à basse pression 26 qui est comprimé dans la soufflante 21. Ainsi l'air enrichi avec 23 % d'oxygène sont envoyés au haut-fourneau.The compressed gas flow 22 is divided into two, the first part 28 being sent to an HF blast furnace and the second part 23 being sent to a distillation unit 25 two columns. The distillation unit produces medium pressure oxygen 24 which is combined at the flow rate 28 and low pressure oxygen 26 which is compressed in the blower 21. Thus air enriched with 23% oxygen is sent to the blast furnace.

    Dans la variante de la figure 4, deux soufflantes 21, 21A alimentent le haut-fourneau. L'oxygène à basse pression 26 est recyclé à la soufflante 21A et seule la soufflante 21 envoie de l'air à l'unité de séparation 25.In the variant of FIG. 4, two blowers 21, 21A feed the blast furnace. Low pressure oxygen 26 is recycled to the blower 21A and only the blower 21 sends air to the separation unit 25.

    Dans la variante de la figure 5, l'oxygène à basse pression est séparé en deux débits 36, 37 dont chacun est comprimé par une soufflante respective 38, 39 et envoyé à un haut-fourneau HF2, HF3. Des débits d'air sont également envoyés aux compresseurs 38, 39.In the variant of Figure 5, oxygen at low pressure is separated into two flow rates 36, 37 each of which is compressed by a respective blower 38, 39 and sent to an HF2, HF3 blast furnace. Air flows are also sent to compressors 38, 39.

    L'unité de séparation 25 peut aussi être alimentée par un débit d'air provenant d'un compresseur 51 (voir figure 6).The separation unit 25 can also be powered by an air flow coming from a compressor 51 (see figure 6).

    L'oxygène à moyenne pression peut être produit par la vaporisation d'un débit liquide, éventuellement dans une colonne de mélange (échange de chaleur direct) ou contre une partie de l'air d'alimentation de l'appareil dans un échangeur (échange de chaleur indirect).Medium pressure oxygen can be produced by the vaporization of a liquid flow, possibly in a mixing column (direct heat exchange) or against part of the device's supply air in a exchanger (indirect heat exchange).

    L'invention s'applique également aux unités consommatrices d'autres gaz que l'oxygène et aux autres unités consommatrices d'air enrichi en oxygène, par exemple dans les fours à verres et des unités de la métallurgie de cuivre.The invention also applies to units consumers of gases other than oxygen and others units consuming oxygen-enriched air, for example in glass furnaces and metallurgy units of copper.

    Les autres gaz, par exemple l'azote, produits par l'appareil de séparation peuvent également être envoyés à l'unité consommatrice du gaz comprimé de l'invention.Other gases, such as nitrogen, produced by the separation device can also be sent to the compressed gas consuming unit of the invention.

    Dans la figure 7, de l'air 71 comprimé à la pression de la colonne moyenne pression est divisé en trois parties. la première partie 71A est envoyée directement à la colonne moyenne pression. La deuxième partie 71B est comprimée dans un compresseur 75, liquéfiée dans ligne d'échange 73 et envoyée à la colonne moyenne pression après détente. La troisième partie 71C est détendue dans une turbine d'insufflation 77 est envoyée à la colonne basse pression. De l'oxygène liquide est soutiré de la colonne basse pression, pompé et vaporisé dans la ligne d'échange 73.In FIG. 7, air 71 compressed at the column pressure medium pressure is divided into three parts. the first part 71A is sent directly to the medium pressure column. The second part 71B is compressed in compressor 75, liquefied in line 73 and sent to the medium pressure column after relaxation. The third part 71C is relaxed in a insufflation turbine 77 is sent to the lower column pressure. Liquid oxygen is drawn from the column low pressure, pumped and vaporized in the exchange line 73.

    Dans la figure 8, on retrouve les mêmes éléments que dans la figure 7 sauf que la turbine d'insufflation d'air 77 est remplacée par une turbine d'azote moyenne pression 81. L'air comprimé 71B est liquéfié et divisé en deux parties, dont une est envoyée à la colonne moyenne pression et l'autre à la colonne basse pression.In figure 8, we find the same elements as in figure 7 except that the insufflation turbine of air 77 is replaced by a medium nitrogen turbine pressure 81. The compressed air 71B is liquefied and divided into two parts, one of which is sent to the middle column pressure and the other to the low pressure column.

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    Procédé pour l'alimentation d'une unité (HF) consommatrice d'un gaz dans lequel : i) on comprime un débit d'alimentation constitué par un mélange de gaz dans une unité de compression (21); ii) on envoie une première partie (28) du mélange comprimé à l'unité (HF); iii) on envoie une deuxième partie (23) du mélange comprimé à un appareil de séparation (25) qui sépare le mélange pour produire deux débits de gaz dont l'un est à une pression plus élevée que l'autre ; iv) on envoie le débit de gaz à pression plus élevée (24) à l'unité consommatrice du gaz (HF), éventuellement en la mélangeant à la première partie (28) du mélange comprimé ; v) on envoie l'autre débit de gaz (26) à au moins une unité de compression (21) et on envoie le gaz ainsi comprimé à au moins une unité consommatrice du gaz (HF, HF2, HF3). Method for supplying a unit (HF) consuming a gas in which: i) a supply flow consisting of a gas mixture is compressed in a compression unit (21); ii) a first part (28) of the compressed mixture is sent to the unit (HF); iii) a second part (23) of the compressed mixture is sent to a separation device (25) which separates the mixture to produce two gas flows, one of which is at a higher pressure than the other; iv) the flow of gas at higher pressure (24) is sent to the gas consuming unit (HF), possibly by mixing it with the first part (28) of the compressed mixture; v) the other gas flow (26) is sent to at least one compression unit (21) and the gas thus compressed is sent to at least one gas consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3). Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le débit d'alimentation est de l'air et les gaz produits par l'appareil de séparation sont enrichis soit en azote soit en oxygène.The method of claim 1 wherein the feed rate is air and gases produced by the separation apparatus are enriched either with nitrogen or in oxygen. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel les deux débits de gaz sont envoyés à la même unité consommatrice du gaz (HF).Method according to one of the preceding claims in which both gas flows are sent to the same gas consuming unit (HF). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel l'autre débit de gaz et le ou un des débits d'alimentation sont comprimés dans la même unité de compression (21).Method according to one of the preceding claims in which the other gas flow and the or one of the flows feed are compressed in the same unit of compression (21). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel une unité consommatrice d'un gaz (HF) est alimentée par au moins deux débits d'alimentation comprimés séparément par des unités de compression constituées par des soufflantes respectives (21, 21A). Method according to one of the preceding claims in which a gas consuming unit (HF) is supplied by at least two compressed feed rates separately by compression units constituted by respective blowers (21, 21A). Procédé selon la revendication 5 dans lequel une première soufflante (21A) est alimentée par l'autre débit de gaz (26) et une partie (23) du débit d'alimentation comprimé dans une deuxième soufflante (21) est envoyée à l'unité de séparation (25).The method of claim 5 wherein a first blower (21A) is supplied by the other flow gas (26) and part (23) of the supply flow compressed in a second blower (21) is sent to the separation unit (25). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel l'unité de séparation (25) est également alimentée par de l'air provenant d'un compresseur d'air (41, 51).Method according to one of the preceding claims in which the separation unit (25) is also supplied with air from an air compressor (41, 51). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel le gaz à pression plus élevée est produit par l'unité (25) par vaporisation d'un liquide en échange de chaleur direct ou indirect, éventuellement avec un débit d'air comprimé.Method according to one of the preceding claims in which the higher pressure gas is produced by the unit (25) by spraying a liquid in exchange for direct or indirect heat, possibly with a flow compressed air. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel le gaz à pression plus élevée est comprimé jusqu'à cette pression.Method according to any of the claims previous in which the higher pressure gas is compressed to this pressure. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 8 ou 9 dans lequel de l'air ou le gaz à pression plus élevée est comprimé par un compresseur entraíné par une turbine de détente de l'unité de séparation (25).Method according to one of claims 8 or 9 in which higher pressure air or gas is compressed by a compressor driven by a turbine release of the separation unit (25). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel l'unité de séparation (25) est une unité de distillation cryogénique.Method according to one of the claims previous in which the separation unit (25) is a cryogenic distillation unit. Procédé selon l'une quelconques des revendications précédentes selon lequel l'installation consommatrice d'un gaz (HF) est un haut-fourneau qui consomme de l'air enrichi en oxygène.Method according to any one of previous claims that the installation consumer of a gas (HF) is a blast furnace that consumes oxygen enriched air. Installation pour l'alimentation d'unité consommatrice d'un gaz (HF) comprenant :
       une unité de compression (21), une unité consommatrice d'un gaz, une unité de séparation d'un mélange gazeux (25), des moyens pour envoyer un mélange gazeux à l'unité de compression, des moyens (22, 28) pour envoyer une première partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité consommatrice d'un gaz, des moyens (23) pour envoyer une deuxième partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité de séparation (25), des moyens (24) pour envoyer un premier gaz à pression plus élevée à l'unité consommatrice (HF, HF1) du gaz et, des moyens (36,38) pour envoyer un deuxième gaz à au moins une unité de compression (26, 38, 39) et ensuite à au moins une unité consommatrice du gaz (HF, HF2, HF3).    Installation for supplying a gas consuming unit (HF) comprising:
    a compression unit (21), a unit consuming a gas, a unit for separating a gas mixture (25), means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means (22, 28) for sending a first part of the compressed mixture to the unit consuming a gas, means (23) for sending a second part of the compressed mixture to the separation unit (25), means (24) for sending a first gas at higher pressure at the consuming unit (HF, HF1) of the gas and, means (36,38) for sending a second gas to at least one compression unit (26, 38, 39) and then to at least a gas consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).
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