EP0833120B1 - Process for supplying oxygen to a consumption unit - Google Patents
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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 the oxygen-enriched air from blower 1 of a HF blast furnace. The oxygen 4 produced by the 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 oxygen gas produced is recycled in the air separation unit, so turns in a circle which means that equipment must be enlarged and more increases energy consumption.
- the object of the invention is to overcome the shortcomings of known processes and installations.
- an installation for supplying a consuming unit gaseous oxygen comprising:
- a compression unit a consuming unit oxygen gas, a unit for separating the gas mixture including air means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means for sending a first part of the compressed mixture per unit consumer of gaseous oxygen, means to send a second part of the mixture compressed to the unit of separation, means for sending a first debit oxygen gas at higher pressure per unit consuming gaseous oxygen and, means for sending a second flow of gaseous oxygen at lower pressure at least one compression unit which also compresses an air flow and then at least a unit consuming gaseous oxygen.
- 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.
- 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 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 unit of two column distillation.
- the distillation unit produces medium pressure oxygen 24 which is brought together at flow 28 and low pressure oxygen 26 which is compressed in the blower 21.
- medium pressure oxygen 24 which is brought together at flow 28 and low pressure oxygen 26 which is compressed in the blower 21.
- two blowers 21, 21A feed the blast furnace.
- low oxygen pressure 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 supplied by an air flow 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 other 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 to pressure of the medium pressure column is divided into three parts.
- the first part 71A is sent directly to the medium pressure column.
- the second part 71B is compressed in a compressor 75, liquefied in the line 73 and sent to the medium pressure column after relaxation.
- the third part 71C is relaxed in an insufflation turbine 77 is sent to the column low pressure. Liquid oxygen is drawn from the low pressure column, pumped and vaporized in the line exchange 73.
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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.
Un procédé analogue est aussi décrit dans le document DE-A-42 19 160.A similar process is also described in document DE-A-42 19 160.
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 the oxygen-enriched air from blower 1 of a HF blast furnace. The oxygen 4 produced by the 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 recyclée dans l'appareil de séparation 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 oxygen gas produced is recycled in the air separation unit, so turns in a circle which means that equipment must be enlarged and more increases energy consumption.
Le but de l'invention est de pallier aux défauts des procédés et des installations connus.The object of the invention is to overcome the shortcomings of known processes and installations.
Selon la présente invention, il est prévu un procédé
pour l'alimentation d'une unité consommatrice d'oxygène
gazeux dans lequel :
Selon des modes particuliers de réalisation de l'invention, il est prévu :
- un procédé dans lequel le débit d'alimentation est de l'air;
- un procédé dans lequel les deux débits de gaz sont envoyés à la même unité consommatrice du gaz ;
- un autre procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes selon lequel l'installation consommatrice d'un gaz est un haut-fourneau qui consomme de l'air enrichi en oxygène.
- a method in which the feed rate is air;
- a method in which the two gas flows are sent to the same gas consuming unit;
- another process according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the installation consuming a gas is a blast furnace which consumes oxygen-enriched air.
Selon la présente invention, il est également prévu une installation pour l'alimentation d'une unité consommatrice d'oxygène gazeux comprenant :According to the present invention, there is also provided an installation for supplying a consuming unit gaseous oxygen comprising:
une unité de compression, une unité consommatrice d'oxygène gazeux, une unité de séparation du mélange gazeux comprenant de l'air 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'oxygène gazeux, des moyens pour envoyer une deuxième partie du mélange comprimé à l'unité de séparation, des moyens pour envoyer un premier débit d'oxygène gazeux à pression plus élevée à l'unité consommatrice d'oxygène gazeux et, des moyens pour envoyer un deuxième débit d'oxygène gazeux à pression moins élevée à au moins une unité de compression qui comprime également un débit d'air et ensuite à au moins une unité consommatrice d'oxygène gazeux.a compression unit, a consuming unit oxygen gas, a unit for separating the gas mixture including air means for sending a gas mixture to the compression unit, means for sending a first part of the compressed mixture per unit consumer of gaseous oxygen, means to send a second part of the mixture compressed to the unit of separation, means for sending a first debit oxygen gas at higher pressure per unit consuming gaseous oxygen and, means for sending a second flow of gaseous oxygen at lower pressure at least one compression unit which also compresses an air flow and then at least a unit consuming gaseous oxygen.
L'invention pourrait s'appliquer à d'autres applications que celles décrites ici.The invention could be applied to others applications than those described here.
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
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
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
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. So the
Le débit de gaz comprimé 22 est divisé en deux, la
première partie 28 étant envoyée à un haut-fourneau HF
et la deuxième partie 23 étant envoyée 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 est envoyé au haut-fourneau.The
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
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
L'unité de séparation 25 peut aussi être alimentée par
un débit d'air provenant d'un compresseur 51 (voir figure
6).The
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 autres unités consommatrices d'air enrichi en oxygène, par exemple dans les fours à verre et des unités de la métallurgie de cuivre.The invention also applies to other 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 la 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 Figure 7,
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
87. 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 air blowing turbine
77 is replaced by a medium
Claims (13)
- Process for feeding an oxygen-gas-consuming unit (HF), in which:i) a feed stream consisting of a gas mixture comprising air is compressed in a compression unit (21);ii) a first portion (28) of the compressed mixture is sent to the unit (HF);iii) a second portion (23) of the compressed mixture is sent to a separation apparatus (25) which separates the mixture in order to produce two oxygen gas streams, one of which is at a higher pressure than the other;iv) the oxygen gas stream (24) at higher pressure is sent to the gas-consuming unit (HF), optionally mixing it with the first portion (28) of the compressed mixture;(v) the other oxygen gas stream (26) is sent to at least one compression unit (21, 21A, 38, 39), which also compresses an air stream, and the gas thus compressed is sent to at least one oxygen-gas-consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).
- Process according to Claim 1, in which the feed stream is air.
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which the two oxygen gas streams are sent to the same gas-consuming unit (HF).
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which the other oxygen gas stream and the, or one of the, feed streams are compressed in the same compression unit (21).
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which an oxygen gas-consuming unit (HF) is fed with at least two feed streams compressed separately by compression units consisting of respective blowers (21, 21A).
- Process according to Claim 5, in which a first blower (21A) is fed by the other oxygen gas stream (26) and by air, and a portion (23) of the feed stream compressed in a second blower (21) is sent to the separation unit (25).
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which the separation unit (25) is also fed with air delivered by an air compressor (51).
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which the oxygen at higher pressure is produced by the unit (25) by vaporization of a liquid in direct or indirect heat exchange, possibly with a compressed air stream (71B).
- Process according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the oxygen gas at higher pressure is compressed for this pressure.
- Process according to one of Claims 8 or 9, in which the air (71B) or the oxygen gas at higher pressure is compressed by a compressor (75) driven by an expansion turbine (77, 87)of the separation unit (25).
- Process according to one of the preceding claims, in which the separation unit (25) is a cryogenic distillation unit.
- Process according to any one of the preceding claims, according to which the gas-consuming plant (HF) is a blast furnace which consumes oxygen-enriched air.
- Installation for feeding an oxygen-gas-consuming unit (HF), comprising:
a compression unit (21), an oxygen-gas-consuming unit, a unit (25) for separating a gas mixture comprising air, means for sending the gas mixture to the compression unit, means (22, 28) for sending a first portion of the compressed mixture to the oxygen-gas-consuming unit, means (23) for sending a second portion of the compressed mixture to the separation unit (25), means (24) for sending a first oxygen gas stream, at higher pressure, to the oxygen-gas-consuming unit (HF, HF1), means (36, 38) for sending a second oxygen gas stream at lower pressure, to at least one compression unit (21, 21A, 38, 39) which also compresses an air stream and subsequently to at least one oxygen-gas-consuming unit (HF, HF2, HF3).
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