EP0949471B1 - Luftzerlegungsanlage mit zwei verschiedenen Betriebsmodi - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for Generation of gaseous pressure product by low-temperature separation of air, at times in a gas operation and at times in a combined operation is operated.
- the invention also relates to an apparatus for performing this method.
- EP 0 044 679 A1 is a process for the production of gaseous Compressed oxygen (DGOX) and small amounts of liquid oxygen (LOX) known: cold supplies for air separation and the production of liquid product Air cooling circuit. It contains a compression with two compressor stages in series Compression of an air flow in the first stage to a medium pressure for one work-relieving relaxation of a partial flow of this air to a lower pressure and a second compressor stage to compress the remaining air flow to one higher pressure for throttle relaxation to the same low pressure.
- the refrigeration cycle in such a The process cannot be switched off and the cooling capacity is reduced an energetically unfavorable operation.
- the object of the invention is a method and a device of the aforementioned Kind with an energetically favorable production of the gaseous printed product and of the liquid product in variable quantities and with high availability of the Generation of the printed product.
- the gas operation of the Air flow in the refrigeration circuit is reduced to zero and a compensation of Cold losses that are no longer covered by the refrigeration cycle are extremely cold stored liquid is used.
- This enables the generation of gaseous printed product even with a full liquid product tank, for example stored liquid product in a heat exchanger in counterflow to used air is guided, this air is cooled, partially liquefied and the Rectification is supplied or by stored liquid directly to the rectification is fed.
- Cryogenic liquid of at least one liquid fraction from the rectification for example liquid nitrogen (LIN), liquid oxygen (LOX) or liquid air Compensation for cold losses in gas operation can be in a tank be cached, being used as a tank to store these fractions Buffer tanks and / or product tanks can be used. Most is the use of Product tanks are the cheapest solution, while liquid air is more like a buffer tank Required, since liquid air usually doesn't matter as a product.
- LIN liquid nitrogen
- LOX liquid oxygen
- Temporary storage can be used temporarily using at least two tanks be made, on the one hand with increased pressure oxygen (DGOX) demand in addition to the LOX from rectification from one tank LOX removed, compressed, evaporated in countercurrent and warmed and then as DGOX product is released and thereby recovered in countercurrent cold and is used to create and cache LIN product, where on the other hand, with low DGOX requirements, correspondingly little LOX from the Rectification system given as DGOX and more LOX temporarily stored becomes.
- DGOX pressure oxygen
- a two-column process can be used for rectification, one Head cooling of the pressure column with an intermediate liquid from a low pressure column accomplished and a sump heating of the low pressure column by indirect Heat exchange with air is made.
- the two-column process is from DE 196 09 490 A1 and is particularly suitable if only a small one Oxygen purity is required.
- a three-column process can also be used as the rectification system, being a double column with a high pressure part and a low pressure part and a Additional column is used under intermediate pressure.
- the three-column process is from DE 195 37 913 A1 known. Even with oxygen purities> 99.5 mol% are with this Process energy savings possible.
- the work-relieving relaxation can take place in at least one cooling turbine, the power on the shaft of such a turbine for driving either one electricity generating generator or a booster is used, the booster is used, for example, to recompress the air in the refrigeration cycle. In In both cases, the energy of the cooling turbine is used cheaply.
- Characteristic of the device according to the invention is that the compressor station is designed with at least two compressors arranged in parallel, which are designed in this way are that only one of the compressors is in operation in gas operation, this compressor Throttle air supplies and the refrigeration circuit is not pressurized while in Operation with production of printed product and liquid product at least two in parallel arranged compressors are in operation and in addition to supplying throttle air the cooling circuit is pressurized with air.
- a compressor station has several advantages.
- a compressor is energetically connected to its gas operation cheapest operating point, with additional production of liquid product several, for example two compressors close to their optimal operating point used. With several compressors, one becomes simultaneously Machine redundancy created that ensures security of supply in gas operation increased accordingly.
- Another advantage of the invention is that with a Compressor, operated as a cycle compressor, also an energy-efficient liquid product can be generated and that this liquid operation through machine redundancy is also made possible with high security of supply.
- the refrigeration turbine in the refrigeration circuit wiring harness can function as a turbine / generator unit be trained.
- the energy gained in the cooling turbine is transferred to the local power grid fed.
- the cooling turbine in the wiring harness of the cooling circuit can act as a turbine / booster unit be formed, the booster in the wiring harness of the refrigeration circuit as Post-compressor air is switched from the compressor station in the refrigeration turbine gained energy, for example via a common wave with a Booster used to drive this booster.
- a secondary compressor for air from the Compressor station can be arranged.
- the changing demand can be energy-efficient with a high security of supply of the steelworks on gaseous printed products.
- the Invention and further refinements of the invention are described below of exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings.
- air to be broken down is drawn in at 1 and in an air compressor 30 a first pressure, essentially medium pressure column pressure (plus line losses) compressed, pre-cooled in a cooling device 31 in direct contact with water and in a cleaning device (molecular sieve system) 32 in particular of water and Free of carbon dioxide.
- a first pressure essentially medium pressure column pressure (plus line losses) compressed, pre-cooled in a cooling device 31 in direct contact with water and in a cleaning device (molecular sieve system) 32 in particular of water and Free of carbon dioxide.
- the cleaned air is divided into three sub-streams, the first of which without further measures to increase pressure via line 103, through a main heat exchanger 2 and is introduced via line 104 into a medium pressure column 6.
- the medium pressure column 6 is - according to the respective product specification and the pressure loss - under operated at a pressure of 2 to 4 bar, preferably about 2.5 to 3.5 bar.
- the second partial flow of the cleaned air is in a post-compressor 202 essential pressure column pressure (plus line losses) compressed, in Main heat exchanger 2 in indirect heat exchange with cold process streams cooled to dew point temperature and introduced into the bottom of a pressure column 7 (see positions 201,202,203,2,204 and 7).
- the pressure column 7 is at one Working pressure of 5 to 10 bar, preferably operated 5.5 to 6.5 bar and is over a main capacitor 3 thermally coupled to a low pressure column 5.
- Latter works at a pressure of 1.1 to 2.0 bar, preferably 1.3 to 1.7 bar.
- the Air post-compressor 202 can be driven by the same motor shaft as that Air compressor 30.
- the third partial flow is fed via a line 301 to a compressor station 305 for Turbine air (306, 307, 308) into a turbine 309 and / or for rectification air (313, 314, 315), the intake pressure 303 using a throttle device 302 can be reduced especially in underload operation.
- the air of the third partial flow is about in the compression station 305
- Medium pressure column pressure compressed to a pressure equal to an air condensation temperature corresponds, which is at least approximately equal to Evaporation temperature of the liquid pressurized oxygen 17 is alternatively the third partial flow of the cleaned air also on the pressure side of the air post-compressor 202 are branched off when air (312) from the expansion turbine 309 is fed into the pressure column 7.
- the suction pressure of the compressor station 305 then corresponds to the pressure column pressure.
- a first portion 307 of the highly compressed air 306 is at a temperature 308 which between the temperatures at the warm and cold ends of the Main heat exchanger 2 is fed to the expansion turbine 309 and there for example, medium pressure column pressure relaxed while working.
- the embodiment is the turbine output by a brake generator to the The relaxed turbine outlet flow is partly through the Main heat exchanger 2 via lines 310,311 and 304 to the suction side of the Compressor station 305 returned, partly via line 312 in the bottom of the Medium pressure column 6 fed.
- a second part 313 of the highly compressed air 306 is against the evaporating Pressurized oxygen 17 at least partially, preferably completely or in essentially completely liquefied, to a part 314 above the sump in the Low pressure column 5 and another part 315 in the bottom of the pressure column 7 relaxed.
- Bottom liquid 70 and washing nitrogen 74 from the top of the pressure column 7 are in a supercooling counterflow 4 against a residual gas flow 50
- Low pressure column 5 supercooled and in each case in the low pressure column 5 and / or in the Medium pressure column relaxed (lines 71, 72, 73, 75, 76 and 77).
- Bottom liquid 60 and washing nitrogen 61 from the medium pressure column are also in the Subcooling countercurrent 4 subcooled against the residual gas stream 50 (not in Figure 1 shown) or the bottom liquid 60 directly into the top condenser 10 of the Medium pressure column and the washing nitrogen 61 on the head of the low pressure column 5 given up.
- a residual gas stream 51 and products from the rectification section, in Example GOX and DGOX are approximately in the main heat exchanger 2 Ambient temperature warmed up (lines 51, 52, 54, 55, 17 and 18).
- the Residual gas stream 52 can be completely or partially as stream 53 for the regeneration of the Molecular sieve station 32 can be used.
- Liquid oxygen 15 is taken from the bottom of the low pressure column, depending on Product specification with the help of an oxygen pump 16 to the required Delivery pressure compressed or completely or partially into a removable storage tank 80 filled.
- Liquid nitrogen 78 is drawn off from the top of the low pressure column 5 or branched off from one of the washing nitrogen lines 75 or 61 and likewise internally compressed (not shown in FIG. 1) or in a removable storage tank 79 fed.
- the compressor station 305 consists of at least two in parallel switched compressors. This makes it possible to also use the removable storage system to operate as a pure gas apparatus, i.e. without liquid production the to generate internally compressed oxygen (DGOX).
- DGOX internally compressed oxygen
- one of the two compressors of the compression station 305 is taken out of operation and the second compressor takes over the task of compressing the inside Evaporate pressurized oxygen 17.
- the compressor station 305 thus exists according to the invention from two compressors, each with a different function, from one for the generation of cold for liquid production and the other for Evaporation of the internally compressed oxygen is used.
- the removable storage tanks 79 and 80 are used in the example of a time-limited Overproduction of DGOX, the removal of LOX and LIN as sales products, as Emergency supply tanks, as removable storage of the LOX and LIN cold contents and as Cooling supply with the cooling circuit switched off.
- the compressor station shown in FIG. 1 can be single-stage or multi-stage machines with intercooling and / or aftercooling included.
- the work output of the Expansion turbine 309 in the present embodiment to a booster transfer.
- the air throttle flow 313 is cooled in the Main heat exchanger 2 and subsequent isenthalpic relaxation in the Double column 5,7 compressed to a pressure which is at least as large as that Final pressure of the compressor station 305 of the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1.
- air to be broken down is drawn in at 1 and in an air compressor 30 a first pressure, essentially medium pressure column pressure (plus line losses) compressed, pre-cooled in a cooling device 31 in direct contact with water and in a cleaning device (molecular sieve system) 32 in particular of water and Free of carbon dioxide.
- a first pressure essentially medium pressure column pressure (plus line losses) compressed, pre-cooled in a cooling device 31 in direct contact with water and in a cleaning device (molecular sieve system) 32 in particular of water and Free of carbon dioxide.
- the cleaned air is divided into three sub-streams, the first of which without further measures to increase pressure via line 103, through main heat exchanger 2 and can be introduced via line 104 into a medium pressure column 6.
- the Medium pressure column 6 is - according to the respective product specification and Pressure loss - under a pressure of 2 to 4 bar, preferably about 2.5 to 3.5 bar operated.
- the second partial flow of the cleaned air is applied to one in a post-compressor 202 Compresses pressure that corresponds to an air condensation temperature that at least approximately the same as the evaporation temperature of a liquid low-pressure oxygen 15 is, in the main heat exchanger 2 in indirect heat exchange with cold Process streams cooled and in a bottom condenser 3 of the low pressure column 5 introduced (see positions 201, 202, 203, 2, 204 and 3).
- the Air post-compressor 202 can be driven by the same motor shaft as that Air compressor 30.
- the two-column apparatus shown works with high oxygen purities (greater than 99.5%) in the limit case over into the normal double column apparatus (see e.g. patent DE 195 26 785 C1).
- the second partial flow then goes to zero and that Low pressure column taps of streams 62 and 63 shift towards the swamp the low pressure column 5, so that the top capacitor 10 to the main capacitor of the Double column is and the pressure of the medium pressure column corresponding to the thermal coupling increased
- the third partial flow is fed via a line 301 to a compressor station 305 for Turbine air (306, 307, 308) into a turbine 309 and / or for rectification air (313, 314, 315) supplied, the suction pressure 303 thereof with the aid of a throttle device 302 can be reduced in particular in underload operation.
- the air of the third Partial flow is in the compressor station 305 from about medium pressure column pressure compresses a pressure that corresponds to an air condensation temperature that at least approximately equal to the vaporization temperature of the liquid pressurized oxygen 17 is.
- a first partial stream 307 of the highly compressed air 306 is fed via line 308 to a Temperature that is between the temperatures at the warm and cold ends of the Main heat exchanger 2 is fed to the expansion turbine 309 and there for example, medium pressure column pressure relaxed while working.
- the embodiment is the turbine output by a brake generator to the The relaxed turbine outlet flow is partly through the Main heat exchanger 2 via lines 310,311 and 304 to the suction side of the Compressor station 305 returned, partly via line 312 in the bottom of the Medium pressure column 6 fed
- a second partial flow 313 of the highly compressed air 306 is against the evaporating pressurized oxygen 17 at least partially, preferably completely or essentially completely liquefied, to a part 314 above the sump in the low pressure column 5 and another part 315 in the swamp of the Medium pressure column 6 relaxed.
- Liquid oxygen 15 is taken from the bottom of the low pressure column, depending on Product specification with the help of an oxygen pump 16 to the required Delivery pressure compressed or completely or partially into a removable storage tank 80 filled.
- Liquid nitrogen 78 is drawn off from the top of the low pressure column 5 or branched off from the washing nitrogen line 61 and likewise internally compressed (in 1 not shown) or fed into the removable storage tank 79.
- the compressor station 305 consists of at least two in parallel switched compressors. This makes it possible to also use the removable storage system to operate as a pure gas apparatus, i.e. without liquid production the to generate internally compressed oxygen (DGOX).
- DGOX internally compressed oxygen
- one of the two compressors of the compression station 305 is taken out of operation and the second compressor takes over the task of compressing the inside Evaporate pressurized oxygen 17.
- the compressor station 305 thus exists according to the invention from two compressors, each with a different function, from one for the generation of cold for liquid production and the other for Evaporation of the internally compressed oxygen is used.
- the removable storage tanks 79 and 80 are used in the example of a time-limited Overproduction of DGOX, the removal of LOX and LIN as sales products, as Emergency supply tanks, as removable storage of the LOX and LIN cold contents and as Cooling supply with the cooling circuit switched off.
- the compressor station shown in FIG. 3 can be single-stage or multi-stage machines with intercooling and / or aftercooling included.
- the work performance of the Expansion turbine 309 in the present embodiment to a booster transfer.
- the air throttle flow 313 is cooled in the Main heat exchanger 2 and subsequent isenthalpic expansion into the columns 5 and 6 compressed to a pressure at least as large as the ultimate pressure of the Compressor station 305 of the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 3.
- the table shows the product flows, the alternating storage flows, for the (circulation and throttle air) compressor station the number of compressors in operation, the air flows and the energy requirements of the system. All gas and liquid flows are given in m 3 / h, whereby m 3 / h in the normal state are meant at 1atm and 273 K.
- the operating cases A1, A2 and A3 are characterized in that both compressors of the compressor station are in operation and supply a turbine flow and a throttle flow.
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| Betriebsfall | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | |
| Eintrittsluft | m3/h | 65.000 | 65.000 | 65.000 | 65.000 |
| Produkte | |||||
| DGOX | m3/h | 10.000 | 13.000 | 7.000 | 13.000 |
| LOX | m3/h | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | - |
| LIN | m3/h | 4.000 | 3.000 | 4.300 | - |
| DRGAN | m3/h | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| LAR | m3/h | 430 | 430 | 430 | 430 |
| Wechselpeicherströme | |||||
| LOX zum Tank | m3/h | - | - | 3.000 | - |
| LIN zum Tank | m3/h | - | 2.800 | - | - |
| LOX vom Tank | m3/h | - | 3.000 | - | - |
| LIN vom Tank | m3/h | - | - | 2.800 | - |
| Verdichterstation | |||||
| Anzahl der betriebenen Kompressoren | m3/h | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Turbinenstrom | m3/h | 51.000 | 43.500 | 57.000 | 4.000 |
| Drosselstrom | m3/h | 21.000 | 23.000 | 17.000 | 23.000 |
| Stromverbrauch | kW | 11.000 | 11.000 | 11.000 | 7.700 |
Claims (12)
- Verfahren zur Erzeugung von gasförmigem Druckprodukt durch Tieftemperaturzerlegung von Luft, das zeitweise in einem Gasbetrieb und zeitweise in einem kombinierten Betrieb betrieben wird,
wobei im Gasbetrieb und im kombinierten Betriebwobei im kombinierten Betrieb gasförmiges Druckprodukt und Flüssigprodukt gewonnen werden undgereinigte Einsatzluft unter Überdruck abgekühlt, teilweise verflüssigt und zur Gewinnung gasförmiger und flüssiger Fraktionen einer Rektifikation unterzogen wird,tiefkalte Flüssigkeit mindestens einer der flüssigen Fraktionen aus der Rektifikation unter erhöhtem Druck durch indirekten Wärmeaustausch mit Einsatzluft verdampft, angewärmt und als gasförmiges Druckprodukt gewonnen wird,und wobei beim Gasbetrieb der Luftdurchsatz im Kältekreislauf auf Null reduziert wird und zu einer Kompensation von Kälteverlusten, die nicht mehr durch den Kältekreislauf gedeckt werden, tiefkalte gespeicherte Flüssigkeit verwendet wird.die hierzu benötigte Kälte in einem Luft-Kältekreislauf erzeugt wird, indem Luft in dem Kältekreislauf verdichtet und arbeitsleistend entspannt wird, der Luft hierbei Wärme entzogen wird und die arbeitsleistend entspannte Luft mindestens zum Teil im Gegenstrom mit der abzukühlenden Einsatzluft wieder angewärmt und dann rückverdichtet wird,tiefkalte Flüssigkeit durch Rektifikation erzeugt und mindestens zum Teil gespeichert wird, - Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß tiefkalte Flüssigkeit mindestens einer flüssigen Fraktion aus der Rektifikation, beispielsweise Flüssigstickstoff (LIN), Flüssigsauerstoff (LOX) oder flüssige Luft, zur Kompensation von Kältevertusten im Gasbetrieb in einem Tank zwischengespeichert wird, wobei als Tank zum Speichern dieser Fraktionen Pufferbehälter und/oder Produkttanks verwendet werden.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zeitweise unter Verwendung mindestens zweier Tanks eine Wechselspeicherung vorgenommen wird, wobei einerseits bei erhöhtem Drucksauerstoff (DGOX)-Bedarf zusätzlich zum LOX aus der Rektifikation aus dem einen Tank zwischengespeichertes LOX entnommen, verdichtet, im Gegenstrom verdampft und angewärmt und dann als DGOX-Produkt abgeben wird und hierbei im Gegenstrom Kälte zurückgewonnen und zur Erzeugung und Zwischenspeicherung von LIN-Produkt verwendet wird, wobei andererseits bei niedrigen DGOX Bedarf entsprechend wenig LOX aus dem Rektifiziersystem als DGOX abgeben und dafür mehr LOX zwischengespeichert wird.
- Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Zweisäulenverfahren eingesetzt wird, wobei eine Kopfkühlung der Drucksäule mit einer Zwischenflüssigkeit aus einer Niederdrucksäule bewerkstelligt und eine Sumpfheizung der Niederdrucksäule durch indirekten Wärmeaustausch mit Luft vorgenommen wird.
- Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß als Rektifiziersystem ein Dreisäulenverfahren eingesetzt wird, wobei eine Doppelsäule mit einem Hochdruckteil und einem Niederdruckteil und eine Zusatzsäule unter Zwlschendruck eingesetzt wird.
- Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß als Einsatzluft, die in indirekten Wärmeaustausch mit der verdampfenden tiefkalten Flüssigkeit, aus der das gasförmige Druckprodukt gewonnen wird, gebracht wird, Luft aus dem Kältekreislauf stromabwärts der Verdichtung verwendet wird oder solche, die stromabwärts der Verdichtung nachverdichtet wurde.
- Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die arbeitsleistende Entspannung in mindestens einer Kälteturbine erfolgt, wobei die Leistung an der Welle einer solchen Turbine zum Antrieb entweder eines stromerzeugenden Generators oder eines Boosters verwendet wird, wobei der Booster beispielsweise zum Nachverdichten der Luft im Kältekreislauf eingesetzt wird.
- Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7 mitund wobei die Verdichterstation mit mindestens zwei parallel angeordneten Verdichtem ausgeführt ist, die so ausgelegt sind, daß im Gasbetrieb nur einer der Verdichter im Betrieb ist, wobei dieser Verdichter Drosselluft liefert und der Kältekreislauf nicht mit Luft beaufschlagt ist, während im kombinierten Betrieb mit Erzeugung von Druckprodukt und Flüssigprodukt mindestens zwei parallel angeordnete Verdichter in Betrieb sind und zusätzlich zum Liefem von Drosselluft auch der Kältekreislauf mit Luft beaufschlagt ist und daß die Vorrichtung Mittel zum Speichern von Flüssigprodukt aufweist.einem Hauptverdichter für Einsatzluft, wobei der Austrittsdruck des Hauptluftverdichters auch Arbeitsdruck einer folgenden Reinigungseinheit ist,einer Reinluftleitung aus der Reinigungseinheit zu einer Verdichterstation für die Luft im Kältekreislauf und für die Luft zur Rektifikationund einer druckseitigen Leitung aus der Verdichterstation, die einerseits in einen Leitungsstrang des Kältekreislaufs mit mindestens einer Kälteturbine mündet und andererseits in eine Abzweigung für Drosselluft zu den Säulen,
- Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kälteturbine im Leitungsstrang des Kältekreislaufs als Turbinen/Generator-Einheit ausgebildet ist.
- Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kälteturbine im Leitungsgang des Kältekreislaufs als Turbinen/Booster-Einheit ausgebildet ist, wobei der Booster im Leitungsstrang des Kältekreislaufs als Nachverdichter von Luft aus der Verdichterstation geschaltet ist.
- Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß im Leitungsstrang für die Drosselluft ein Nachverdichter für Luft aus der Verdichterstation angeordnet ist.
- Anwendung des Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7 und der Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 11 in einer Luftzeriegungsanlage zur Belieferung eines Stahlwerks mit Stickstoff und Sauerstoff.
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