EP1726900A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Tieftemperaturzerlegung von Luft - Google Patents

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EP1726900A1
EP1726900A1 EP06113830A EP06113830A EP1726900A1 EP 1726900 A1 EP1726900 A1 EP 1726900A1 EP 06113830 A EP06113830 A EP 06113830A EP 06113830 A EP06113830 A EP 06113830A EP 1726900 A1 EP1726900 A1 EP 1726900A1
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  • This invention relates to a process and apparatus for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation. It applies to the separation and liquefaction of the gases found in the air and to the apparatus for this distillation of air. It is concerned with processes using refrigeration production by expansion of air in two turbines. Part of air is expanded in a first turbine called cold turbine followed by expansion of a portion of the fluid originating from this first turbine in a second turbine called warm turbine.
  • the invention aims at providing a process enabling to improve refrigeration production.
  • a process for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation using a cryogenic distillation unit comprising at least a double column including a high pressure column and a low pressure column, in which air is compressed in a compressor to a first pressure, cooled and purified air at the first pressure is compressed in first and second booster compressors to a second pressure and then cooled in a heat exchanger, at least part of the air at the second pressure sent to the heat exchanger, cooled, liquefied and sent to at least one column of the double column and at least a portion of the air is compressed in the first booster compressor to a pressure intermediate the first and second pressures, is cooled and expanded in a first turbine having a first inlet temperature, a first part of the air expanded in the first turbine is sent to the high pressure column and a second part of the air expanded in the first turbine is sent to the heat exchanger to be warmed, the warmed second part of the air is expanded in a second turbine, returned to the heat exchanger and further warmed.
  • an apparatus for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation comprising a double column comprising a high pressure column and a low pressure column, a compressor, first and second turbines, first and second booster compressors and a heat exchanger, means for sending air at a first pressure from the compressor to the first and second booster compressors connected in series, means for sending air at a second pressure from the outlet of the second booster to the heat exchanger and thence to at least one column of the double column.
  • means for removing air from the first booster compressor and means for sending the air removed from the first booster to the heat exchanger and thence to the first turbine means for sending air from the first turbine to the high pressure column, means for sending air from the first turbine to a cold end of the heat exchanger, means for removing the air sent from the first turbine to the heat exchanger from an intermediate point of the heat exchanger, means for sending the removed air to a second turbine and means for returning air from the second turbine to the heat exchanger.
  • the first booster compressor may be coupled to the first turbine and the second booster compressor is coupled to the second turbine.
  • the apparatus may comprise an argon column and means for feeding an argon enriched stream from the low pressure column to the argon column.
  • the apparatus for the distillation of air represented in Fig. 1 is intended to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon in gaseous and liquid form. It comprises a double distillation column 1, the latter comprising a high pressure column 2 operating at about six bars absolute, which is surmounted by a low pressure column 3, operating slightly above atmospheric pressure.
  • the gas in the head portion (nitrogen) of column 2 is in indirect heat exchange relationship with the liquid in the vat portion (oxygen) of the column 3 by means of a vaporizer-condenser 4.
  • the apparatus also comprises a heat exchange line 5 with counter-current circulation of the fluids in heat exchange relationship, and two turbine-booster units 6 and 7.
  • Unit 6 comprises a booster 8 and a warm low pressure turbine 9 mounted on the same shaft 10
  • unit 7 comprises a booster 11 and a cold high pressure turbine 12 mounted on the same shaft 13.
  • the two boosters 8 and 11 are mounted in series.
  • the air to be separated, compressed to about 20 bars abs. in compressor C and free from water and CO 2 following purification in purification unit A is boosted at about 32 bars by the first booster 11.
  • the stream is then split in two.
  • a first portion P1 of the air is sent to the heat exchange line and cooled down to a temperature T1, for example of the order of - 125°C; in ducts of the exchange line 5. It is then taken out of the exchange line 5 through duct 17 and is expanded down to 6 bars abs in turbine 12 from which it exits at about its dew point.
  • a portion, for example about one quarter, of this air may continue to be cooled until reaching the cold end of the heat exchange line 14.
  • a second portion P2 of the air is further compressed in the second booster 8 to a pressure of 38 bars and then cooled by passing from the warm end to the cold end thereof in ducts 14 from which it exits in liquid state, after which, via duct 15, it is expanded down to six bars in an expansion valve 16 and is injected at the bottom of the high pressure column 2.
  • This liquid air can be expanded down to the low pressure and injected into the column 3.
  • This temperature T2 may for example be between room temperature and about - 20°C.
  • the air thus warmed up is taken out of the exchange line via duct 20 and is expanded up to about atmospheric pressure in turbine 9, from which it exits at a temperature in the vicinity of T1. It is thereafter reintroduced into the exchange via duct 21, warmed up to room temperature in ducts 22 and is evacuated from the apparatus, after having eventually been used to refrigerate an adsorbent used for purifying incoming air and/or to cool outgoing air from the main compressor of the apparatus.
  • the rich liquid LR (oxygen enriched air) collected in the vat portion of the column 2 is sent into column 3 after sub-cooling in a sub cooler 25 by heating the residual nitrogen coming from the top of the low pressure column 3, after which it is expanded in an expansion valve 26, and poor liquid LP essentially consisting of nitrogen, withdrawn in the upper portion of column 2, is also sent into column 3 after sub-cooling in a sub-cooler 25 after which it is expanded in an expansion valve 28.
  • the apparatus produces liquid nitrogen, taken up in the head portion of the column 2 via duct 29, which is sub-cooled in sub-cooler 25, expanded down to about atmospheric pressure in an expansion valve 30 and stored in a container 31.
  • Liquid oxygen taken up in the vat portion of column 3 via a duct 32 and sub-cooled in a sub-cooler 25. The latter is cooled by means of residual nitrogen withdrawn in the head portion of column 3 via a duct 34. Oxygen in the form of vapour 35 withdrawn from the bottom of column 3 is warmed up in the main exchanger to cool the incoming air. Another product low pressure nitrogen 37 taken from the top of column 3 is also passed through sub-cooler and main exchanger to cool the other incoming gases and liquids.
  • the process also includes a conduit 38 for sending an argon enriched feed stream from the low pressure column 3 to an argon column 39.
  • the argon is further purified in an nitrogen removal column 41. This part of the process is entirely standard and is not described in detail.

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