EP2597409A1 - Processus et appareil pour la séparation de l'air par distillation cryogénique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation.
- an intermediate pressure column can be added to the double column process to improve the distillation performance.
- the main function of the intermediate pressure column is to distil the rich liquid bottom of the high pressure column to yield additional nitrogen rich liquid reflux for the low pressure column.
- the intermediate pressure column is usually bottom heated or reboiled by condensing the nitrogen rich gas from the top of the high pressure column.
- Double column process could have a side-arm column for argon extraction.
- the reboil of the intermediate pressure column can be provided by feed gas to the argon side-arm column or by some gases derived from the argon column itself.
- the intermediate pressure column operates at a pressure in between the pressures of the low pressure column and the high pressure column.
- the argon and intermediate pressure columns can be used with the double column process, for example, to produce argon and to maximize the high pressure nitrogen extraction from the high pressure column. Good process efficiency can be achieved.
- oxygen enriched liquid at the bottom of the high pressure column is fed to the intermediate pressure column and the resulting liquid extracted from the bottom of the intermediate pressure column is then partially vaporized in the top condensers of the intermediate and argon columns to provide the needed refluxes.
- EP-A-0828123 utilizes the intermediate pressure column to improve the argon recovery when both liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen are pumped and vaporized.
- some liquid air is fed to the intermediate pressure column to produce additional bottom liquid of the intermediate pressure column.
- Intermediate liquid with composition similar to air is mixed with intermediate pressure column's bottom liquid to provide cooling of the top condenser of the intermediate pressure column.
- the top condenser of the argon column is also cooled by vaporizing bottom liquid of the intermediate pressure column.
- Figure 2 discloses the use of the intermediate pressure column to enhance argon recovery.
- the process is similar to that of EP-A-0828123 but more or almost all liquid air extracted from the high pressure column is sent to the intermediate pressure column to yield additional liquid nitrogen reflux.
- the bottom stream of the intermediate pressure column is partially vaporized in its top condenser for cooling.
- the liquid fraction is fed to the top condenser of the argon column and vaporized to supply the needed cooling.
- the two top condensers of the intermediate and argon columns are in series in terms of receiving vaporizing liquid from the bottom of the intermediate pressure column.
- a process for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation in a column system including a high pressure column, a low pressure column, the bottom of the low pressure column being thermally coupled with the top of the high pressure column, an intermediate pressure column, operating a pressure between that of the high pressure column and that of the low pressure column, and an argon column wherein:
- an apparatus for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation comprising a column system including a high pressure column, a low pressure column, the bottom of the low pressure column being thermally coupled with the top of the high pressure column, an intermediate pressure column, operating a pressure between that of the high pressure column and that of the low pressure column, and an argon column a heat exchanger, means for sending purified compressed air to be cooled in the heat exchanger, means for sending cooled purified compressed air from the heat exchanger at least in part to the high pressure column, a conduit for sending nitrogen enriched liquid from the top of the high pressure column to the top of the low pressure column, a conduit for removing oxygen rich liquid from the low pressure column, said conduit being connected to first pressurization means, a conduit for sending pressurized oxygen rich liquid from the first pressurization means to the heat exchanger or another heat exchanger, a conduit for removing nitrogen rich liquid from the column system connected to second pressurization means, a conduit connecting the second pressurization means to the heat exchange
- Purified air has been treated to remove the water and carbon dioxide which it contains.
- Oxygen rich liquid contains at least 70% mol. oxygen, preferably at least 85% mol. oxygen. It contains less than 100% mol. oxygen.
- Nitrogen rich liquid contains at least 85% mol. nitrogen, preferably at least 90% mol nitrogen. It contains less than 100% moll nitrogen.
- Oxygen enriched liquid contains at least 25% mol oxygen, or at least 30% mol oxygen.
- the high pressure column operates at between 4 and 8 bar, the intermediate pressure column at between 2 and 3 bar, the argon column at between 1 and 2 bar, the low pressure column at between 1 and 2 bar.
- the gaseous oxygen produced by pumping and vaporizing can be as low as 2 bar and as high as 80 bar or even 100 bars.
- the upper limit of the high pressure of pumped oxygen is usually dictated by the maximum allowable working pressure of the brazed heat exchanger.
- the intermediate stream withdrawn from the high pressure column and sent to the intermediate pressure column top condenser contains between 18 and 25 mol% oxygen.
- Figure 1 shows the column portion of a process operating according to the invention and Figures 2 and 3 show two alternative corresponding heat exchanger portions, to be used for oxygen pressures above 15 bars abs.
- gaseous air 2 and liquid air 4 are fed to high pressure column 100.
- Oxygen enriched liquid 10 formed at the bottom of the high pressure column 100 is divided in two. One portion 12 is expanded and sent to an intermediate level of the low pressure column 101. Another portion 11 is expanded and sent to top condenser 105 of the argon column where it vaporizes to form stream 13 which is sent to the low pressure column 101.
- all the oxygen enriched liquid 10 can be sent to the condenser 105 and partially condensed. In this case, stream 12 is absent and liquid from condenser 105 is sent to the low pressure column 101.
- the top of the high pressure column 100 is thermally coupled to the bottom of the low pressure column 101 via a condenser-reboiler 104.
- Nitrogen enriched liquid 40 from the top of the high pressure column 100 is divided in two, one portion 41 being sent to the top of the low pressure column 101 as reflux. Nitrogen enriched gas is removed from the top of the low pressure column 101.
- a side liquid stream 20 with composition similar to air, containing between 18 and 25% mol. oxygen is extracted from column 100.
- the side liquid stream could be replaced or supplemented by a part of liquid air stream 4 or another liquid air stream.
- a portion 22 of stream 20 (or stream 4, not illustrated) is partially vaporized in the top condenser 107 of intermediate pressure column 103.
- Condenser 107 could be a falling film vaporizer.
- the vapor 123 containing around 10% mol. oxygen) is sent to the low pressure column 101.
- a portion 24 of the liquid fraction 26 of the partially vaporization is then fed to column 103.
- Column 103 operates at about 2 bar and its condenser 107 at 1.4 bar.
- Gravity feed or a pump 110 can be used to transfer this liquid from condenser 107 to a position between 2 and 5 theoretical trays above the bottom of intermediate pressure column 103.
- Oxygen enriched liquid 60 from the bottom of column 103 containing preferably between 70 and 75 mol% oxygen is expanded and sent to the low pressure column. It is useful to note that a liquid air stream formed from the condensation of air for vaporizing liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen products in the main heat exchanger can be sent to the top condenser of the intermediate column instead of using a part of the liquid stream 20 extracted from the high pressure column.
- the average temperature difference for condensers 106, 107 should be between 0.8 and 0.9°C.
- Column 103 produces additional reflux liquid 23 for the top of the low pressure column 101.
- Column 102 is a typical side-arm argon column for a double column process. A portion 54 of argon enriched feed gas from the low pressure column 101 is separated in the argon column 102 to form argon product 80 in liquid form as shown or in gaseous form. The bottom liquid 52 from the argon column is sent back to the low pressure column 101.
- a portion 51 of argon enriched feed gas 50 from the low pressure column 101 is condensed in the bottom reboiler 106, preferably of the falling film type, of column 103 to yield liquid 53 which is then fed to column 102 or 101 to be separated.
- the argon column 102 is equipped with a top condenser 105 which vaporizes a portion 11 of oxygen enriched liquid 10 produced at the bottom of the high pressure column 100.
- Another portion 45 of stream 40 is pumped by pump 121 to high pressure, vaporized and warmed to yield high pressure nitrogen product.
- Liquid oxygen 30 produced at the bottom of column 101 is pumped by pump 120 to high pressure, vaporized and warmed to yield high pressure oxygen product.
- the embodiment shown in Figure 2 can be used to vaporize efficiently the liquid products 31, 42.
- the liquid products are vaporized in pumps 120,121, the oxygen being pressurized to a pressure between 15 and 80 bars abs.
- the cold compression technique is utilized and is described as follows:
- a multi stage booster compressor comprising several stages 209, 210 and 211 is added to further compress the fraction 82 feeding compressor 207.
- Multiple pressurized streams 95 and 96 can be generated by the booster compressor to vaporize efficiently the liquid products to form liquid air streams 97 and 99.
- a cold booster has an inlet temperature of below -20°C.
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PCT/EP2012/068948 WO2013075867A1 (fr) | 2011-11-24 | 2012-09-26 | Procédé et dispositif pour séparer de l'air par distillation cryogénique |
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