US1717540A - Process for preventing explosions in liquid-air apparatus - Google Patents

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US1717540A
US1717540A US164370A US16437027A US1717540A US 1717540 A US1717540 A US 1717540A US 164370 A US164370 A US 164370A US 16437027 A US16437027 A US 16437027A US 1717540 A US1717540 A US 1717540A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
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    • F25J3/02—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream
    • F25J3/04—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream for air
    • F25J3/04151—Purification and (pre-)cooling of the feed air; recuperative heat-exchange with product streams
    • F25J3/04242—Cold end purification of the feed air
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
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    • F25J2205/20—Processes or apparatus using other separation and/or other processing means using solidification of components
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
    • F25J2205/00—Processes or apparatus using other separation and/or other processing means
    • F25J2205/84—Processes or apparatus using other separation and/or other processing means using filter
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
    • F25J2220/00—Processes or apparatus involving steps for the removal of impurities
    • F25J2220/40—Separating high boiling, i.e. less volatile components from air, e.g. CO2, hydrocarbons

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  • Said combustible gases collect in the vaporizer, forming explosive mixtures; and therefore explosions are liable to occur when these mixtures are brought into contact with the air in the oxygen zone of the separating apparatus.
  • the process which is the subject of the present invention, is based upon the fact that certain combustible gases become solid at low temperatures at which air still remains liquid.
  • certain combustible gases become solid at low temperatures at which air still remains liquid.
  • acetylene becomes solid at '81.5 C. whilst air remains liquid at lower degrees of temperature.
  • the com- 5 bustible gases therein such as acetylene, (if any there be) are permitted to remain until the liquefaction of the air takes place, and until the acetylene is brought to a solid state at a temperature at which the air yet remains liquid; and the solidified gases are then separated (which can readily be done as by-filtration) before the mass comes into the oxygen zone of the apparatus.
  • a process for preventing explosions in apparatus wherein oxygen and nitrogen are separately obtained in different zones by distillation of liquid air which process consists in subjecting a volume of air containing an admixture of combustible gases such as acetylene to a temperature sufiiciently low to cause liquefaction of the air and solidification of said combustible gases, and separating the solidified combustible substances from the liquid air by filtration at the point in the system where the temperature is lowest, before the liquid air reaches the oxygen 7 zone of said apparatus.

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UNITED STATES.
PATENT OFFICE.
ROBERT GERARD AUBERT, F PARIS, FRANCE.
PROCESS FOR PREVENTING EXPLOSIONS IN LIQwD-AIR APPARATUS.
No Drawing. Application filed January 28, 1927, Serial No. 164,370, and in Germany August 15, 1925. y
In the commercial production of ex gen and nitrogen by the decomposition of liquid air, explosions sometimes occur inside the liquefying apparatus; and it has been ascertained, after much investigation, that such explosions are due to the presence in the air of combustible gases, principally acetylene. 'The said Combustible gases may be already contained in small quantities in the atmospheric air taken into the liquefying apparatus, or they may be formed by decomposition of lubricating oil in the air-compressor, the gaseous products thus entering into admixture with the air.
Said combustible gases collect in the vaporizer, forming explosive mixtures; and therefore explosions are liable to occur when these mixtures are brought into contact with the air in the oxygen zone of the separating apparatus.
With a view to preventing these damaging explosions, it has been proposed to take in the air in a condition as near as possible to absolute purity, by the use of high fines or air-ducts, reaching up to levels where impurities would be at a negligible minimum. But obviously this remedy is not everywhere possible of application; and particularly it is unavailable in industrial localities, since the air in such places is never pure. Moreover, even if atmospheric air could be always obtained chemically pure, it might 'become admixed with combustible gases generated, as already stated, from the lubricant used in the compressor.
The process, which is the subject of the present invention, is based upon the fact that certain combustible gases become solid at low temperatures at which air still remains liquid. Thus for example, acetylene becomes solid at '81.5 C. whilst air remains liquid at lower degrees of temperature.
Instead, therefore, of attempting to purify the air before it is liquefied, the com- 5 bustible gases therein, such as acetylene, (if any there be) are permitted to remain until the liquefaction of the air takes place, and until the acetylene is brought to a solid state at a temperature at which the air yet remains liquid; and the solidified gases are then separated (which can readily be done as by-filtration) before the mass comes into the oxygen zone of the apparatus.
This is, as is well known, the coldest part of the system; and by locating the filtering apparatus at that point it is possible to effect in a practical and successful manner the removal of the combustible gases, while in a solid state, from the liquid air before the separation of the oxygen from the nitrogen.
What is claimed is:
A process for preventing explosions in apparatus wherein oxygen and nitrogen are separately obtained in different zones by distillation of liquid air, which process consists in subjecting a volume of air containing an admixture of combustible gases such as acetylene to a temperature sufiiciently low to cause liquefaction of the air and solidification of said combustible gases, and separating the solidified combustible substances from the liquid air by filtration at the point in the system where the temperature is lowest, before the liquid air reaches the oxygen 7 zone of said apparatus.
In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.
ROBERT GERARD AUBERT.
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Cited By (5)

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US2626510A (en) * 1947-06-18 1953-01-27 Air Prod Inc Air fractionating cycle and apparatus
US2650482A (en) * 1948-04-29 1953-09-01 Kellogg M W Co Method of separating gas mixtures
US3124443A (en) * 1960-05-17 1964-03-10 Gas fractionating system
US5540058A (en) * 1994-12-05 1996-07-30 Rockwell International Corp. Contaminant removal system for purifying air
US6490883B2 (en) * 2000-06-20 2002-12-10 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Process and apparatus for removal of volatile compounds from process gases

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2626510A (en) * 1947-06-18 1953-01-27 Air Prod Inc Air fractionating cycle and apparatus
US2650482A (en) * 1948-04-29 1953-09-01 Kellogg M W Co Method of separating gas mixtures
US3124443A (en) * 1960-05-17 1964-03-10 Gas fractionating system
US5540058A (en) * 1994-12-05 1996-07-30 Rockwell International Corp. Contaminant removal system for purifying air
US6490883B2 (en) * 2000-06-20 2002-12-10 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Process and apparatus for removal of volatile compounds from process gases

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