US20200056840A1 - Cold box structure with cold box panels partly built-in and installation method therefor - Google Patents

Cold box structure with cold box panels partly built-in and installation method therefor Download PDF

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US20200056840A1
US20200056840A1 US16/610,205 US201716610205A US2020056840A1 US 20200056840 A1 US20200056840 A1 US 20200056840A1 US 201716610205 A US201716610205 A US 201716610205A US 2020056840 A1 US2020056840 A1 US 2020056840A1
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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
    • F25J3/00—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification
    • 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
    • F25J3/04763—Start-up or control of the process; Details of the apparatus used
    • F25J3/04866—Construction and layout of air fractionation equipments, e.g. valves, machines
    • F25J3/04945—Details of internal structure; insulation and housing of the cold box
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H5/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes
    • E04H5/10—Buildings forming part of cooling plants
    • 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
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/10—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
    • F25D3/102—Stationary cabinets
    • 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
    • F25J3/00—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification
    • 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
    • F25J3/04763—Start-up or control of the process; Details of the apparatus used
    • F25J3/04769—Operation, control and regulation of the process; Instrumentation within the process
    • F25J3/04854—Safety aspects of operation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F3/00—Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements
    • F28F3/02—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations

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  • the present invention relates to a cold box structure for a plate-fin heat exchanger and an installation method therefor, which are particularly suitable for a high-pressure aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger.
  • the plate-fin heat exchanger has the characteristics of compact structure, light weight, high heat transfer efficiency, etc., and so is widely used in industrial sectors such as refrigeration, petrochemical, air separation, aerospace, power machinery and superconducting, and is generally recognized as one of the new efficient heat exchangers. Due to the low-temperature ductility and good tensile properties of aluminum alloy, plate-fin heat exchangers made of aluminum alloy are particularly suitable for low-temperature and ultra-low-temperature applications, and are also widely used in air separation processes in modern industries. At present, almost all the heat exchangers of air separation apparatuses use plate-fin heat exchangers. Due to operating at a temperature below ⁇ 150° C., the air separation apparatus needs to be placed inside a cold box, and the cold box is filled with perlite sand to provide heat insulation.
  • the cold box is in the shape of a rectangular hexahedron, comprising a base, a cold box support frame, four cold box panels and a cold box top plate.
  • the cold box panels are welded to the outer side the cold box support frame.
  • the cold box can be made of carbon steel or stainless steel, but due to the high price of stainless steel, carbon steel is usually used in practice. However, the carbon steel material is prone to brittle fracture at low temperatures. In the process of air separation, if leakage occurs at a plate-fin heat exchanger and low-temperature steam is ejected, the perlite sand inside the cold box becomes damp and hardened, and the cold box panels or the cold box support frame of carbon steel is easily damaged. Failure to timely discover leakage may result in other serious consequences.
  • the cold box panels are placed outside the cold box support frame structure.
  • cryogenic steam is ejected if leakage occurs at the plate-fin heat exchanger. If the leaked steam is directly ejected to the cold box support frame, since the cold box panels are located outside the cold box support frame and shield the cold box support frame, the damage caused by the leakage is not easily discovered in a timely manner, which may result in the failure to timely discover leakage in the plate-fin heat exchanger. This is not conducive to the safe operation of air separation systems, resulting in degraded quality of air separation products, which also may cause serious safety accidents; in addition, the repair work for the damaged cold box support frame is huge and the cost is high.
  • Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cold box structure with cold box panels partly built-in, which is applicable to a plate-fin heat exchanger, and in particular to a high-pressure aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger for use in an air separation process.
  • the cold box of a carbon steel material in certain embodiments of the present invention is especially applicable to brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers with the working pressure higher than 20 bar. Since leakage easily occurs on the sides of the high-pressure plate-fin heat exchanger where seals are located, and the temperature at the cold end of the heat exchanger is ⁇ 196° C., cryogenic steam ejected due to leakage seriously damages the carbon steel structure, and brittle fracture, etc. may occur.
  • cold box panels facing sides of the plate-fin heat exchanger where the seals are located are placed inside the cold box support frame, so that the leakage can be timely discovered from the frost and icing conditions of the cold box panels upon occurring, which has the function of protecting the cold box support frame.
  • a cold box structure comprising a base, a cold box support frame, four cold box panels and a cold box top plate, a plate-fin heat exchanger being fixed inside the cold box, wherein the cold box panels facing sides of the plate-fin heat exchanger where seals are located are placed inside the cold box support frame, and perlite sand is filled between the cold box and the plate-fin heat exchanger.
  • the cold box support frame, the cold box panels, and the cold box top plate may be made of carbon steel or stainless steel.
  • the cold box panels facing sides of the plate-fin heat exchanger where lateral plates are located are placed outside the cold box support frame, and may also be placed inside the cold box support frame.
  • An installation method for the cold box structure can include the steps of:
  • step 2) of the installation method the cold box panels facing the seals of the plate-fin heat exchanger are installed in advance inside the cold box support frame, or are installed on-site inside the cold box support frame, depending on the on-site installation size.
  • the cold box panels are placed outside the cold box support frame, when the ejected cryogenic steam is exactly on the inside cold box support frame, the heat transfer is slower due to the thicker support frame, and the air is not easily condensed; in addition, due to the shielding of the outside cold box panels, it is difficult to discover the leakage situation of the plate-fin heat exchanger.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a plate-fin heat exchanger
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cold box support frame
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the appearance of a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the appearance of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a plate-fin heat exchanger, wherein the sides on which seals of the heat exchanger are located are faces b, b′, and the sides on which lateral plates are located are faces a, a′.
  • a plate heat exchanger (in particular a brazed aluminum plate heat exchanger) has a heat exchange portion inside which a plurality of heat exchange passages are disposed.
  • the heat exchange passages are formed by alternately stacking partition plates and profiled plates (for example, ribbed plates or corrugated plates, finned plates) or distribution devices, and the heat exchange portion is formed by heating and brazing the stack in a suitable brazing furnace. Under high pressure, leakage easily occurs at the brazed joint, that is, leakage easily occurs at the faces b, b′ on which the seals of the plate-fin heat exchanger are located.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a cold box support frame 2 , the four sides of which are A, A′, B, B′, respectively.
  • the oblique line areas in the figure represent the interior of the cold box support frame on the side A′ and the interior of the cold box support frame on the side B′, respectively, and 1 represents a base.
  • the sides B, B′ of the cold box frame are opposite the sides of the plate-fin heat exchanger where seals are located, and sides A, A′ are opposite the sides of the plate-fin heat exchanger where cover plates are located (the plate-fin heat exchanger is not shown in the figure).
  • the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ are installed inside the cold box support frames on the sides B and B′, and the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ are installed outside or inside the cold box support frames on the sides A and A′.
  • FIG. 3 is a first embodiment of the present invention, comprising a base 1 , a cold box support frame 2 , a cold box top plate 4 , and four cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′, wherein the oblique line areas in the figure respectively represent the cold box panel 3 a and the cold box panel 3 b ( 3 a ′, 3 b ′ are not visible in the figure).
  • the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ are placed inside the cold box support frame 2
  • the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ are placed outside the cold box support frame 2 .
  • Faces a and a′ of the plate-fin heat exchanger are symmetrical faces of the plate-fin heat exchanger, and faces b and b′ are further symmetrical faces of the plate-fin heat exchanger.
  • the sides A and A′ of the cold box frame are symmetrical to each other, and the sides B and B′ are symmetrical to each other.
  • the cold box panels 3 a and 3 a ′ are symmetrical to each other, and 3 b and 3 b ′ are symmetrical to each other.
  • the interior of the cold box support frame refers to the side of the cold box support frame facing the heat exchanger; and the exterior of the cold box support frame refers to the side of the cold box support frame facing the outside air.
  • the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′ refer to the panels on four sides of the cold box
  • the cold box top plate 4 refers to the panel located at the top of the cold box
  • the base 1 refers to a structure located at the bottom of the cold box for supporting the cold box
  • the cold box support frame 2 refers to a structure that supports the cold box panels to fix the cold box panels.
  • the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ facing the faces b, b′ of the plate-fin heat exchanger are located inside the cold box support frames on the sides B, B′. Since leakage easily occurs at the faces b, b′ of the plate-fin heat exchanger, the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ facing the faces b, b′ are built inside the cold box support frame, which can prevent leaked steam from being directly ejected to the cold box support frame, thereby having a protection function. In addition, the leakage can be discovered timely.
  • the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ facing the faces a, a′ of the plate-fin heat exchanger are located outside the cold box support frame on the sides A, A′. Since leakage doesn't easily occur at the faces a, a′ of the plate-fin heat exchanger, in order to reduce installation difficulty, the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ are installed outside the cold box support frame.
  • FIG. 4 is a second embodiment of the present invention, comprising a base 1 , a cold box support frame 2 , a cold box top plate 4 , and four cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′, wherein the oblique line areas in the figure respectively represent the cold box panel 3 a and the cold box panel 3 b ( 3 a ′, 3 b ′ are not visible in the figure).
  • the four cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′ are all placed inside the cold box support frame 2 .
  • the cold box structure comprises the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′ placed inside the cold box support frame, wherein the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ are placed inside the cold box support frame on sides A, A′, and the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ are placed inside the cold box support frame on sides B, B′.
  • the cold box support frame and the cold box panels are made of carbon steel or stainless steel.
  • the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′, 3 b , 3 b ′ are installed inside the cold box support frame on sides B, B′.
  • the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ facing lateral plates of the plate-fin heat exchanger are installed outside the cold box support frame on sides A, A′; and in the second embodiment, the cold box panels 3 a , 3 a ′ facing the lateral plates of the plate-fin heat exchanger are installed inside the cold box support frame on the sides A, A′;
  • step 2) of the foregoing installation method when the installation size is limited, the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ facing the seals of the plate-fin heat exchanger may be installed in advance inside the cold box support frame on the sides B, B′; and if the installation size is not limited on-site, the cold box panels 3 b , 3 b ′ may be installed on-site inside the cold box support frame on the sides B, B′.
  • equipment components or attachments such as pipes, cable shafts, valves or observation facilities and supports, may be installed during factory prefabrication.
  • the present invention is applicable not only to rectangular parallelepiped cold boxes but also to cylindrical cold boxes.
  • the present invention is also not limited to be applicable to plate-fin heat exchangers, but to all cases where leakage can be judged by means of the surface of the cold box, or where the cold box support frame needs to be protected.
  • “Comprising” in a claim is an open transitional term which means the subsequently identified claim elements are a nonexclusive listing (i.e., anything else may be additionally included and remain within the scope of “comprising”). “Comprising” as used herein may be replaced by the more limited transitional terms “consisting essentially of” and “consisting of” unless otherwise indicated herein.
  • Providing in a claim is defined to mean furnishing, supplying, making available, or preparing something. The step may be performed by any actor in the absence of express language in the claim to the contrary.
  • Optional or optionally means that the subsequently described event or circumstances may or may not occur.
  • the description includes instances where the event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not occur.
  • Ranges may be expressed herein as from about one particular value, and/or to about another particular value. When such a range is expressed, it is to be understood that another embodiment is from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value, along with all combinations within said range.
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