WO2008129198A2 - Procede et appareil de production de gaz de l'air sous forme gazeuse et liquide a haute flexibilite par distillation cryogenique - Google Patents
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- a step of compressing the products by means of compressors An independent nitrogen liquefaction cycle making it possible to produce all or part of each of the constituents in liquid form if necessary.
- the object of this invention is to be able to combine the economic benefits of integrated processes, while retaining the flexibility and flexibility offered by traditional methods.
- a method for producing at least one air gas by cryogenic distillation in a column system comprising at least one medium pressure column operating at a medium pressure and a low pressure column operating at a pressure of low pressure, thermally interconnected wherein in a first and a second mode of operation a) the entire compressed air flow is brought to a high pressure, at least 5 bar above the pressure of the middle column pressure, and purified at this high pressure, called the main pressure; b) this main pressure is possibly variable depending on the productions requested; c) a first portion of the air flow at at least the main pressure is cooled in an exchange line to an intermediate temperature thereof and is expanded in at least a first turbine; d) optionally a second portion of the air flow is expanded in at least a second turbine (21 B) whose intake and discharge conditions differ by at most 5 bar and at most 15 ° C or are identical in terms of pressure and temperature to those of the first turbine; e) possibly the work provided by the first or third turbine serves at least partially to the work required by
- the discharge pressure of the auxiliary turbine is greater than or substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure, preferably substantially equal to the low pressure; m) at least a portion of the air flow expanded in the auxiliary turbine is heated in the exchange line; n) part of the constituents of the air is produced in liquid form as final product; and in the second mode of operation, o) the air flow rate treated in the auxiliary turbine is reduced compared to the flow rate treated in the auxiliary turbine in the first mode of operation, possibly to zero and p) the production of liquid as product final is reduced, compared to the production of liquid as the final product in the first mode of operation, possibly zero.
- At least one booster coupled to one of the turbines sucks at room temperature
- the suction temperature of the first turbine differs by at most 15 ° C. from the pseudo vaporization temperature of the oxygen; the main incoming air flow rate is reduced, during the second mode, preferably by a flow rate at least equal to the reduction during the second mode of the air flow sent to the auxiliary turbine;
- variable vanes of a compressor the variation of the main air flow is ensured by the variable vanes of a compressor
- the variation of the main air flow is ensured by the starting and / or stopping of an auxiliary air compressor
- the main air pressure varies between the first mode and the second mode; the first part of the air is supercharged at a pressure greater than the main pressure upstream of the first turbine so that it enters the first turbine substantially at a pressure greater than the main pressure;
- the suction temperature of the auxiliary turbine is higher than the suction temperature of the first turbine
- the unit may be arranged so that in operation one of the following conditions is met: i) the suction temperature of the auxiliary turbine is higher than the suction temperature of the first turbine ii) the suction temperature of the auxiliary turbine is higher than the suction temperature of the booster iii) the temperature of the booster suction of the booster is lower than the suction temperature of the first turbine iv) the discharge temperature of the booster is higher than the suction temperature of the first turbine v) the discharge temperature of the booster is higher than the discharge temperature of the auxiliary turbine.
- This method uses a known distillation system (thermally connected medium pressure and low pressure columns, optionally an intermediate pressure column and / or a mixing column and / or an argon mixture column, etc.) and involves at least one two relaxation turbines.
- Two flow rates are at substantially equal pressure if their pressures differ only in the pressure drops.
- the gaseous fraction of the air flow sucked by the auxiliary turbine is previously relaxed in the first and / or second turbine, possibly sent to the medium pressure column and withdrawn from the medium pressure column before being sent to the auxiliary turbine, after having been reheated in the main exchange line.
- the production of liquid product, all final products combined constitutes 1%, or 2% or 5% of the air flow sent to the columns (or to the column if only the medium pressure column is supplied with air ).
- a compressed air flow 1 from a main compressor is supercharged in a booster 3 at a high pressure at least 5 bar abs above the pressure of the medium pressure column, this high pressure being called main pressure.
- This main pressure may for example be between 10 and 25 bar abs.
- the flow 5 is then purified with water and carbon dioxide (not shown).
- the total flow of supercharged and purified air is sent to an exchange line 7 where it cools to a temperature T1.
- T1 At this temperature, the flow 5 is divided in two to form a flow 9 which liquefies and is sent to the column system and a flow 11.
- the flow 11 leaves the exchange line 7 at the temperature T1 different from at most ⁇ 5 ° C of the vaporization temperature of the pressurized oxygen 33 and is sent to a cold booster 13 to produce a flow 15 at a pressure substantially greater than the average pressure and possibly greater than the main pressure.
- the flow rate 15 at a cold booster outlet temperature T2 cools in the exchange line 7 to a temperature T3 higher than T1.
- T3 the temperature of the flow 15 is divided into two flow rates 17, 19.
- the flow 17 is expanded in a turbine 21 from the temperature T3 close to the pseudo vaporization temperature of the pressurized oxygen 33.
- the suction pressure of the turbine 21 is equal to the discharge pressure of the booster 13 thus very substantially greater than the average pressure (greater than 5 bars) and possibly greater than the main pressure and the discharge pressure is higher or equal to the average pressure, preferably substantially equal to the average pressure.
- the flow rate expanded to a pressure greater than or equal to the average pressure, preferably substantially equal to the average pressure, is sent to the column system as the flow rate 25.
- the flow 19 continues cooling in the exchange line and is sent in the form gaseous to the column system.
- the cold booster 13 is driven by the turbine 21.
- a residual nitrogen flow is heated in the exchange line.
- a flow of liquid oxygen 35 pressurized in a pump 33 vaporizes in the exchange line 7.
- a liquid column system other than liquid oxygen, is pressurized, vaporized in the exchange line 7 and then serves as a product under pressure.
- a fraction of air 25 is taken from the purified air 5 at the main pressure and is cooled in the exchange line 7.
- the fraction 25 is sent to a turbine 27 where it expands to a temperature T5 forming an air flow 29. This air flow is heated in the exchange line.
- a liquid product is withdrawn from the column system as final product 32.
- the only product of the apparatus is liquid oxygen but other products can obviously be produced in liquid form.
- the air flow 25 treated in the auxiliary turbine 27 is reduced to zero if necessary, the main incoming air flow 1 is reduced by a flow rate at least equal to the reduction of the air flow sent. to the auxiliary turbine 27 and the production of liquid 37 is reduced to zero if necessary.
- This variation of the air flow 1 between the two modes of operation is provided by the variable vanes of a compressor and / or by the start and / or stop of an auxiliary air compressor.
- These two modes of operation may be the only modes of operation of the apparatus or there may be other modes of operation.
- booster 3B There may be a compression step (booster 3B) between the hot booster which brings the air to the main pressure and the cold booster, so that the cold booster is from a pressure above the booster. main pressure.
- the turbine 21 is driven by the booster 13 and the booster 3 drives the auxiliary turbine 27.
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Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP08775715.9A EP2118601B1 (fr) | 2007-03-13 | 2008-03-12 | Procede et appareil de production de gaz de l'air sous forme gazeuse et liquide a haute flexibilite par distillation cryogenique |
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