AIR SEPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
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United States of America Patent
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Jan 28, 2016
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Jul 28, 2014
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Jul 28, 2014
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for separating air by cryogenic rectification in which cooled, compressed and purified air is separated in a distillation column system having higher and lower pressure columns operatively associated with one another in a heat transfer relationship to produce an oxygen-rich liquid stream from the lower pressure column. The oxygen-rich liquid stream is pumped and heated through indirect heat exchange with a compressed heat exchange stream to form a pressurized oxygen product stream. Part of the air is sequentially and successively compressed in booster compressors driven by turboexpanders to form the compressed heat exchange stream while other parts of the air are expanded in turboexpanders driving the booster compressors to form exhaust streams that are introduced into both the higher and lower pressure columns to generate refrigeration.
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