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Process to produce ultrahigh purity oxygen

US4560397A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 1984
Grant dateDec 24, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25J2250/20
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of ultrahigh purity oxygen and elevated pressure nitrogen by the cryogenic rectification of air wherein the product oxygen is recovered from a secondary column at a point above the liquid sump while impurities are removed from the column at a distance from the product withdrawal point.

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