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Process for the mixed production of high and low purity oxygen

US5315833A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1991
Grant dateMay 31, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S62/94
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for simultaneously providing both high and low purity oxygen from a double column, double reboiler apparatus, the double columns being high and low pressure columns, the low pressure column having a lower and upper reboiler with an intermediate outlet in between, which process entails extracting a low purity oxygen stream at the intermediate outlet and a high purity liquid oxygen stream from a bottom portion of the low pressure column.

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