Integrated heat exchanger system for producing carbon dioxide
US6477859B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S62/928
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system for producing carbon dioxide wherein carbon dioxide feed fluid is first processed in a cooling section of an integrated heat exchanger before purification in a column, and wherein column bottom fluid operates within one of an evaporating section and desuperheating section of the heat exchanger and refrigerant fluid operates within the other of the evaporating section and desuperheating section of the heat exchanger.
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