Air cycle pre-cooling system for air separation unit
US6925818B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25J2270/04
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The method of processing air prior to separation of such air into gaseous components, the steps that include: first compressing a stream of air and cooling the compressed air, to enable water separation and removal from the stream, to provide a dry stream of air; then further compressing the dry air stream and cooling the compressed dry air stream to enable removal of contained remanent water; then expanding the cooled air stream in an expansion stage which extracts work from the expanding stream; then passing the expanded air stream to a separator operating to remove water from the stream, thereby producing dry air passed to a component gas separation stage or stages.
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