Method for operating an on-site medical gas production plant and associated plant

US8986426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Vincent Sommier · Paris, FR
• Peter Neu · Duisburg, DE
• Hartmut Franken · Krefeld, DE
• Karsten Bongers · Krefeld, DE
• Kais Maamar · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02C20/40
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a plant (100) for on-site production of medical gas, such as air or oxygen, comprising a main gas line (10) comprising, in series, a first vessel (A) for storing gas and a second vessel (B) for storing purified gas, and a secondary line (20) fluidically connected to the main line (10), downstream of the first vessel (A) for storing gas, and comprising a third vessel (C) for storing gas, the main gas line (10) and the secondary line (20) each supplying at least one gas consumer site (30), in particular a network of pipes in a hospital.