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Process and apparatus for drying and compressing a CO2-rich stream

US9206795B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

L'Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Clause · FR

Inventors

Philippe Court · Houston, US
Alain Briglia · Corzé, FR
Arthur Darde · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2011
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D2257/404
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process and to a unit for drying and compressing a CO2-rich stream. The CO2-rich fluid is compressed in a compressor; upstream of the compression step, an antifreeze is mixed with the CO2-rich fluid containing water; the CO2-rich fluid containing the antifreeze is cooled, water is separated from the cooled fluid and the water-depleted cooled fluid is compressed in the compressor; and the CO2-rich fluid containing water is sent to a scrubbing column fed with a water/antifreeze mixture, where it cools and is separated from the water.

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