GB998914A - Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen

Info

Publication number: GB998914A
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: nitrogen; liquid; column; line; oxygen
Prior art date: 1960-10-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

GB37894/61A

Other languages

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Koninklijke Philips NV

Original Assignee

Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1960-10-26

Filing date

1961-10-23

Publication date

1965-07-21

1961-10-23 Application filed by Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV filed Critical Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV

1965-07-21 Publication of GB998914A publication Critical patent/GB998914A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J3/00—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification
- F25J3/02—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream
- F25J3/04—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream for air
- F25J3/04406—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream for air using a dual pressure main column system
- F25J3/04424—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream for air using a dual pressure main column system without thermally coupled high and low pressure columns, i.e. a so-called split columns
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J3/00—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification
- F25J3/02—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream
- F25J3/04—Processes or apparatus for separating the constituents of gaseous or liquefied gaseous mixtures involving the use of liquefaction or solidification by rectification, i.e. by continuous interchange of heat and material between a vapour stream and a liquid stream for air
- F25J3/04248—Generation of cold for compensating heat leaks or liquid production, e.g. by Joule-Thompson expansion
- F25J3/04278—Generation of cold for compensating heat leaks or liquid production, e.g. by Joule-Thompson expansion using external refrigeration units, e.g. closed mechanical or regenerative refrigeration units
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J2250/00—Details related to the use of reboiler-condensers
- F25J2250/30—External or auxiliary boiler-condenser in general, e.g. without a specified fluid or one fluid is not a primary air component or an intermediate fluid
- F25J2250/42—One fluid being nitrogen
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J2250/00—Details related to the use of reboiler-condensers
- F25J2250/30—External or auxiliary boiler-condenser in general, e.g. without a specified fluid or one fluid is not a primary air component or an intermediate fluid
- F25J2250/50—One fluid being oxygen
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J2270/00—Refrigeration techniques used
- F25J2270/90—External refrigeration, e.g. conventional closed-loop mechanical refrigeration unit using Freon or NH3, unspecified external refrigeration
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J2280/00—Control of the process or apparatus
- F25J2280/02—Control in general, load changes, different modes ("runs"), measurements
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
- F25J2290/00—Other details not covered by groups F25J2200/00 - F25J2280/00
- F25J2290/62—Details of storing a fluid in a tank
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S62/00—Refrigeration
- Y10S62/912—External refrigeration system
- Y10S62/913—Liquified gas

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Thermal Sciences (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Separation By Low-Temperature Treatments (AREA)

GB37894/61A 1960-10-26 1961-10-23 Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen Expired GB998914A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US65023A US3237418A (en)	1960-10-26	1960-10-26	Apparatus and method for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen by low temperature rectification of atmospheric air

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB998914A true GB998914A (en)	1965-07-21

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB37894/61A Expired GB998914A (en)	1960-10-26	1961-10-23	Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (1)	US3237418A (de)
DE (1)	DE1171449B (de)
FR (1)	FR1304535A (de)
GB (1)	GB998914A (de)
NL (1)	NL270584A (de)

Families Citing this family (2)

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US3358462A (en) *	1964-10-05	1967-12-19	Jan H Minkhorst	Heat exchange of bypass air feed with liquid product
US5557924A (en) *	1994-09-20	1996-09-24	Vacuum Barrier Corporation	Controlled delivery of filtered cryogenic liquid

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- NL NL270584D patent/NL270584A/xx unknown
1960
- 1960-10-26 US US65023A patent/US3237418A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1961
- 1961-10-23 GB GB37894/61A patent/GB998914A/en not_active Expired
- 1961-10-23 DE DEN20708A patent/DE1171449B/de active Pending
- 1961-10-26 FR FR877132A patent/FR1304535A/fr not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
NL270584A (de)
DE1171449B (de)	1964-06-04
US3237418A (en)	1966-03-01
FR1304535A (fr)	1962-09-21

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB1325166A (en)	1973-08-01	Air rectification process for the production of gaseous or liquid nitrogen
GB1099669A (en)	1968-01-17	Gas liquefaction process
GB1520103A (en)	1978-08-02	Production of liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen
GB1149300A (en)	1969-04-23	Improvements in the production of nitrogen by air separation
GB1322931A (en)	1973-07-11	Method and apparatus for the separation of carbon dioxide from admixture with acidic gas
GB1069866A (en)	1967-05-24	Production of ultrahigh purity oxygen
GB1073570A (en)	1967-06-28	Process for the fractionation of air and for the associated fractionation of hydrogen-containing gas mixtures
GB1096781A (en)	1967-12-29	Improvements in refrigeration
GB972044A (en)	1964-10-07	Purification of carbon dioxide
US4325719A (en)	1982-04-20	Process for recovering nitrogen under pressure in air separation apparatus
GB825330A (en)	1959-12-16	Improvements in or relating to plants for the low temperature liquefaction and rectification of gaseous mixtures
GB975729A (en)	1964-11-18	Process for the separation of nitrogen and oxygen from air by fractional distillation
GB929798A (en)	1963-06-26	Low temperature separation of air
GB1511976A (en)	1978-05-24	Separation of low-boiling gas mixtures
GB1033931A (en)	1966-06-22	Improvements in or relating to the production of oxygen enriched air by low temperature liquefaction and rectification
GB998914A (en)	1965-07-21	Improvements in or relating to methods of and apparatus for producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen
GB972698A (en)	1964-10-14	Improvements in or relating to gas-mixture fractionating systems
GB593667A (en)	1947-10-22	Process and apparatus for separating gas mixtures
GB1069576A (en)	1967-05-17	Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of oxygen and oxygen-enriched air
GB1021290A (en)	1966-03-02	Improvements in or relating to processes producing nitrogen-containing hydrogen of low carbon monoxide content
GB1182615A (en)	1970-02-25	Improvements in or relating to the Separation of Mixtures of Gases
GB1216192A (en)	1970-12-16	Air separation process
GB974639A (en)	1964-11-11	Separation of air
GB1183012A (en)	1970-03-04	Improvements in or relating to the Separation of Nitrogen from Air
GB1165483A (en)	1969-10-01	Distillative, Separation of Chlorine from a Gas Mixture containing Chlorine, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrosyl Chloride and Oxygen