Air separation unit management

When the power supply of the air separation unit of the molecular sieve adsorption purification process is resumed after the power failure, the operation should be conducted according to the following steps: 1) the possible influence on the mechanical equipment such as the air compressor when the power is suddenly cut off should be judged. If there is no influence, start-up preparation of the air compressor according to the operation specification of the air compressor; 2) check and confirm the switch state of the chain shutdown equipment valve; 3) check and confirm the alarm chain project of the air separation plant. Re-check and confirm the chain control of failure during power failure; 4) start the air compressor and air precooling system according to regulations; 5) start the molecular sieve adsorber according to regulations. Continue to complete the process before shutdown. If the downtime is long (more than 24 hours), the molecular sieve adsorber should recycle for one cycle; ...

The air contains 0.932% of argon. When the upper tower wants to produce 99.6% of oxygen, it must contain 1.05% of argon in the nitrogen exhaust. From the perspective of the separation process, the stripping section (below the liquid-air inlet) in the upper column is basically an oxygen-argon separation, and the rectification section (above the liquid-air inlet) is basically a nitrogen-oxygen (argon) separation. . The boiling points of argon and oxygen are relatively close (the boiling point of o...