当前位置: Home / Faq / Air separation FAQ /

Does the air in DEAR air separation equipment partially liquefy before or after throttling in medium pressure processes?

Does the air in DEAR air separation equipment partially liquefy before or after throttling in medium pressure processes?
Oct 15, 2021
Author: DEAR AST

The temperature and specific enthalpy (H ′ 2) of the low pressure saturated liquid and the enthalpy (H ″ 2) of the saturated steam remain unchanged due to the constant pressure of the upper tower. That is to say, in the above formula, only the value of the molecule (h1-h ′ 2) decreases, while the denominator (H ″ 2-h ′ 2) remains unchanged, resulting in the decrease of gasification rate. Generally, the gasification rate can be reduced to about 11% under the above subcooling conditions.DEAR Air separation equipment.When the amount of backflow gas increases and the amount of positive flow air and its inlet temperature remain unchanged, the situation is opposite to the above. That is to say, the middle temperature decreases, the cold end temperature decreases, the cold end temperature difference decreases, and the hot end temperature difference expands. The range of temperature change in the middle is also larger than that in the end. To sum up, the change of middle temperature can reflect the change of cold end and hot end temperature condition, and the change is significant and easy to detect.
The adjustment of the temperature condition of the accumulator (or switching heat exchanger) is based on the middle temperature. The "middle part" here does not refer to the median position in geometric dimension, but refers to the temperature on the cylinder (or switching channel) near the outlet of the middle suction or circulation.DEAR Air separation equipment.Scale attached to the cooler wall, nitrogen water precooler packing, nozzle or sieve, not only affect the heat transfer, reduce the cooling effect, but also hinder the circulation of cooling water or air, serious equipment failure will be caused, such as nitrogen water precooler with water, so that the accumulator (or heat exchanger) frozen. The scale is hard and hard to remove.DEAR Air separation equipment.Adjust the excess hydrogen in hydrodeaeration to meet the process requirements. Adjust the working conditions of the deaerator, and the furnace temperature is generally stable between 350 ℃ and 450 ℃ (if the furnace temperature does not meet the requirements, the palladium metal on the surface of the palladium catalyst may be lost due to long-term use, and the efficiency will be reduced, so the palladium catalyst can be replaced);
At both ends of the channel, the flow direction of the fluid is changed by using guide vanes, and the outlet and inlet of the same fluid are respectively concentrated on one side. For example, air and sewage nitrogen are set at the upper and lower sides, and oxygen, pure nitrogen and circulation are set at the left and right sides. Generally, cold and hot fluids are arranged in reverse or cross flow. Then connect the head, gather all the channels of the same fluid, and weld the corresponding pipes to realize the heat exchange between several streams.DEAR Air separation equipment.Annular or U-shaped condensing isolation pipe must be added to the pipeline used for the detection of steam or other condensing gas near mounted instruments to prevent overheating of measuring elements; for the positive and negative pressure detection pipelines of flow and liquid level, the length and number of elbows shall be consistent as far as possible, so as to make the resistance of positive and negative pressure pipelines the same and eliminate the instrument error caused by local resistance of pipelines;
DEAR Air separation equipment.For carbon dioxide, the cold end temperature should be below - 133.5 ℃ before some carbon dioxide begins to precipitate in the heat exchanger. The carbon dioxide content at the cold end is the saturation content corresponding to the temperature at that time. According to the above method, the minimum allowable temperature of carbon dioxide in the expander can also be determined.The temperature of the liquid blown out from the automatic valve box of the accumulator (or switching heat exchanger) or the backflow sewage nitrogen at the cold end is about - 180 ℃, which is the sign that the air at the cold end of the accumulator (or switching heat exchanger) is liquefied. The harm of air liquefaction at the cold end is great, mainly as follows: part of the liquefied air is deposited in the automatic valve box (or at the bottom of the cold accumulator), and part of it is brought into the tower with the air, so that the moisture content of the air entering the tower increases, and the liquid air purity (oxygen content) decreases.

DEAR Air Separation Solve YourDoes the air in DEAR air separation equipment partially liquefy before or after throttling in medium pressure processes?You can also learn about otherAir separation FAQ about DEAR Air Separation, and solve the problem for you.
Didn’t find the problem encountered?
Please contact live chat or email for quick help.
Related FAQ
More Related FAQ
The deflagration of the oxygen compressor will cause great harm to the safe operation of the air separation equipment and the personal safety of the operators. Each air separation user should attach great importance to the safe operation of the oxygen compressor to prevent the occurrence of the deflagration accident.
2025.05.09
The design of the internal structure of the adsorber: the design of the internal structure of the adsorber includes the determination of the bed layer and various auxiliary structures, such as the design of the upper and lower filter, the guide valve, the pressing mechanism, the gas distribution device and so on. The adsorber can usually be divided into single bed and double bed, and the structure is shown in figure 3. Both the upper and lower vent of the two structures are equipped with filter and gas distributor. The single-layer bed structure is equipped with a screen hole plate and a cylinder compressing device on the molecular sieve adsorber. When the adsorber is working, the cylinder piston generates a lower thrust by differential pressure and compresses the molecular sieve through the screen hole plate, it avoids the phenomena that the molecular sieve is boiling and flowing and the filter screen is damaged due to the excessive airflow, thus prolonging the life of the molecula...
2025.05.08
Need more information?
Contact us for more details about our air separation equipment, solutions and services.
Products
  • Large air separation
  • Small air separation
  • High purity nitrogen air separation
  • Liquefaction air separation
  • Complete air separation
  • Biogas purification
  • Air separation parts
Need more information?
Tel:+86-19837850537
© Kaifeng DEAR Air Separation Industry Co., Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Online
Inquiry
Email
Top