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L'air Liquide, Société Pour L'étude Et L'éxploitation Des Procédés Georges Claude

Arthur Darde

Alain Briglia

Jean-Pierre Tranier

Philippe Court

Mathieu Leclerc

Bao V Ha

Antoine Hernandez

Xavier Traversac

Christian Monereau

Paul Terrien

Natacha Haik-Beraud

Serge Moreau

Richard Dubettier-Grenier

Thomas Morel

Vladimir Hasanov

Guillaume Teixeira

Bruno Alban

Ivan Sanchez-Molinero

Christophe Claeys

Sudhir S Kulkarni

Patrick Le Bot

Benoit Davidian

Ludovic Granados

Elise Renou

Jean-Marc Tsevery

Simon Jallais

Guillaume De Smedt

Frederick Lockwood

Marie-Khuny Khy

Bernard Saulnier

Bhadra S Grover

David J Hasse

Pascal Marty

Nicolas Chambron

Dennis A Vauk

Trapti Chaubey

Olivier De Cayeux

Christophe Szamlewski

Cyril Defaye

Solène Valentin

Herve Le Bihan

Purushottam V Shanbhag

Anne Berthelemot

Jean-François Rauch

Dominique Antonio

Marie Cognard

Christophe Michel

Benoît Davidian

Phiilppe Court

In a process for vaporizing a liquid stream rich in carbon dioxide wherein a liquid first stream rich in carbon dioxide is withdrawn from a chamber containing liquid rich in carbon dioxide and gas rich in carbon dioxide, the gas being at a pressure P, the liquid first stream is sent to a heat exchanger where it is vaporized, all the liquid from the first stream is vaporized in the heat exchanger at a pressure or several pressures greater than P, the vaporized first stream is extracted from the heat exchanger, expanded in a first expansion valve and sent to the heat exchanger where it is heated.

Method and apparatus for vaporising carbon dioxide-rich liquid

A carbon dioxide-rich mixture is cooled in a first brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger, at least one fluid derived from the cooled mixture is sent to a purification step having a distillation step and/or at least two successive partial condensation steps, the purification step produces a carbon dioxide-depleted gas which heats up again in the first exchanger, the purification step produces a carbon-dioxide rich liquid which is expanded, then sent to a second heat exchanger where it is heated by means of a fluid of the method, the exchanger carrying out an indirect heat exchange only between the carbon dioxide-rich liquid and the fluid of the method, the carbon dioxide-rich liquid at least partially vaporizes in the second exchanger and the vaporized gas formed heats up again in the first exchanger to form a carbon dioxide-rich gas which can be the end product of the method.

Method and apparatus for purifying a carbon dioxide-rich mixture at a low temperature

In a method for cooling a flow containing at least 35% carbon dioxide and at least 0.2 &#x3bc;g/Nmof mercury, the mercury being in liquid and/or gas form, the flow is cooled in a first brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger from a first temperature to a second temperature higher than &#x2212;38.6&#xb0; C. to form a cold flow at the second temperature, and the flow cooled to the second temperature is cooled in a second heat exchanger, which is a tube and shell heat exchanger, to a third temperature lower than &#x2212;38.6&#xb0; C.

Method and apparatus for cooling a flow containing at least 35% carbon dioxide and mercury

According to certain embodiments of the invention, a gas containing at least 50% of carbon dioxide is cooled in a first exchanger so as to produce a cooled fluid, a liquid derived from the cooled fluid is sent to a distillation column to be separated therein, a head gas is withdrawn from the distillation column and reheated in the first exchanger, a vat liquid, which is richer in carbon dioxide than the gas containing at least 50% of carbon dioxide, is withdrawn and at least a portion thereof is heated in the first exchanger, at least a first portion of the vat liquid is vaporized in the first exchanger in order to produce a vaporized portion, the vaporized portion is sent back to the column and an NOx removal column is supplied with the liquefied cycle gas produced by vaporizing and reliquefying the vat liquid from the column.

Method and device for separating a mixture containing carbon dioxide by means of distillation

In a process for the separation of a stream containing carbon dioxide, water and at least one light impurity including a separation step at subambient temperature, the feed stream is compressed in a compressor comprising at least two stages to form a compressed feed stream, the compressed feed stream is purified in an adsorption unit to remove water and form a dried compressed stream, the dried compressed stream or a stream derived therefrom is cooled to a subambient temperature and separated by partial condensation and/or distillation in a separation apparatus, liquid enriched in carbon dioxide is removed from the separation apparatus, the adsorption unit is regenerated using a regeneration gas and the regeneration gas is formed by separating, by permeation in a permeation unit, the dried compressed stream or a gas derived therefrom, the permeate of the permeation unit constituting the regeneration gas.

Process and apparatus for the separation of a stream containing carbon dioxide, water and at least one light impurity including a separation step at subambient temperature

In a method for separating at least one lighter impurity of a gaseous mixture containing at least 30% mol of carbon dioxide, a liquid () enriched with carbon dioxide is drawn off into a vat of a distillation column (), at least part () of the liquid enriched with carbon dioxide is vaporized and then heated to a first temperature higher than the boiling temperature thereof in the exchanger and leaves the exchanger at the hot end thereof, and at least part of the vaporized and heated liquid is sent from the hot end of the exchanger at the first temperature, without being cooled in the exchanger and without having been compressed, to the lower part of the distillation column, where it participates in the distillation while enriching itself.

Method and appliance for separating a mixture containing carbon dioxide by cryogenic distillation

The invention relates to a method for condensing a carbon dioxide-rich gas stream, wherein a stream of water heated by an exchange of heat with the carbon dioxide-rich stream, which is at least partially condensed, is sent to at least one compressor () for compressing the carbon dioxide-rich stream or a fluid, the carbon dioxide-rich stream of which is derived, in order to at least partially cool at least one stage of said compressor.

Method and device for condensing a carbon dioxide-rich gas stream

In a process for the separation of a gas rich in carbon dioxide and containing at least one component lighter than carbon dioxide, the feed gas rich in carbon dioxide is cooled in a first heat exchanger, partially condensed and separated to form a gaseous portion and a liquid, sending the liquid portion to the top of a distillation column, removing a liquid stream richer in carbon dioxide than the feed gas from the bottom of the distillation column, removing a gaseous stream less rich in carbon dioxide than the feed gas from the top of the distillation column and warming the gaseous stream in the first heat exchanger, sending the gaseous portion to a shell and tube heat exchanger having tubes in a bath of triple point carbon dioxide, in which it condenses at least partially to form a liquid fraction, sending the liquid fraction to the top of the distillation column, vaporizing a liquid stream from the bottom of the distillation column outside or within the distillation column to form a gas which is subsequently separated in the distillation column, expanding a liquid stream from the bottom of the distillation column, vaporizing at least part of the expanded liquid stream in the shell and tube heat exchanger to form a vapor and warming the vapor formed in the first heat exchanger.

Process for the separation of a gas rich in carbon dioxide

The invention relates to a unit for the purification of a gas flow comprising CO and at least 45% CO2 and a method of operating said unit. In one embodiment, said unit contains a first compressor, a heat exchanger configured to cool the compressed gas flow, a separation chamber configured to separate head gas produced in the heat exchanger, a heater disposed on the line of the head gas originating from the separation chamber, a catalytic oxidation unit for oxidizing the compressed CO in the gas flow originating from the heater, and turbines placed downstream of the catalytic oxidation unit.

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A method and apparatus for compressing a gas flowing comprising at least 0.1 vol % water, include a compressor containing N compression stages, in which each compression stage includes a compressing means and an exchanger directly or indirectly connected to a water-coolant circuit; and in which at least a first exchanger and a second exchanger, in first and second consecutive or non-consecutive compression stages, are connected in series to the water-coolant circuit. The exchangers, which are not connected in series to the water-coolant circuit, include at their water-coolant output a pressure drop device.

Apparatus for compressing a wet gas flow

A method for separating a feed gas, containing nitrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, in a distillation column: the feed gas is cooled in a heat exchanger; at least a portion of the feed gas, or at least a portion of a gas derived from the feed gas, is sent to a reboiler of the distillation column so as to condense the gas while producing a liquid, and optionally a gas; at least a portion of the liquid is sent to the distillation column; a nitrogen gas-rich flow is extracted from the distillation column; a carbon monoxide-rich flow is extracted from the distillation column, heated in the heat exchanger, and compressed so as to provide a carbon monoxide-rich material at production pressure.

Method for cryogenically separating a mixture of nitrogen and carbon monoxide

A method for producing hydrogen by reforming hydrocarbons using steam, combined with carbon dioxide capture and steam production, which involves mixing the hydrocarbons to be reformed with steam in order to produce a feedstock for reforming, generating a syngas; the syngas produced is cooled, enriched with H2 and CO2, and then cooled; the condensates of the method are separated from the syngas in order to be used in the method, the saturated syngas being treated by adsorption with pressure modulation so as to produce hydrogen and a gaseous effluent containing COthat is captured in a CPU unit. The condensates from the cooling of the syngas at the outlet of the shift reactor are used in the method for producing impure steam supplying the mixing point; the CPU unit also produces CPU condensates that are recycled to be treated jointly with the condensates of the method.

Method for producing hydrogen by reforming hydrocarbons using steam, combined with carbon dioxide capture and steam production

A method for producing hydrogen by reforming hydrocarbons using steam, combined with carbon dioxide capture and steam production, which involves mixing the hydrocarbons to be reformed with steam in order to produce the feedstock for the reforming, generating a syngas; the syngas is then cooled, and enriched with Hand CO; and then cooled. The condensates of the method are separated from the syngas in order to be used in the method, the saturated syngas being treated by adsorption with pressure modulation so as to produce hydrogen and a gaseous effluent containing COthat is captured in a CO-purifying unit. The condensates from the cooling of the syngas at the outlet of the shift reactor are used in the method for producing highly pure steam supplying the mixing point and for exportation; the CPU also produces CPU condensates that are recycled to be treated jointly with the condensates of the method.

A method and apparatus for producing carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation is presented.

Method and apparatus for producing carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation using a distillation column system supplied with a mixture of which the main components are at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide

The invention relates to a method for liquefying a feed gas or cooling a feed gas at supercritical pressure, in which the feed gas mixed with a cycle gas is condensed or cooled in order to form a supercritical gas or liquid at the first pressure, the liquid at the first pressure is cooled in a first heat exchanger (E), the cooled liquid is removed from the first exchanger and expanded up to a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure in order to form an expanded flow, at least one portion of the expanded flow is cooled in a second heat exchanger, the expanded flow is removed from the second heat exchanger (E), said flow is split into at least two portions, including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the expanded flow constituting the liquefied product, the second portion and preferably a third portion being vaporized in the second heat exchanger and the thus-formed at least one cycle gas is then mixed with the feed gas and compressed in a compressor, before or after being mixed with the feed gas.

Method and apparatus for liquefying a gas or cooling a feed gas at supercritical pressure

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