L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme a Directoire Et Conseil De Surveillance Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude

Carina Zundel

Richard Dubettier

A plant ( ) includes, an air distillation apparatus ( ) having at least one outlet ( ) for a nitrogen-rich fluid and an outlet ( ) for a product to be delivered in the liquid state and a gas turbine unit ( ) having a combustion chamber ( ) and an electricity-generating turbine ( ), the intake of which is connected to an outlet of the combustion chamber. An expander ( ) for expanding a nitrogen-rich fluid in order to generate refrigerating power allowing the liquid product to be delivered, the air distillation apparatus being connected in parallel to the expander ( ) and to the intake of an electricity-delivering turbine in order to feed them with at least one nitrogen-rich fluid. Control elements ( ) are provided for controlling the flow rates of the nitrogen-rich fluid streams sent to the expander ( ) and to the electricity-generating turbine ( ), respectively, and determination elements ( ) for determining the electrical power to be generated by the electricity-generating turbine ( ).

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