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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1993
American Air Liquide, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Abstract
An ultra-high purity nitrogen generating method is disclosed which comprises: oxidizing feed nitrogen gas containing oxygen added therein so that carbon monoxide in the feed nitrogen gas is converted for removal to carbon dioxide and hydrogen to water; then introducing the feed nitrogen gas to a nitrogen rectification column, and taking out liquid nitrogen containing unreacted oxygen from the lower portion thereof; adding nitrogen gas obtained by gas liquid separation in a gas-liquid separator and containing the unreacted oxygen gas to the feed nitrogen gas, and using a resulting mixture in circulation; taking out high purity nitrogen gas from the top portion of the nitrogen rectification column, condensing in a condenser the taken out high purity nitrogen gas by liquid nitrogen from the gas-liquid separator, refluxing the condensed nitrogen gas to the upper portion of the nitrogen rectification column as a reflux liquid, and taking out ultra-high purity nitrogen gas or ultra-high purity liquid nitrogen. An ultra-high purity nitrogen generator therefor is also provided.