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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Anthony Keenan, New Malden, GB;
Assignee:
The BOC Group plc, Windlesham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62643 ; 60 3912 ; 62915 ;
Abstract
An air separation plant includes a product nitrogen compressor, a gas turbine and a steam turbine. The gas turbine and the steam turbine are operatively associated with the product nitrogen compressor so as to be able to drive the product nitrogen compressor. The steam turbine has an inlet communicating with a steam generator adapted to recover heat from the gas turbine. The air separation plant also includes an air compressor which is typically similarly operatively associated with a gas turbine and a steam turbine. The steam turbine has an inlet communicating with a steam generator adapted to recover heat from the gas turbine.