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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:
May. 09, 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 ...
F25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62648 ; 62653 ; 60 3542 ;
Abstract
An air separation plant includes an air compressor, a gas turbine arranged to drive the air compressor, a product nitrogen compressor, and a steam turbine arranged to drive the product nitrogen compressor. The steam turbine forms part of a circuit including a steam generator in which stream is able to be raised by heat exchange of water with hot gaseous exhaust from the gas turbine or another gas turbine.