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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Higginbotham, Guildford, GB;
Joseph P. Naumovitz, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of separating air to produce an oxygen product. In accordance with the method and apparatus the air is rectified within a double column arrangement. The lower pressure column has lower and intermediate reboilers. Nitrogen from the higher pressure column is compressed and sent to the lower reboiler and oxygen tower overhead from the higher pressure column is fed to the intermediate reboiler. The resultant liquid is used to reflux both columns. The advantages in the arrangement set forth above is that the higher pressure column may be made to operate at a lower pressure to conserve energy.