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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Horst Corduan, Puchheim, DE;
Dietrich Rottmann, Munich, DE;
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Wiesbaden, DE;
Abstract
For adjusting the capacity of a low-temperature rectification unit having a high pressure column and a low pressure column in which a fluid is introduced into the high pressure column ( ) and in which liquid from the bottom of the high pressure column is directed into the low pressure column ( ), the amount of liquid that is removed from the bottom of high pressure and fed to the low pressure column ( ) is controlled via flow adjustment ( ), wherein a nominal value for flow adjustment ( ) is set to a desired amount of flow, and the liquid level of the liquid at the bottom of column ( ) that operates at higher pressure is fixed without a set nominal value corresponding to the amount of liquid that is removed.