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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Claude Granger, Beloeil, FR;
Yves Hardy, Saint-Sauveur, CA;
Emmanuelle Bromet, Rueil-Malmaison, CA;
Jean Roy, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Herve Ferriere, Palaiseau, FR;
Sylvain Made, Lasalle, CA;
Abstract
A remote manufacturing yard configured to build a cryogenic distillation column for use in an air separation unit ('ASU') is provided. the remote manufacturing yard can include a fabrication facility comprising an enclosure. The fabrication facility further can also include a vertical plate roller; a lifting device, an assembly table configured to support two or more partial shells simultaneously; a first weld machine configured to weld the two or more partial shells together to form a course while keeping the two or more partial shells stationary; a column section assembly area having a second weld machine disposed therein, a distributor installation area configured to receive at least one column section and install a distributor within the column section to form a distributor column section; and a packing installation area configured to receive the distributor column section and install packing within the distributor column section to form a packed column section.