Global Patent Index - EP 4320397 A1

EP 4320397 A1 20240214 - METHOD AND PLANT FOR LOW TEMPERATURE FRACTIONATION OF AIR

Title (en)

METHOD AND PLANT FOR LOW TEMPERATURE FRACTIONATION OF AIR

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR TIEFTEMPERATURZERLEGUNG VON LUFT

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET INSTALLATION DE FRACTIONNEMENT À BASSE TEMPÉRATURE D'AIR

Publication

EP 4320397 A1 20240214 (DE)

Application

EP 22711877 A 20220310

Priority

  • EP 21020190 A 20210409
  • EP 2022025098 W 20220310

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022214214A1] The invention relates to a SPECTRA method for low-temperature fractionation of air, in which sump liquid from an additional second rectification column (12) used to obtain oxygen is evaporated in a second condenser-evaporator (121). In this second condenser-evaporator (121), gas that has been evaporated beforehand in a first condenser-evaporator (111), which is used for condensation of head gas from a first rectification column (11), is partially condensed after recompression. The invention also relates to a corresponding plant (100, 200, 300).

IPC 8 full level

F25J 3/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

F25J 3/04048 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 3/04054 (2013.01 - US); F25J 3/0423 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 3/04236 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 3/04254 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 3/04284 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 3/04315 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 3/04321 (2013.01 - US); F25J 3/04393 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 3/0443 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 3/0486 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 3/0486 (2013.01 - US); F25J 2200/20 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2200/94 (2013.01 - EP KR); F25J 2210/42 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2215/56 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2240/04 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2245/02 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2245/42 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2250/02 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2250/20 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F25J 2270/02 (2013.01 - EP KR US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022214214 A1 20221013; CN 117157498 A 20231201; EP 4320397 A1 20240214; KR 20230171441 A 20231220; TW 202240115 A 20221016; US 2024183610 A1 20240606

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2022025098 W 20220310; CN 202280027076 A 20220310; EP 22711877 A 20220310; KR 20237037721 A 20220310; TW 111113005 A 20220406; US 202218554396 A 20220310