《A novel cryogenic air separation process based on self-heat recuperation》.pdf

Separation and Purification Technology 77 (2011) 389–396 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Separation and Purification Technology j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/sep pur A novel cryogenic air separation process based on self-heat recuperation Yasuki Kansha a , Akira Kishimoto a , Tsuguhiko Nakagawa b , Atsushi Tsutsumi a,∗ a Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan b Department of Systems Engineering, Okayama Prefectural University, 111 Kuboki, Soja, Okayama 719-1197, Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, a novel cryogenic air separation process that reduces energy consumption by self-heat Received 7 May 2010 recuperation is proposed. In the proposed cryogenic air separation process, heat from the top vapor Received in revised form 11 January 2011 stream of the column is recuperated and exchanged with heat in the bottom liquid and feed streams, Accepted 13 January 2011 using self-heat recuperation technology. As a result, not only the latent heat but also the sensible heat of the process stream is circulated in the process. Furthermore, the pressure in the column can be decreased Key words: compared with the high pressure part of a conventional cryogenic air separation system, in which high Cryogenic air separation