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The first chapter of the composition of air separation process

First, the organizational process
     China from 1953, the first in Kazakhstan oxygen oxygen generator, the current low-pressure oxygen-wide, which experienced a period of several generations of change:
     The first generation: high-low cycle, ammonia cooling, nitrogen expansion turbine, in addition to absorption impurities;
     The second generation: rock storage in addition to impurities, the expansion of low pressure air turbine cycle;
     Third Generation: reversible heat exchanger;
     The fourth generation: molecular sieve purification;
     Fifth Generation:, structured packing, the low-pressure turbo-expander cycle of pressurization;
     The sixth generation: The compression process, structured packing, the hydrogen-free argon distillation;
             ○-wide low-pressure process: only the manufacture of gas products, liquid products are basically non-production;
             ○ internal compression process: Chemical: 5 ~ 8Mpa: above the critical state, supercritical fluid;
               Iron and steel category: 3.0 Mpa, the following critical state;

Second, the part of the function
     Purification system fractionation purification of compressed cooling (cooling system, heat exchanger systems, distillation systems)
     Liquids: storage and vaporization systems;
     Gas: Pressure system;
           ○ purification system: dust filter, dust and mechanical removal of impurities;
           ○ compressed gases: the gas for power, to increase energy, have the cooling capacity;
             (Second law of thermodynamics)
           ○ cooling: the gas pre-cooling to reduce energy consumption, improve the economy
             There are pre-cooling cycle of an expenditure of time than that without pre-cooling cycle of economic expenditure, an increase of refrigeration cycle, heat exchanger to reduce the work load of the cold products can be fully utilized;
           ○ purification: proof, purification;
            Adsorption capacity and adsorption order of: H2O> C2H2> CO2;
           ○ distillation: Air Separation
             Heat transfer systems: the realization of energy transfer to improve the economy, low temperature operating conditions;
             Refrigeration system: ① ② maintain balance cold air expander liquefaction W + Δh method
                         Δh throttle
                         Expansion of efficient mechanisms for cold: expansion work W;
                         Cold damage: running cold Q1 loss
                         Lack of cold thermal rehabilitation Q2 loss
                         Production of liquid products of the cold away Q3
                         Q ≧ Q + Q2 + Q3

Section I purification system

First, dust removal method:
     1, inertia force dust: the direction of air currents to carry out drastic changes, with the role of dust particles separated from their own inertia;
     2, filter dust: air separation method most commonly used;
     3, the centrifugal force dust: the centrifugal force arising from rotating machinery;
     4, washing dust:
     5, electrostatic precipitator:

Second, an air separation plant to the requirements of Dust
     Particles of less than 0.1 did not make too many demands, because the mesh filter is too small, resistance;
     Particles of more than 0.1 to 100% of the removal;

Third, the two types of filter dust filter
     1, the internal filter: filter loosely packed in the framework, the dust layer in the filter set internal arrested;
     2, the surface of filter: A filter cloth or filter paper filter material such as thin, the dust adhesion of dust particles on the surface layer as a filter layer to trap the dust particles; self-cleaning filter: 1 more than 99.9% above ; resistance than 1.5KPa. On the self-removal; Venturi (text-pipe): The air pressure can be converted to the speed of energy; cartridge can be replaced when the work;

Fourth, the performance evaluation of dust catcher
     1, flow rate (capacity): the election process double the amount of air;
     2, the pressure loss;
     3, collection efficiency;
     4, life expectancy;