Air separation method and apparatus
CA 2202010 C · Owner: Naumovitz, Joseph P. · Inventors: Naumovitz, Joseph P.; Brooks, Charles M.
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A method and apparatus for separating air in which an oxygen containing vapor stream is removed from a single column nitrogen generator and then divided into two subsidiary streams. The two subsidiary streams are condensed and then combined for stripping within a stripping column to produce ultra-high purity liquid oxygen as a column bottoms. One of the two subsidiary streams is condensed in a reboiler and a bottom region of the stripping column. The other of the two subsidiary streams is condensed within a head condenser used in connection with the nitrogen strippingcolumn.
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- Filed April 7, 1997 and granted March 21, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 7, 2017.
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