Method for the cryogenic separation of air and air separation plant

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PATENT NO 10480853
APP PUB NO 20170234614A1
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15328995

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A method and plant for the cryogenic separation of air, the plant having an air compressor, a heat exchanger and a distillation column system having a low-pressure column at a first pressure and a high-pressure column at a second pressure. Feed air is compressed in the air compressor to a third pressure at least 2 bar above the second pressure A first fraction of compressed feed air is cooled in the heat exchanger and expanded in a first expansion turbine. A second fraction is cooled in the heat exchanger and expanded in a second expansion turbine A third fraction is compressed to a fourth pressure, cooled in the heat exchanger and then expanded. The third fraction is compressed to the fourth pressure in sequence in a recompressor, a hot first turbine booster and a second turbine booster. A dense fluid expander is used to expand the third fraction.

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LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTKLOSTERHOFSTRASSE 1 MÜNCHEN 80331

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Golubev, Dimitri Geretsried, DE 22 3
Lautenschlager, Tobias Gröbenzell, DE 6 4

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