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US 2007/0199344 A1Published application
Compact cryogenic plant
AssigneePraxair Technology, Inc.
InventorHenry Howard
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Abstract
A cryogenic plant having at least two direct phase separation devices such as distillation columns whose circular perimeters serve to define the perimeter of the cold box encompassing the direct phase separation devices and ancillary equipment for the process.
Claims19
Apparatus for carrying out a cryogenic process comprising:
- (A) two direct phase separation devices, each direct phase separation device having a circular perimeter;
- (B) a cold box perimeter enclosing the said direct phase separation devices, each direct phase separation device perimeter bordering the cold box perimeter at at least one point;
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- (C) at least one piece of ancillary equipment within the cold box perimeter.
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The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the cryogenic process is a light hydrocarbon separation process.
A method for designing an apparatus for carrying out a cryogenic process comprising specifying two direct phase separation devices, each of which has a circular perimeter;
- specifying a cold box perimeter which encloses the said direct phase separation devices and wherein each direct separation device perimeter borders the cold box perimeter at at least one point;
- and providing for at least one piece of ancillary equipment within the cold box perimeter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.