WO2005064251A1 - Appareil de separation d'air, appareil integre de separation d'air et de production d'un metal et procede de demarrage d'un tel appareil de separation d'air - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an air separation device, with the aid of an air separation device, an integrated air separation and metal production device and a method of starting such an air separation device.
- an integrated air separation and metal production apparatus and a method for starting such an air separation apparatus As described in the article "Optimized Steel Production with Oxygen for Blast Fumaces at ILVA, Taranto Works, Italy" by Capogrosso et al., Steel Times International, February-March, 2003, it is known to at least partially power a device separation of air into compressed air from the blower of a blast furnace. The oxygen produced by the device is then mixed with the rest of the air from the blower, heated and sent to the blast furnace.
- Air separation devices suitable for supplying a blast furnace are described in US-A-5244489, US-A-6089040, US-A-6119482 and US-A-6122932.
- the air pressure gradually increases to a pressure which allows the booster compressing the air intended for air separation to start. It is obviously important to be able to quickly start this booster in order to supply the customer with oxygen as soon as possible, so that the blast furnace can operate normally.
- An object of the present invention is to reduce the minimum air pressure at which the booster can start to operate.
- an air separation device comprising a column system, means for supplying the device at least partially with compressed air coming from at least one booster, means for purifying and cooling the air, means to send it to a column of the column system, means for withdrawing a gaseous product from a column of the column system characterized in that the booster is driven by a variable speed motor with at least two nominal rotational speeds.
- the variation of the network frequency and / or of the load means that the motor having a nominal speed of x revolutions will actually turn around this speed in a range of plus or minus 5% at most.
- an integrated air separation and metal production apparatus comprising the apparatus comprises an air separation apparatus, a metal production apparatus, a compressor which compresses air intended for the air separation apparatus and air intended for the metal production apparatus, the air separation apparatus being of the type defined above, means for sending air from the compressor to the booster and means for sending the gaseous product from the air separation apparatus to the metal production unit.
- a method for starting an air separation and metal production apparatus comprising a column system, means for supplying a booster with compressed air and means for sending air from the booster to at least one column of the column system and means for withdrawing a gaseous product from a column of the column system to send it to the production of metal, characterized in that the booster is driven by a variable speed motor and that, during a period of starting the metal production apparatus, the motor speed is greater than the motor speed during the stable operation of the apparatus.
- the engine runs at one of two speeds, the engine running at a first speed when starting the metal production apparatus and at a second speed during stable operation of the device, the first speed being greater than the second speed;
- the motor is supplied by an alternating current at a higher frequency when the metal production apparatus starts up than the frequency of the current during the stable operation of the apparatus;
- the motor is supplied by a variable frequency current;
- the motor includes several coils, coupled differently depending on the operation of the device;
- Adjustment of the motor speed can be obtained by various means: - the number of pole pairs can be acted on, with single primary winding machines (with coupling of Dahlander type windings) or machines with several primary windings. -one can act on the frequency of the stator supply voltage with electromechanical frequency converters or static converters. -we can act on the slip by acting on the stator supply voltage, by using a slip rheostat to the rotor or by using a recovery cascade. All the pressures mentioned are absolute pressures. The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings, which are block diagrams of an air separation installation according to the invention integrated with a blast furnace. FIG.
- FIG. 1 represents a metal processing unit, in this example an FM blast furnace, and an air distillation apparatus comprising an exchange line LE, a double column DC and a mixing column CM, the blast furnace and the air distillation apparatus being supplied with air by a blower S typically producing more than 100,000 Nm3 / h of air at a pressure of less than 6 bars, typically between 3 and 5.5 bars.
- the blower S can supply other devices.
- the air for the FM blast furnace is heated and sent to the blast furnace after being mixed with a flow of oxygen O coming from the air separation device.
- the air distillation apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is intended to produce, on a first step, low purity oxygen, for example having a purity of 80 to 97% and preferably 85 to 95% under a determined pressure.
- the double distillation column DC itself comprising a medium pressure column MP, a low pressure column BP and a main condenser-vaporizer.
- the columns MP and BP typically operate at approximately 6 bars and approximately 1.2 bars respectively.
- a mixing column is a column which has the same structure as a distillation column but which is used to mix in a manner close to reversibility a relatively volatile gas, introduced at its base, and a less volatile liquid, introduced at its top. .
- the booster C2 is driven by a motor M with variable speed of rotation with at least two nominal speeds.
- This engine can be of the Dahlander type with two or even three speeds, as described in Memotech Electrotechnique by Bourgeois and Cogniel, ed. Educalivre, page 295.
- the motor speed is higher than the motor speed during stable operation of the apparatus.
- the booster can be driven by a turbine, such as a steam turbine.
- Liquid oxygen is withdrawn from the tank of the column BP, carried by a pump W at a pressure P1, slightly higher than the pressure P above to take account of the losses load (P1-P for example less than 1 x 10 5 Pa), and introduced at the top of the column CM.
- P1 is therefore advantageously between 4-6 x 10 5 Pa and 30 x 10 5 Pa, preferably between 8 x 10 5 Pa and 16 x 10 5 Pa.
- the pressurized air is then purified in a purification unit E, cooled, divided into two. Part of the air is boosted at the pressure of the mixing column CM in a booster c, coupled to the blowing turbine t which is supplied by part of the rest of the air.
- the other elements of the figure are identical to those of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 as in Figure 2, all the air intended for distillation is compressed in a booster C1 driven by a motor at speed M of variable rotation.
- the pressurized air is then purified in a purification unit E and a part L of the purified air is pressurized at the pressure of the mixing column in a second booster C2 also coupled to a motor M 'optionally at rotational speed variable.
- This air cools in the exchange line LE and is sent to the mixing column CM.
- the rest J of the air coming from the purification is partially cooled and divided in two. Part of the air is sent to a turbine t and then to the low pressure column BP. The rest of the air continues to cool in the LE exchange line and is sent in gaseous form to the medium pressure column.
- the turbine t is driven by a low pressure nitrogen compressor c. It is also conceivable that the double column is supplied from the blower while the mixing column is supplied from a dedicated compressor or the opposite.
- the booster can be used to feed the mixing column and / or the mixing column.
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EP04816555A EP1709378A1 (fr) | 2003-12-22 | 2004-12-16 | Appareil de separation d'air, appareil integre de separation d'air et de production d'un metal et procede de demarrage d'un tel appareil de separation d'air |
BRPI0417962-5A BRPI0417962A (pt) | 2003-12-22 | 2004-12-16 | aparelho de separação de ar, aparelho integrado de separação de ar e produção de metal, e método de partida de um aparelho de separação de ar como esse |
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