Recovery of condensable products from gaseous mixtures

Patent · Tue Nov 24 04:00:00 EST 1970

OSTI ID:5853321

Swearingen, J S

A process is described for recovering liquid products from a gaseous mixture. The mixture is cooled initially by countercurrent heat exchange with separated constituents of preceding portions of the same mixture and a recycled refrigerant. This initial cooling condenses some of the constituents. The liquid product thus formed is separated from the gas. The gas is then expanded to a lower pressure while doing mechanical work to cool it to a still lower temperature and condense more liquid products, which are combined with the first liquid products obtained to provide a cold liquid product stream and a cold gas stream. The cold-product stream and a cold-liquid refrigerant stream are combined and passed in heat-exchange relationship with the gaseous feed stream to provide the initial cooling described above by partially vaporizing the combined liquid product and refrigerant stream. (16 claims)

• Assignee: TUL; EDB-82-027521
• Patent Number(s): US 3541802
• OSTI ID: 5853321
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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