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Process and apparatus to produce ultra high purity oxygen from a liquid feed

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6524820
This patent describes a process to produce ultra high purity oxygen from a liquid feed comprising: (a) introducing feed liquid containing oxygen, light impurities and heavy impurities into a stripping column; (b) passing feed liquid down the stripping column and stripping light impurities from downflowing liquid into upflowing vapor; (c) vaporizing resulting liquid, passing a first vapor portion thereof into an absorbing column, and passing a second portion thereof up the stripping column as the upflowing vapor; (d) passing first vapor portion up the absorbing column and absorbing heavy impurities from ascending vapor into descending liquid to produce ultra high purity oxygen vapor; (e) condensing ultra high purity oxygen vapor and passing resulting ultra high purity oxygen liquid down the absorbing column as descending liquid, and (f) recovering product ultra high purity oxygen.
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corp., Danbury, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4780118
OSTI ID:
6524820
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English