 Industrial Gases Processing
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February 2008
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List of Contributors.
1 Introduction.
References.
2 The Air Gases Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon.
2.1 History, Occurrence and Properties.
2.1.1 Nitrogen.
2.1.1.1 History.
2.1.1.2 Occurrence.
2.1.1.3 Physical and Chemical Properties.
2.1.2 Oxygen.
2.1.2.1 History.
2.1.2.2 Occurrence.
2.1.2.3 Physical and Chemical Properties.
2.1.3 Argon.
2.1.3.1 History.
2.1.3.2 Occurrence.
2.1.3.3 Physical and Chemical Properties.
2.2 Recovery of Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon.
2.2.1 Introduction.
2.2.2 Application Range of Membrane Separation, Pressure Swing Adsorption and Cryogenic Rectifi cation.
2.2.3 Nitrogen Recovery with Membranes.
2.2.3.1 Physical Principle.
2.2.3.2 Membrane Technology.
2.2.3.3 Design.
2.2.4 Nitrogen and Oxygen Recovery by Means of Pressure Swing Adsorption.
2.2.4.1 Physical Principle.
2.2.4.2 Properties of Molecular Sieves.
2.2.4.3 Nitrogen Recovery.
2.2.4.4 Oxygen Recovery.
2.2.5 Cryogenic Rectifi cation.
2.2.5.1 Process with Air Booster and Medium-Pressure Turbine for the Recovery of Compressed Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon.
2.2.5.2 Internal Compression.
2.2.5.3 Nitrogen Generators.
2.2.5.4 Liquefiers.
2.2.5.5 High-purity Plants.
2.2.5.6 Apparatus.
2.2.5.7 Design, Assembly and Transport of the Coldbox.
2.3 Safety Aspects.
2.3.1 Introduction.
2.3.3 Air Pollution.
2.3.4 Ignition in Reboilers.
2.3.5 Other Hazards in Air Separation Units.
2.4 Process Analysis Air Separation Units.
2.5 Applications of the Air Gases.
2.5.1 Applications of Nitrogen.
2.5.1.1 Applications of Nitrogen for Inerting and Purging.
2.5.1.2 Applications of Nitrogen for Cooling, Preserving and Deep-Freezing.
2.5.2 Applications of Oxygen.
2.5.3 Applications of Argon.
3 The Noble Gases Neon, Krypton and Xenon.
3.1 History and Occurrence.
3.2 Physical and Chemical Properties.
3.3 Recovery of Krypton and Xenon.
3.3.1 Pre-enrichment in the Air Separator.
3.3.2 Recovery of Pure Kr and Xe.
3.3.2.1 Catalytic Combustion of Hydrocarbons.
3.3.2.2 Cryogenic Separation.
3.4 Recovery of Neon.
3.4.1 Pre-enrichment.
3.4.2 Fine Purification.
3.5 Industrial Product Purities and Analytics.
3.6 Applications of the Noble Gases Neon, Krypton and Xenon.
3.6.1 Applications of Neon.
3.6.2 Applications of Krypton.
3.6.3 Applications of Xenon.
4 The Noble Gas Helium.
4.1 History, Occurrence and Properties.
4.1.1 History.
4.1.2 Occurrence.
4.1.3 Physical and Chemical Properties.
4.2 Recovery.
4.3 Applications.
5 Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide: Synthesis Gases.
5.1 History, Occurrence and Properties.
5.1.1 Introduction.
5.1.2 History of Synthesis Gas.
5.1.3 Hydrogen.
5.1.3.1 History and Occurrence.
5.1.3.2 Physical and Chemical Properties.
5.1.4 Carbon Monoxide.
5.1.4.1 History and Occurrence.
5.1.4.2 Physical and Chemical Properties.
5.2 Production of Synthesis Gas.
5.2.1 Production of Hydrogen by Electrolysis.
5.2.2 Production of Synthesis Gas from Hydrocarbons.
5.2.2.1 Generation of Synthesis Gas by Steam Reforming.
5.2.2.2 Synthesis Gas Generation by Partial Oxidation (PO).
5.2.2.3 Generation of Synthesis Gas by Autothermal Reforming (ATR).
5.2.3 Synthesis Gas Processing.
5.2.3.1 Water–Gas Shift Reactor.
5.2.3.2 Removal of Carbon Dioxide and Acid Gases.
5.2.3.3 Methanation.
5.2.3.4 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA).
5.2.3.5 Membrane Processes.
5.2.3.6 Cryogenic Separation Processes.
5.2.4 Processes for the Production of Synthesis Gas from Hydrocarbons.
5.2.4.1 Reformer Plant for the Production of Hydrogen.
5.2.4.2 Reformer Units for the Generation of CO and H2.
5.2.4.3 PO-plant for the Production of CO and H2.
5.3 Process Analytics.
5.4 Applications of Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide and Syngas.
5.4.1 Applications of Hydrogen.
5.4.1.1 Hydrogen Use in the Chemical Industry.
5.4.1.2 Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier.
5.4.1.3 Fuel Cells.
5.4.2 Applications of Carbon Monoxide.
5.4.3 Applications of Synthesis Gas (Mixtures of CO and H2).
6 Carbon Dioxide.
6.1 History, Occurrence, Properties and Safety.
6.1.1 History.
6.1.2 Occurrence.
6.1.3 Physical and Chemical Properties.
6.1.4 Safety Issues.
6.2 Recovery of Carbon Dioxide.
6.2.1 Sources of Carbon Dioxide Recovery.
6.2.2 Pre-purifi cation, Enrichment, Extraction, Capture.
6.2.3 Standard Process for the Liquefaction of Carbon Dioxide.
6.2.3.1 Compression and Water Separation.
6.2.3.2 Adsorber Station.
6.2.3.3 Liquefaction and Stripping of Lighter Components.
6.2.3.4 Refrigerating Unit.
6.2.4 Process Steps to Obtain High Product Purity and Recovery Rate.
6.2.4.1 Scrubbing.
6.2.4.2 Adsorption and Chemisorption.
6.2.4.3 Catalytic Combustion.
6.2.4.4 Improvement of the Carbon Dioxide Recovery Rate.
6.2.5 Carbon Dioxide Recovery from Flue Gas.
6.2.6 Production of Dry Ice.
6.3 Applications.
7 Natural Gas.
7.1 History.
7.2 Occurrence.
7.3 Consumption.
7.4 Natural Gas Trade.
7.5 Composition.
7.6 Process of Natural Gas Treatment.
7.6.1 Dew-point Adjustment.
7.6.2 Separation of Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas.
7.6.3 Ethane Separation.
7.6.4 Liquefaction.
7.6.5 Nitrogen Separation.
7.7 Applications.
8 Fuel Gases.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Acetylene C2H2.
8.2.1 Acetylene and the Beginnings of Welding Engineering.
8.2.2 Physical Properties.
8.2.3 Acetylene Decomposition – Deflagration.
8.2.4 Ignitable Mixtures.
8.2.5 Liquefaction of Acetylene – Acetylene Hydrate.
8.2.6 Acetylene Hydrate.
8.2.7 Acetylides.
8.2.8 Extraction Processes.
8.2.8.1 Acetylene Generated via Carbide.
8.2.8.2 Petrochemically Generated Acetylene.
8.2.9 Gas Supply.
8.2.9.1 Storage of Dissolved Acetylene in Cylinders.
8.2.9.2 Design of a Gas Supply System.
8.2.10 Autogenous Engineering Applications.
8.2.11 Regulations.
8.3 Ethene C2H4.
8.3.1 Physical Properties.
8.3.2 Production Processes.
8.3.3 Application and Use.
8.3.4 Gas Supply and Safety.
8.3.5 Regulations.
8.4 Other Fuel Gases.
8.5 Applications.
9 Specialty Gases.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Pure Gases.
9.2.1 Defi nitions.
9.2.2 Quality Criteria.
9.2.3 Sources/Production.
9.2.4 Purifi cation/Processing.
9.2.5 Application Examples.
9.3 Gas Mixtures/Calibration Gas Mixtures.
9.3.1 Definitions 261
9.3.2 Production [9.9].
9.3.2.1 Technical Feasibility.
9.3.2.2 Pretreatment of Containers.
9.3.2.3 Preparation Methods.
9.3.2.4 Analytical Quality Assurance.
9.3.3 Application Examples.
9.4 Electronic Gases.
9.4.1 Defi nition/Special Demands.
9.4.2 Application Examples.
9.5 Disposal.
9.6 Transfer of Gases.
9.6.1 Selection of the Materials.
9.6.2 Physical Interaction Forces.
9.6.3 Tightness of the Gas Supply System.
9.6.4 Purging of the Gas Supply System.
10 Gases in Medicine.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Medicinal Oxygen.
10.2.1 Home-therapy.
10.2.2 Hospitals and Other Fields of Application.
10.3 Gases for Anaesthesia.
10.3.1 Medical Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas).
10.3.2 Xenon.
10.4 Medical Carbonic Acid (Carbon Dioxide).
10.5 Medical Air.
11 Logistics of Industrial Gas Supply.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Storage and Transport of Compressed Gases.
11.2.1 Fundamentals.
11.2.2 Kinds of Transport and Storage for Compressed Gases.
11.2.3 Effi ciency of Compressed Air Gas Transport.
11.3 Storage and Transport of Liquefi ed Compressed Gases.
11.3.1 Fundamentals.
11.3.2 Forms of Transport and Storage of Liquefied Gases.
11.3.3 Efficiency of the Transport of Liquefied Gases.
11.4 Special Forms of Supply.
Subject Index.
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