Since the early 1900s, the community has benefited from the products of gas-separation plants. This has led to the development of "cryogenic technology", which is the effect of very low temperatures on the behaviour of fluids and metals. This introduction to gas separation technology provides an analysis of the gas-separation processes, an account of those industries which use gas separation and a description of the sources and usage of industrial gases. The book concludes with an analysis of plant hardware. The author concentrates on the commercial-scale separation of industrial gases, but does not limit himself to cryogenics. He includes an account of newer technologies such as adsorption and permeation which may be synergistic with low-temperature processes. The book is suitable for undergraduate and industrial chemists and physicists and chemical engineers.
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132 line drawings, 16 half-tones, bibliography, index
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978-0-19-854811-9 (9780198548119)
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Part 1 Sources and users of industrial gases: argon; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; ethane; ethylene; helium; hydrogen; krypton, neon and xenon; liquefied petroleum gases; methane; nitrogen; oxygen. Part 2 Air-separation processes: the development of the air-separation industry; small to medium capacity nitrogen generators; large nitrogen generators; oxygen plants; complex air-separation units; liquefiers and liquefaction principles. Part 3 Rare gas recovery: argon, krypton, neon and xenon recovery; helium recovery and liquefaction. Part 4 Refinery off-gas processes: oil refineries; refinery products; hydrogen and fuel balances; medium-purity hydrogen recovery processes; LPG recovery from catalytic reformer off-gases; ethane-ethylene recovery; butanes and high molecular weight component recovery; application of loss analysis; C3 and heavier hydrocarbon recovery from refinery off-gases; ethane and ethylene recovery. Part 5 Recovery of industrial gases from petrochemical and fertilizer plants: hydrogen recovery from petrochemical plant off-gases and from ammonia synthesis purge gas; ammonia synthesis gas purification; ethylene plants; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide purification; hydrogen liquefaction. Part 6 Natural gas processing: LPG extraction; de-nitrogenation and liquefaction of natural gas. Part 7 Pre-purification and synergistic processes: adsorption and absorption processes; regenerators and reversing exchanger technology; relief and disposal of cryogenic liquids; synergies with non-cryogenic processes. Part 8 Plant hardware considerations: compressors; expanders; pumps; heat exchangers; distillation equipment; storage; sendout and bottling. Part 9 Design methods: equations of state; evaluation of thermodynamic properties; problems peculiar to cryogenics; computer-aided process design.
