Abstract

The thermodynamic design of a small scale air/oxygen liquefier is presented in this paper, which could be a low-cost choice under remote and field conditions. Feed gas is liquefied by a dual mixed-refrigerant (DMR) J-T process driven by single-stage compressors. Low pressure (<8.0 bar) gas sources could be adopted in the system, such as small commercial air compressors and normal PSA oxygen generators. All the components of mixed-refrigerants are non-flammable, which are safe for the liquefaction of air and O2. Component selection, process configuration design and performance analysis are studied. Ne-N2-Ar-Freon mixtures are employed as the refrigerant. For air liquefaction, simulated specific power consumption (SPC) of 0.73 kWh L−1 and figure of merit (FOM) of 24.76% are achieved. For O2 liquefaction, simulated SPC of 0.71 kWh L−1 and FOM of 27.90% are reached.

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Title
Thermodynamic Design of a Movable Small Scale Non-flammable Mixed-refrigerant Air/Oxygen Liquefier
Author
Wang, Haocheng 1 ; Guo, Hao 2 ; Zhao, Yanxing 2 ; Chen, Gaofei 2 ; Gong, Maoqiong 2 

 Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 
 Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Apr 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560950891
Copyright
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