What is the air separation device?

Air separation plant is an industrial device that separates naturally occurring air or atmospheric air into its component gases. The gases harvested in this process include oxygen, nitrogen and argon, as well as some inert gases such as Neon, Xenon and Krypton. Since nitrogen and oxygen are the two most common gases in the Earth's atmosphere, these two elements are most of the gases harvested in this process. By cooling atmospheric air at extremely low temperatures, component gases can be separated and harvested. In some plants, liquid forms of nitrogen or oxygen may also be harvested. In the first step, the atmospheric air is cleaned and compressed to a pressure range of 5 to 10 bar (4-9 atmosphere). The cleaning process removes dust and contaminants that could disrupt the cooling process. The omrese cProcess heats the air to remove the traces of moisture before handing over the compressed air to the heat exchanger for cooling.

When the compressed air was cooled, the next stepis cleaning. This process involves passing through the air by a molecular sieve that filters air through a process called adsorption. In this process, gases or molecules are attracted to the adsorbent surface and create a layer on the upper part of the adsorbent material. Molecular sieves are designed to remove carbon dioxide, water and hydrocarbon gases.

After cleaning the air, it can be safely handed over to the cooling and distillation chamber. The cooling chamber consists of a heat exchanger and cryogenic flows. When air passes through this chamber, it reaches sufficiently low temperatures to allow gas distillation to components.

Air distillation occurs in the distillate of the column. Depending on the gas harvesting, the air may pass more than one distillation column. This component uses a refrigerant and expander or valve to create a joule-thomson effect that causes gases to cool down and dthey take a lot of liquid state. Liquefied gases are then collected and warmed up to the ambient temperature for storage or use.

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gases produced by the air plant are used in many industrial processes. In some cases, these gaseous forms of these elements are transported to industrial users through direct pipes. In other cases, harvested elements can be stored in liquids or gaseous forms for later transport and use. A larger number of distilled gases are usually transported in their liquid forms by trucks. Smaller quantities can be transported in pressure cylinders as gas.