AU3329589A

AU3329589A – Air separation process using packed columns for oxygen and argon recovery
– Google Patents

AU3329589A – Air separation process using packed columns for oxygen and argon recovery
– Google Patents
Air separation process using packed columns for oxygen and argon recovery

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Publication number
AU3329589A

AU3329589A
AU33295/89A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
oxygen
separation process
air separation
packed columns
argon recovery
Prior art date
1988-04-29
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AU33295/89A
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AU601105B2
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Inventor
Rodney J. Allam
Douglas L. Bennett
Bruce K. Dawson
Alan L. Prentice
Robert M. Thorogood
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Air Products and Chemicals Inc

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1988-04-29
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1989-04-21
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1989-12-07
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1989-04-21
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1989-12-07
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1990-08-30
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F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES

F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE

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AU33295/89A
1988-04-29
1989-04-21
Air separation process using packed columns for oxygen and argon recovery

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1988-04-29

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1988-04-29
Air separation process using packed columns for oxygen and argon recovery

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