Patent ID: 7516626
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: F25J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for producing a product by low-temperature separation of a gas mixture, having a direct contact cooler ( 3 ) for cooling the feed mixture, having a purification apparatus ( 4 ) in communication with the direct contact cooler for purifying the cooled feed mixture, and having a low-temperature part (7), which includes a main heat exchanger ( 8 a ) in communication with the purification apparatus for cooling the purified feed mixture to approximately its dewpoint temperature and a distillation column ( 9 a ) in communication with the main heat exchanger for low-temperature separation of the purified and cooled feed mixture, wherein the direct contact cooler ( 3 ), the purification apparatus ( 4 ) and the low-temperature part ( 7 ) are spatially arranged on one horizontal straight line ( 101 ).