System for providing gas separation products at varying rates

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF GASEOUS MIXTURE BY LOW TEMPERATURE RECTIFICATION AND FOR BALANCING THE FLUCTUTATION IN THE CONSUMPTION OF THE DESIRE, SEPARATION PRODUCTS DUE FOR RECURRING PERIODS OF PEAK AND NORMAL CONSUMPTION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A TWO-COLUMN RECTIFYING UNIT HAVING A LOW PRESSURE COLUMN AND A HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN, A CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN AND FEEDING EXPANDED GASEOUS MIXTURE THERETO, MEANS FEEDING COMPRESSED GASEOUS MIXTURE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN WHEREIN IT IS LIQUIFIED, A LIQUID SEPARATION PRODUCT ACCUMULATING AT THE FOOT OF THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN, A STORAGE TANK FOR THE SEPARATION PRODUCT, A FIRST VAPORIZER AND A SECOND VAPORIZER, MEANS CONDUCTING THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT FROM THE FOOT OF THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN THROUGH SAID STORAGE TANK, SAID FIRST VAPORIZER AND SAID SECOND VAPORIZER IN SERIES FLUID FLOW, MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN TO SAID FIRST VAPORIZER TO CONDUCT A LIQUID FRACTION IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT AND VAPORIZING A PORTION OF THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT, MEANS CONDUCTING THE VAPORIZED PORTION OF SEPARATION PRODUCT FROM SAID FIRST VAPORIZER TO A DISCHARGE OUTLET, MEANS CONDUCTING A GASEOUS PORTION FROM SAID HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE SECOND VAPORIZER TO VAPORIZE A SECOND VAPOR PORTION OF THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT, AND MEANS CONDUCTING THE SECOND VAPOR PORTION FROM SAID SECOND VAPORIZER TO A SEPARATE DISCHARGE OUTLET, SAID FIRST VAPORIZER OPERATING ONLY DURING PEAK CONSUMPTION OF THE SEPARATION PRODUCT.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF GASEOUS MIXTURE BY LOW TEMPERATURE RECTIFICATION AND FOR BALANCING THE FLUCTUTATION IN THE CONSUMPTION OF THE DESIRE, SEPARATION PRODUCTS DUE FOR RECURRING PERIODS OF PEAK AND NORMAL CONSUMPTION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A TWO-COLUMN RECTIFYING UNIT HAVING A LOW PRESSURE COLUMN AND A HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN, A CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN AND FEEDING EXPANDED GASEOUS MIXTURE THERETO, MEANS FEEDING COMPRESSED GASEOUS MIXTURE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN WHEREIN IT IS LIQUIFIED, A LIQUID SEPARATION PRODUCT ACCUMULATING AT THE FOOT OF THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN, A STORAGE TANK FOR THE SEPARATION PRODUCT, A FIRST VAPORIZER AND A SECOND VAPORIZER, MEANS CONDUCTING THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT FROM THE FOOT OF THE LOW PRESSURE COLUMN THROUGH SAID STORAGE TANK, SAID FIRST VAPORIZER AND SAID SECOND VAPORIZER IN SERIES FLUID FLOW, MEANS CONNECTING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN TO SAID FIRST VAPORIZER TO CONDUCT A LIQUID FRACTION IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT AND VAPORIZING A PORTION OF THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT, MEANS CONDUCTING THE VAPORIZED PORTION OF SEPARATION PRODUCT FROM SAID FIRST VAPORIZER TO A DISCHARGE OUTLET, MEANS CONDUCTING A GASEOUS PORTION FROM SAID HIGH PRESSURE COLUMN IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE SECOND VAPORIZER TO VAPORIZE A SECOND VAPOR PORTION OF THE SAID SEPARATION PRODUCT, AND MEANS CONDUCTING THE SECOND VAPOR PORTION FROM SAID SECOND VAPORIZER TO A SEPARATE DISCHARGE OUTLET, SAID FIRST VAPORIZER OPERATING ONLY DURING PEAK CONSUMPTION OF THE SEPARATION PRODUCT.