Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process

Details Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process

1998-06-11

1999-09-21

Doerrler, William

Refrigeration

Disparate apparatus utilized as heat source or absorber

With sorption

62480, 62106, F25B 2700

Patent

active

059539275

ABSTRACT:
A process is disclosed for producing a chilled water stream by the integration of a sorption cooling section with a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process. The hot and cold working fluids for operation of the sorption cooling section are withdrawn directly from liquid streams in the FCC process in a novel flow scheme which employs a side draw stream to provide the hot working fluid and the liquid condensed from the overhead of the FCC main fractionator as the cold working fluid. The hot exit stream and the warm exit stream are cross-exchanged to smooth out the temperature variations which reduce the size and operating cost of producing the chilled stream. Potential damage to equipment and variation operations can be avoided by selecting the location of the side draw stream to avoid the accumulation of non-condensables in the heat exchange equipment. The process provides significant economic benefits operating cost savings in refinery and petrochemical applications where fractionation column overhead liquids are available at waste heat temperatures above about 80.degree. C. (176.degree. F.) such as fluid catalytic cracking, synthetic crude oil fractionation, crude phenol fractionation, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, and cumene columns and naphtha splitter columns.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4180526 (1979-12-01), Chapman
patent: 4437977 (1984-03-01), Funk
patent: 5768904 (1998-06-01), Tagamolila et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process , we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Processes for integrating a continuous sorption cooling process will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-71031