How an Air-Separation Unit Takes Air Apart
In short: A calm look inside the cryogenic air-separation unit, the compression-intensive, two-column machine that separates ordinary air into nitrogen, oxygen and argon for industries such as steelmaking.
A 2:01 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of Energy, “A Breath of Fresh Air: NETL's OASIS Technology Poised To Revolutionize Oxygen Production”; NASA Glenn Research Center, “Air Properties Definitions | Glenn Research Center | NASA”; Springer Science+Business Media (chapter 'Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation' by Jennifer Wilcox, Stanford University, in the book Carbon Capture, 2012), “Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation”; Academia.edu (hosting Yann Le Moullec's paper in Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2014.01.043), “Energy efficiency of oxygen enriched air production technologies: Cryogeny vs membranes”; Springer Nature (Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals; authors from CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai), “Life Cycle Assessment of Oxygen and Nitrogen Production in Iron and Steel Industry and Its Regional Comparison - Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals”; U.S. Department of Energy (Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office), “Energy Department Invests $4M in Air Separation Research at National Labs”; Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a peer-reviewed paper on heat integration of distillation columns in a cryogenic air separation unit), “Improving the Heat Integration of Distillation Columns in a Cryogenic Air Separation Unit”.
Sources used in this film
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of Energy — A Breath of Fresh Air: NETL's OASIS Technology Poised To Revolutionize Oxygen Production · View →
- NASA Glenn Research Center — Air Properties Definitions | Glenn Research Center | NASA · View →
- Springer Science+Business Media (chapter 'Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation' by Jennifer Wilcox, Stanford University, in the book Carbon Capture, 2012) — Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation · View →
- Academia.edu (hosting Yann Le Moullec's paper in Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2014.01.043) — Energy efficiency of oxygen enriched air production technologies: Cryogeny vs membranes · View →
- Springer Nature (Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals; authors from CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai) — Life Cycle Assessment of Oxygen and Nitrogen Production in Iron and Steel Industry and Its Regional Comparison - Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy (Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office) — Energy Department Invests $4M in Air Separation Research at National Labs · View →
- Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a peer-reviewed paper on heat integration of distillation columns in a cryogenic air separation unit) — Improving the Heat Integration of Distillation Columns in a Cryogenic Air Separation Unit · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of Energy: A Breath of Fresh Air: NETL's OASIS Technology Poised To Revolutionize Oxygen Production
- Also: NASA Glenn Research Center: Air Properties Definitions | Glenn Research Center | NASA
- Also: Springer Science+Business Media (chapter 'Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation' by Jennifer Wilcox, Stanford Univer: Cryogenic Distillation and Air Separation
- Also: Academia.edu (hosting Yann Le Moullec's paper in Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/J.SEPPUR.: Energy efficiency of oxygen enriched air production technologies: Cryogeny vs membranes
- Also: Springer Nature (Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals; authors from CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Ja: Life Cycle Assessment of Oxygen and Nitrogen Production in Iron and Steel Industry and Its Regional Comparison - Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy (Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office): Energy Department Invests $4M in Air Separation Research at National Labs
- Also: Academia.edu (uploaded copy of a peer-reviewed paper on heat integration of distillation columns in a cryogenic air sepa: Improving the Heat Integration of Distillation Columns in a Cryogenic Air Separation Unit
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