A scheme of applying a large-scale cryogenic refrigerator to cryogenic distillation is proposed to solve the problem that the current cryogenic distillation mostly uses regenerative refrigerator as the cold source of the condenser
and it is difficult to meet the needs of industrial applications for large-scale processing of distillation materials. A simulation experiment platform of cryogenic distillation based on the reverse Brayton cycle is designed and built
which simultaneously meets the load simulation requirements of the condenser
reboiler and cold shield
and solves the problem that the process of recovering the cooling power of the reboiler is difficult to simulate. The simulation experiment platform is tested. It provides refrigeration capacity of about 600-1 200 W for the condenser in the temperature range of 20 K
recovers the cooling power of the reboiler
and provides cooling power of more than 500 W for the cold shield. The efficiency of the turbine expander is more than 70%. Feasibility of applying the large-scale cryogenic refrigeration system to cryogenic distillation technology is verified.
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