GAS DRYING PLANT Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: gas drying plants. SUBSTANCE: gas drying plant includes absorber with gas and absorbent inlet and outlet branch pipes, evaporator with absorbent and compressed vapor inlet branch pipes absorbent and compressed water steam condensate outlet branch pipes, compressor with intake and discharge branch pipes, cooling heat exchanger; absorbent outlet branch pipe of absorber is connected with absorbent inlet branch pipe of evaporator whose outlet branch pipe is connected to absorbent inlet branch pipe of absorber through cooling heat exchanger; flash steam discharge branch pipe of evaporator is connected to intake branch pipe of compressor whose discharge branch pipe is connected with compressed vapor inlet branch pipe of evaporator. It is additionally provided with counter-flow heat exchanger connected between absorbent outlet branch pipe of absorber and absorbent inlet branch pipe of evaporator on one side and to compressed water steam condensate branch pipe on other side; absorber is additionally provided with absorbent recirculating loop including cooling heat exchanger. EFFECT: enhanced economical efficiency of plant. 1 dwg