METHOD OF NITRIC ACID PRODUCTION AND AN INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCTION OF NITRIC ACID Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: chemical industry; production of nitric acid.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is dealt with production of nitric acid with the help of oxidation of ammonia by oxygen of the air and absorption of nitrogen oxides by water in installations with uniform pressure at the stages of oxidation of ammonia and absorption of nitrogen oxides. The method of production of nitric acid in the installations with uniform pressure at the stages of oxidation of ammonia and absorption of nitrogen oxides provides, that compression of the air up to a uniform terminal pressure is conducted continuously within one stage without intermediate cooling and after that the compressed and so heated air is divided into two streams, one of which intended for production of nitric acid is directed to be cooled with further mixing with ammonia, and another is fed directly into a fuel combustion chamber connected with a recuperation turbine. The design embodiment of the installation for production of nitric acid provides for usage in the gas-turbine plant as an air engine for compression of air of an axial-flow compressor mounted directly on a common shaft with the recuperation turbine, at which near the outlet of the air engine the line of a compressed air stream is divided into two parts, one of which intended for production of nitric acid is first connected with a compressed air cooler and then with a mixer of ammonia with air, and the second intended for incineration of fuel is directly connected with the recuperation turbine combustion chamber. Besides in the capacity of a the compressed air cooler they use a "boiling" economizer connected to a line of a feed water for a boiler-utilizer and with a vapor collector of the boiler-utilizer by a line of steam-and-water mixture. The line of the air intended for production of nitric acid is also connected through the reheater of ammonia with a nitric acid blowing column. The technical result is simplification of the method, decreased investments and specific consumption of fuel.

EFFECT: the invention ensures simplification of the method, decreased investments and specific consumption of fuel.

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