FIELD: cryogenic engineering, in particular, devices for separation of crypton-xenon concentrate obtained at air-separating installations.
SUBSTANCE: the mass-transfer apparatus has a contact device including the concentration and exhausting sections filled with packings, inlet chamber, condenser-evaporator, still with an electric heater and evaporator, still with an electric heater and evaporator. In addition, the inlet chamber of the feed flow of the mass-transfer apparatus (rectifying column) has a packing section with a specific surface less than the specific surface of the packing of the concentration section, is provided with a heater and a thermal converter, and the feed flow branch pipe- with a thermal bridge. The concentration and exhausting sections have different dimensions of the free cross-sectional areas, have reflux distributors and redistributors spaced in height at distance L=(150 to 300)d equiv; where d equiv. - the equivalent diameter of the packing, perforated tubular vertical inserts are additionally installed in the drain holes of the bottoms of the reflux distributors and redistributors. The straight-tubular tube still of the condenser of the intermediate heat-transfer agent has at least one duct, whose cross-sectional area is commensurable with the total area of the flow areas of the heat-transfer tubes, and the still electric heater - the heat-transfer base with an electric heating element packed and covered with heat-transfer powder and pressed to the still bottom by pull rods provided with springs.
EFFECT: enhanced reliability of the mass-transfer apparatus and reduced specific amount of metal per structure.
6 dwg
