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Cryogenic air separation, the real double-column split

A genuine pressure-cascaded double column — air compressed, cooled, and split into a high-pressure column whose two outlets throttle into a low-pressure column, with a liquid side draw feeding an argon column.

Real double-column cryogenic cascadeJT-throttled multi-feed MESHArgon side-column rejection
Air
Compressor
Cooler
HP column
JT valve
JT valve
LP column
Argon column
N2 product
LOX
Crude argon
Argon column bottoms

The actual dark-mode canvas: air compressed and cooled into a pressure-cascaded double column, with a liquid side draw feeding an argon column — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

Rigorous multi-column MESH

Every column is a real Wang-Henke MESH solve, and every JT valve is a genuine isenthalpic throttle — the same relation cryogenic liquefaction cycles depend on — not a shortcut split fraction.

Ln1+Vn+1+Fn=Ln+VnL_{n-1} + V_{n+1} + F_n = L_n + V_n
Ln1hL,n1+Vn+1hV,n+1+FnhF,n=LnhL,n+VnhV,n+QnL_{n-1} h_{L,n-1} + V_{n+1} h_{V,n+1} + F_n h_{F,n} = L_n h_{L,n} + V_n h_{V,n} + Q_n
yi,n=Ki,nxi,ny_{i,n} = K_{i,n}\,x_{i,n}
ixi,n=iyi,n=1\sum_i x_{i,n} = \sum_i y_{i,n} = 1
hin=hout(isenthalpic JT throttle, valve PinPout)h_{in} = h_{out} \quad \text{(isenthalpic JT throttle, valve } P_{in} \to P_{out}\text{)}

Unit ops shipped for this vertical

Compressor

Polytropic compression to pipeline/process pressure.

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Heater / cooler

Duty- or outlet-condition-specified energy-balance stage.

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Distillation column

Wang-Henke MESH column solver — the same rigorous solve at any scale.

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Throttle valve

Isenthalpic Joule-Thomson expansion — the same relation cryogenic JT liquefaction relies on.

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Crude distillation (CDU)

Multi-draw atmospheric column — side cuts carved from the converged tray profile.

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Live plant integration

Stream cold-box temperatures, column pressures, and N2/O2/Ar purity tags from your ASU's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved column profile are flagged automatically.

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Try it yourself

  • Multi-feed MESH across a pressure-cascaded double column
  • Real Joule-Thomson throttle valves, not a shortcut split
  • Argon side-column rejection from a liquid side draw

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