Oxygen Plant

Google can!

Sounds like homework to me.

Questions and answers?????????????????????????????

It may be too late to study for a test.

How do you think an Oxygen plant works?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

or

http://www.google.com/search?q=oxygen+generation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

Oxygen in large quantities is most often made by the distillation of liquid air. Air has a boiling point (bp) of approximately -215^oC. The boiling points of its components are: 78% Nitrogen -196^oC; 21% Oxygen -183^oC; 1% Argon -186^oC; and a few lesser quantities of other materials.

Air is cooled to a temp of less than -215^oC and it forms a liquid. This liquid is then slowly warmed. As the temperature rises each component evaporates at its boiling point and is collected in a separate container. These processing facilities are usually located near large users of Oxygen, such as steel plants.. Distillation is usually the process of separating components by temperature regulation.

Can not give any other answers if I don't know what your questions are. I've got the answers but you have to have the questions for me to know what answer to give you......

Good Luck, Old Salt.

I thought it was pressure swing absorption rather than distillation these days. I don't know the details, but I'm sure Wiki does

Codemaster-

That;s the way Airco (I think, so many of them that I don't remember one from the other) used to do it when I was involved with those gases. At least that's what they told me during a plant tour.

Good Luck, Old Salt

Seems like it would be more energy efficient to chill the air down to -183 to condense the Oxygen out of the air first, then you don't have to condense the Nitrogen and Argon to liquid. Anyone know why that isn't done?