METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECTIFICATION AND/OR STRIPPING

摘要

1. A process for rectification and/or stripping in a column, the lower part of which is heated and the upper part of which is cooled, where the heating stage and cooling stage are coupled to one another by a heat pump, characterised in that the heat pump is operated by the work-producing expansion of a gas or vapour and that the gas or vapour is used as stripping gas in the column following the expansion.