The invention relates to a method and a device for preparing
nitrogen in low
energy consumption. The method comprises that: the
nitrogen is obtained on the top of a rectifying
tower after the air is cooled, and one part of the
nitrogen is condensed into
liquid nitrogen, wherein one part of the
liquid nitrogen is taken as a product
liquid nitrogen and the rest liquid nitrogen is taken as a
backflow liquid to return the top of the
tower; the other part of the nitrogen enters a
heat exchanger, is heated again to normal temperature and pressurized by a pressure-increasing end of an expander, and is sent into a user nitrogen conveying
pipe network; the
liquid air rich in
oxygen is obtained on the bottom of the
tower, enters the
heat exchanger, is supercooled by cold fluid and throttled, and enters a condenser /
evaporator as a cold source to carry out heat exchange with the nitrogen; the vaporized air rich in
oxygen enters the
heat exchanger, is heated again, and enters the expander for expansion
refrigeration; and the low-pressure air rich in
oxygen after the expansion enters the heat exchanger, and is heated again and led out. The method increases the pressure of the nitrogen through work outputted by the expansion of the air rich in oxygen, and reduces pressure
discharge of a compressor so as to reduce
energy consumption; the
liquid air is subjected to heat exchanging and
supercooling by various cold fluid such as the low-pressure air rich in oxygen, the nitrogen, the pressurized air rich in oxygen, and the like, so the
humidity content of the air is reduced to improve extraction yield, the
energy consumption is reduced by 15 to 23 percent, the
water consumption is reduced by 14 to 22 percent, and the economic benefit is significant.