- Patent Title: Method for producing a flow which is rich in methane and a cut which is rich in C2+ hydrocarbons from a flow of feed natural gas and an associated installation
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Application No.: US14269656Application Date: 2014-05-05
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Publication No.: US09759481B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Henri Paradowski , Sandra Thiebault , Loic Barthe
- Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Applicant Address: FR
- Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Current Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
- Current Assignee Address: FR
- Agency: Ostrolenk Faber LLP
- Priority: FR0952603 20090421
- Main IPC: F25J3/02
- IPC: F25J3/02

Abstract:
This method comprises cooling the feed natural gas in a first heat exchanger and introducing the cooled, feed natural gas into a first separation flask.It comprises the dynamic expansion of a turbine supply flow in a first expansion turbine and introducing the expanded flow into a separation column. This method comprises removing, at the head of the separation column, a head flow rich in methane and removing a first recirculation flow from the compressed head flow rich in methane.The method comprises forming at least a second recirculation flow obtained from the head flow rich in methane downstream of the separation column and forming a dynamic expansion flow from the second recirculation flow.
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