Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and process for liquefying natural gas
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Application No.: US14681255Application Date: 2015-04-08
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Publication No.: US09791209B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Satish L. Gandhi , Jim L. Rockwell , Karl L. Herzog , David C. Vogel
- Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: ConocoPhillips Company
- Main IPC: F25J1/00
- IPC: F25J1/00 ; F25J1/02

Abstract:
A process of liquefying a natural gas stream in a liquefied natural gas facility is provided. The process includes cooling the natural gas stream in a first refrigeration cycle to produce a cooled natural gas stream. The process also includes cooling the cooled natural gas stream in a first chiller of a second refrigeration cycle, the cooled natural gas stream exiting the first chiller at a first pressure. The process further includes cooling the cooled natural gas stream in a first core of a second chiller of the second refrigeration cycle. The process yet further includes cooling a refrigerant of a refrigerant recycle stream separate from the cooled natural gas stream in a second core of the second chiller of the second refrigeration cycle, wherein the refrigerant recycle stream enters the second chiller at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure of the cooled natural gas stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150300732A1 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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