摘要:
Process for efficiently operating a natural gas liquefaction system with integrated heavies removal/natural gas liquids recovery to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) and/or natural gas liquids (NGL) products with varying characteristics, such as, for example higher heating value (HHV) and/or propane content. Resulting LNG and/or NGL products are capable of meeting the significantly different specifications of two or more markets.
摘要:
Process for efficiently operating a natural gas liquefaction system with integrated heavies removal/natural gas liquids recovery to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) and/or natural gas liquids (NGL) products with varying characteristics, such as, for example higher heating value (HHV) and/or propane content. Resulting LNG and/or NGL products are capable of meeting the significantly different specifications of two or more markets.
摘要:
Natural gas liquefaction system employing an enhanced nitrogen removal system capable of removing nitrogen from a relatively warm natural gas stream.
摘要:
This invention concerns a method and an apparatus for improving the efficiency of an open-cycle refrigeration process for LNG production by the employment of a liquid expander to recover energy associated with the flashing of a pressurized liquid stream and employing said recovered energy to compress the flashed vapor streams in the open cycle.
摘要:
A simple, efficient, and cost effective process for separating components of a feed gas, e.g., containing methane and heavier hydrocarbons has been devised. First, feed gas is condensed to provide a vapor component and a liquid component. The vapor component is divided into at least a first, major portion a second portion, and a remaining portion. The second portion is directed to a lean reflux absorber, and the remaining portion is condensed and fed to the top of the lean reflux absorber. A bottom fluid stream, generally a liquid intermediate product, is recovered from the bottom of the lean reflux absorber, and lean vapor is recovered from the top of the lean reflux absorber. The liquid component, the first, major portion of the first vapor component, the liquid product from the bottom of the lean reflux absorber, and the lean vapor from the top of the lean reflux absorber are all fed to different feed points on a cryogenic distillation column. An optional cold side reboiler may be used to bring the cooling and heating curves into a more parallel relationship to improve process efficiency.
摘要:
A method of producing gaseous oxygen in accordance with a variable demand cycle in which pumped liquid oxygen from a double column air separation unit is vaporized within a mixing column. During low demand phases, excess liquid oxygen is stored within a storage tank and used to augment the liquid oxygen to vaporized during the high demand phase. Reflux to the lower pressure column of the air separation unit is kept constant by storing liquid with column bottoms produced within the mixing column during the high demand phase for use in the low demand phase when less liquid oxygen is vaporized and therefore less column bottoms is produced in the mixing column.