Abstract:
A system and a method for liquefying natural gas using single mixed refrigerant as refrigeration medium are provided. The system comprises a two-stage mixed refrigerant compressor (1) driven by a motor, two coolers (21, 22), a liquid pump (4), three gas-liquid separators (31, 32, and 6), two throttling devices (51, 52), a plate-fin heat exchanger group (7) and a LNG storage tank (8). The method comprises the following steps: the mixed refrigerant is compressed step by step by using the two-stage mixed refrigerant compressor (1), separated step by step, and gas-phase and liquid phase mixed refrigerant streams obtained from the separation flow into different passages of the heat exchanger group (7) respectively for throttling and heat exchanging. Heat exchange curves of cold fluid and hot fluid in the whole heat exchange process match with each other better by using two-stage heat exchange, thereby flow of the mixed refrigerant is reduced effectively.