Abstract:
This method envisions cooling the supply flow in a first heat exchanger, separation in a first separation flask in order to produce a light upper flow and a heavy lower flow and dividing the light upper flow into a supply fraction of a dynamic pressure reduction turbine and a supply fraction of a first distillation column. A cooled reflux flow is formed from an effluent from a dynamic pressure reduction turbine, the portion of the effluent being cooled and at least partially liquefied in a heat exchanger. The cooled reflux flow is introduced from the heat exchanger into the first distillation column.
Abstract:
This method comprises a separation of a feed stream (16) into a first fraction (41A) and a second fraction (41B). It comprises injecting the first cooled feed fraction (42) into a first separating flask (22) to produce a light head stream (44).The method comprises expanding a turbine feed fraction (48) resulting from the light head stream (44) in a first turbine (26) up to a first pressure and injecting the first expanded fraction (54) into a distillation column (30).The method comprises expanding the second fraction of the feed stream (41B) in a second turbine (40) up to a second pressure substantially equal to the first pressure.The second expanded fraction (91A) from the second dynamic expansion turbine (40) is used to form a cooled reflux stream (91B) injected into the column (30).
Abstract:
The method includes the following steps, sampling a recycling stream (152) in a head stream (131, 140, 141) stemming from a recovery column (35), establishing a heat exchange relationship of the recycling stream (152) with at least one portion of the head stream (131) stemming from the recovery column (35), reintroducing, after expansion, the cooled and expanded recycling stream into the recovery column (35). The method includes sampling in the bottom of the recovery column (35) of at least one bottom reboiling stream (165), and establishing a heat exchange relationship of the re-boiling stream with at least one portion of the initial natural gas (13) or/and with the recycling stream (152), the bottom reboiling being ensured by the calories taken from the initial natural gas stream (13) or/and from the recycling stream (152)