GAS LIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    GAS LIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHODS 审中-公开
    气体液化系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170059241A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US14985490

    申请日:2015-12-31

    IPC分类号: F25J1/00

    摘要: A liquefaction system that is configured to use a single methane expander to provide primary refrigeration duty. The liquefaction system can include a heat exchanger and a fluid circuit coupled with the heat exchanger, the fluid circuit configured to circulate a process stream derived from an incoming feedstock of natural gas. The fluid circuit can comprise a methane expander coupled with the heat exchanger, a sub-cooling unit coupled with the methane expander, the sub-cooling unit configured to form a liquid natural gas (LNG) product from the process stream, and a first throttling device interposed between the heat exchanger and the sub-cooling unit. The methane expander and the first throttling device can be configured to expand the process stream to a process pressure that is between a first pressure of the incoming feedstock and a second pressure of the process that exits the sub-cooling unit.

    摘要翻译: 一种液化系统,其被配置为使用单个甲烷膨胀器来提供初级制冷功能。 液化系统可以包括热交换器和与热交换器耦合的流体回路,流体回路构造成循环来自天然气进料的工艺流。 流体回路可以包括与热交换器连接的甲烷膨胀器,与甲烷膨胀器联接的副冷却单元,该次冷却单元被配置成从工艺流形成液态天然气(LNG)产物,以及第一节流 设置在热交换器和副冷却单元之间。 甲烷膨胀器和第一节流装置可以被配置为将工艺流扩展到进入原料的第一压力和离开副冷却单元的过程的第二压力之间的过程压力。