Apparatus and method for cooling and liquefying a fluid
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    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for cooling and liquefying a fluid 有权
    用于冷却和液化流体的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09046302B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-02

    申请号:US13503863

    申请日:2010-10-25

    摘要: A fluid is cooled and liquefied in an apparatus with a heat exchanger. A plurality of flow passages has two or more primary groups of one or more primary flow passages. Each primary group carries a part of the fluid stream through the heat exchanger and indirectly cools the part of the fluid stream against a refrigerant in the shell side of the heat exchanger to provide a liquefied fluid stream. A primary inlet header connects the two or more primary groups of primary flow passages to a source of the fluid, and is arranged to split the fluid stream between the two or more primary groups of primary flow passages. Valves are provided for selectively blocking at least one of the two or more primary groups of primary flow passages whilst allowing the fluid stream to flow through the remaining unblocked primary groups of primary flow passages.

    摘要翻译: 流体在具有热交换器的装置中被冷却和液化。 多个流动通道具有一个或多个主流动通道的两个或更多个主要组。 每个初级组通过热交换器携带流体流的一部分,并且间接冷却流体流的一部分,使其抵靠在热交换器的壳侧的制冷剂,以提供液化流体流。 主入口集管将两个或更多个初级流动通道的主要组件连接到流体源,并且布置成在主要流动通道的两个或更多个主要组之间分离流体流。 提供阀,用于选择性地阻塞主流动通道的两个或多个主要组中的至少一个,同时允许流体流流过剩余的未阻塞的主流动通道的主要组。