METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A HYDROCARBON STREAM

Method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream (10) such as natural gas, the meth od at least comprising the steps of (a) heat exchanging the hydrocarbon stre am (10) against a first refrigerant stream (20) to provide a cooled hydrocar bon stream (30) and an at least partly evaporated refrigerant stream (40...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser:	KEVENAAR, MARK ANTONIUS, KAART, SANDER
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BLASTING COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS HEATING LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS REFRIGERATION OR COOLING WEAPONS
Online-Zugang:	Volltext bestellen
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	Method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream (10) such as natural gas, the meth od at least comprising the steps of (a) heat exchanging the hydrocarbon stre am (10) against a first refrigerant stream (20) to provide a cooled hydrocar bon stream (30) and an at least partly evaporated refrigerant stream (40); ( b) compressing the at least partly evaporated refrigerant stream (40) using one or more compressors (14, 16, 18) to provide a compressed refrigerant str eam (50, 60, 70); (c) cooling the compressed refrigerant stream (50, 60, 70) after one or more of the compressors against ambient to provide a cooled co mpressed refrigerant stream (70a); (d) dynamically expanding the cooled comp ressed gaseous refrigerant stream (70a) to provide an expanded refrigerant s tream (80); and (e) further cooling the expanded refrigerant stream (80) to provide an at least partially condensed refrigerant stream.