PLANT AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING GAS

Plant and method for liquefying a flow of gas, having a cooling circuit that includes at least one exchanger (5) for cooling the gas, and at least one expansion turbine (6) which is mounted on a rotary axle which is supported by at least one bearing (7) of the gas-static type, the cooling circuit (2...

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Hauptverfasser: DURAND, Fabien, DELCAYRE, Franck, BARJHOUX, Pierre
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Plant and method for liquefying a flow of gas, having a cooling circuit that includes at least one exchanger (5) for cooling the gas, and at least one expansion turbine (6) which is mounted on a rotary axle which is supported by at least one bearing (7) of the gas-static type, the cooling circuit (2) also including a pressurized gas injection conduit that is configured to supply pressurized gas to the bearing (7) in order to provide support to the rotary axle, the plant (1) further includes a recovery conduit (9) that is configured to recycle at least a portion of the gas which has been used to support the rotary axle of the bearing (7) with a view to liquefying the gas.