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PE20051002A1 - NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION - Google Patents

NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION

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PE20051002A1
PE20051002A1 PE2004001092A PE2004001092A PE20051002A1 PE 20051002 A1 PE20051002 A1 PE 20051002A1 PE 2004001092 A PE2004001092 A PE 2004001092A PE 2004001092 A PE2004001092 A PE 2004001092A PE 20051002 A1 PE20051002 A1 PE 20051002A1
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John D Wilkinson
Hank M Hudson
Kyle T Cuellar
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Ortloff Engineers Ltd
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Abstract

QUE COMPRENDE: A)ENFRIAR LA CORRIENTE DE GAS NATURAL BAJO PRESION PARA CONDENSAR UNA PARTE DE ELLA Y FORMAR UNA CORRIENTE CONDENSADA; B)EXPANDIR LA CORRIENTE CONDENSADA A UNA PRESION MENOR PARA FORMAR UNA CORRIENTE DE GAS NATURAL LICUADO; TAL QUE LA MEJORA COMPRENDE: 1)TRATAR LA CORRIENTE DE GAS NATURAL EN UNO O VARIOS PASOS DE ENFRIAMIENTO; 2)DIVIDIR LA CORRIENTE DE GAS ENFRIADA EN UNA PRIMERA Y UNA SEGUNDA CORRIENTE GASEOSA; 3)ENFRIAR LA PRIMERA CORRIENTE PARA CONDENSAR TODA LA CORRIENTE Y LUEGO EXPANDIRLA A UNA PRESION INTERMEDIA; 4)DIRIGIR LA PRIMERA CORRIENTE CONDENSADA Y EXPANDIDA EN UNA RELACION DE INTERCAMBIO DE CALOR CON UNA CORRIENTE DE DESTILACION DE VAPOR MAS VOLATIL QUE SUBE POR DISTINTAS ETAPAS DE FRACCIONAMIENTO DE UNA COLUMNA DE DESTILACION; 5)EXPANDIR LA SEGUNDA CORRIENTE A DICHA PRESION INTERMEDIA; 6)DIRIGIR LA PRIMERA CORRIENTE EXPANDIDA Y CALENTADA, Y LA SEGUNDA CORRIENTE EXPANDIDA A LA COLUMNA DE DESTILACION, DONDE SE SEPARAN EN UNA CORRIENTE DE DESTILACION DE VAPOR MAS VOLATIL Y EN UNA FRACCION MENOS VOLATIL; 7)ENFRIAR LA CORRIENTE DE DESTILACION DE VAPOR MAS VOLATIL MEDIANTE LA PRIMERA CORRIENTE CONDENSADA Y EXPANDIDA, PARA CONDENSARLA PARCIALMENTE Y SEPARARLA PARA FORMAR UNA FRACCION DE GAS RESIDUAL VOLATIL, QUE CONTIENE UNA PORCION DE METANO Y COMPONENTES MAS LIVIANOS Y UNA CORRIENTE DE REFLUJO; 8)DIRIGIR LA CORRIENTE DE REFLUJO A LA COLUMNA DE DESTILACION; Y 9)ENFRIAR LA FRACCION DE GAS RESIDUAL VOLATIL BAJO PRESION PARA CONDENSAR UNA PARTE DE ELLAWHICH INCLUDES: A) COOLING THE CURRENT OF NATURAL GAS UNDER PRESSURE TO CONDENSATE A PART OF IT AND FORM A CONDENSED CURRENT; B) EXPANDING THE CONDENSED CURRENT AT A LOWER PRESSURE TO FORM A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS CURRENT; SUCH THAT THE IMPROVEMENT INCLUDES: 1) TREATING THE NATURAL GAS FLOW IN ONE OR SEVERAL COOLING STEPS; 2) DIVIDE THE COOLED GAS STREAM INTO A FIRST AND A SECOND GASEOUS STREAM; 3) COOL THE FIRST CURRENT TO CONDENSATE THE WHOLE CURRENT AND THEN EXPAND IT TO AN INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE; 4) DIRECTING THE FIRST CONDENSED AND EXPANDED CURRENT IN A HEAT EXCHANGE RATIO WITH A MORE VOLATILE VAPOR DISTILLATION CURRENT THAT RISES BY DIFFERENT STAGES OF FRACTION OF A DISTILLATION COLUMN; 5) EXPAND THE SECOND CURRENT TO SUCH INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE; 6) DIRECT THE FIRST EXPANDED AND HEATED CURRENT, AND THE SECOND EXPANDED CURRENT TO THE DISTILLATION COLUMN, WHERE THEY ARE SEPARATED IN A MORE VOLATILE VAPOR DISTILLATION CURRENT AND IN A LESS VOLATILE FRACTION; 7) COOLING THE MORE VOLATILE VAPOR DISTILLATION CURRENT BY MEANS OF THE FIRST CONDENSED AND EXPANDED CURRENT, TO PARTIALLY CONDENSATE IT AND SEPARATE IT TO FORM A VOLATILE RESIDUAL GAS FRACTION, CONTAINING A PORTION OF METHANE AND A LIGHTER CURRENT COMPONENTS; 8) DIRECT THE REFLUX CURRENT TO THE DISTILLATION COLUMN; AND 9) COOLING THE VOLATILE RESIDUAL GAS FRACTION UNDER PRESSURE TO CONDENSATE A PART OF IT

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