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Deep flash LNG cycle

US4541852A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1984
Grant dateSep 17, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25J2245/90
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A system for liquefying and subcooling natural gas wherein compression power is shifted off the closed cycle refrigerant by subcooling the liquid natural gas to a relatively warm exit temperature and subsequently reducing the pressure and flashing the liquefied natural gas to recover a gaseous phase natural gas in excess of plant fuel requirements, the excess being recompressed and recycled to the feed to the process.

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