BR112015009964A2 - hydrocarbon processing system, and method for the formation of a liquefied natural gas - Google Patents
hydrocarbon processing system, and method for the formation of a liquefied natural gasInfo
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- natural gas
- nitrogen
- liquefied natural
- processing system
- hydrocarbon processing
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- 239000003949 liquefied natural gas Substances 0.000 title abstract 6
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title abstract 3
- 239000004215 Carbon black (E152) Substances 0.000 title abstract 2
- 229930195733 hydrocarbon Natural products 0.000 title abstract 2
- 150000002430 hydrocarbons Chemical class 0.000 title abstract 2
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 title 1
- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Atomic nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 abstract 10
- VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N methane Chemical compound C VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 abstract 8
- 229910052757 nitrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 abstract 5
- NBVXSUQYWXRMNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N fluoromethane Chemical compound FC NBVXSUQYWXRMNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 abstract 4
- 239000003345 natural gas Substances 0.000 abstract 3
- 239000003507 refrigerant Substances 0.000 abstract 3
- 238000005057 refrigeration Methods 0.000 abstract 3
- 238000001816 cooling Methods 0.000 abstract 2
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Abstract
1/1 resumo sistema de processamento de hidrocarbonetos, e, método para a formação de um gás natural liquefeito sistemas e um método para a formação de um gás natural liquefeito (gnl) são aqui descritos. o sistema inclui um primeiro sistema de refrigeração de fluorocarboneto configurado para refrigerar um gás natural utilizando um primeiro refrigerante de fluorocarboneto e um segundo sistema de refrigeração de fluorocarboneto configurado para refrigerar adicionalmente o gás natural utilizando um segundo fluido refrigerante de fluorocarboneto. o sistema também inclui um sistema de refrigeração de nitrogênio configurado para resfriar o gás natural utilizando um refrigerante de nitrogênio para produzir uma unidade de gnl e rejeição de nitrogênio configurado para remover o nitrogênio do gnl. como uma modalidade alternativa, o sistema de refrigeração de nitrogênio pode ser substituído por um sistema de autorefrigeração de metano.1/1 abstract “hydrocarbon processing system, and method for forming a liquefied natural gas” systems and a method for forming a liquefied natural gas (lng) are described herein. the system includes a first fluorocarbon refrigeration system configured to cool a natural gas using a first fluorocarbon refrigerant and a second fluorocarbon refrigeration system configured to further cool the natural gas using a second fluorocarbon refrigerant fluid. the system also includes a nitrogen refrigeration system configured to cool natural gas using a nitrogen refrigerant to produce a unit of lng and nitrogen rejection configured to remove nitrogen from lng. as an alternative embodiment, the nitrogen cooling system can be replaced by a methane self-cooling system.
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