Natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device and method
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of natural gas liquefaction and natural gas condensate recovery, and particularly relates to a natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device and method.
Background
The natural gas contains most of methane, and small amounts of ethane, propane and butane, and trace amounts of pentane, hexane and other components. Natural gas liquid recoveryThe recovery means that components such as ethane, propane, butane and pentane in the natural gas are separated from the natural gas, and the recovered condensate is used as a chemical raw material, so that the economic benefit is better. The natural gas liquefaction is to produce liquefied natural gas after the purified natural gas is subjected to low-temperature condensation and liquefaction. Because the natural gas contains heavy hydrocarbon components, the heavy hydrocarbon components refer to C5 +Hydrocarbons, because of heavy hydrocarbon melts the boiling point low, condensation, freeze and block up pipeline and equipment under low temperature environment, consequently the natural gas must desorption heavy hydrocarbon component that contains at liquefaction in-process to avoid the natural gas to arouse at the liquefaction in-process and freeze stifled, the natural gas further condensation behind the desorption heavy hydrocarbon, liquefaction production liquefied natural gas.
In addition, since the natural gas liquefaction plant needs to supplement refrigerants such as ethane and propane, a condensate recovery unit may be provided after the heavy hydrocarbon removal column to extract components such as ethane and propane from the natural gas for the refrigerant supplement. Meanwhile, the built natural gas liquefaction project can extract components such as ethane, propane and butane with the lowest marginal cost by reducing the high calorific value (HHV) in the liquefied natural gas product, and a condensate recovery device can be added after a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower, so that products such as ethane, propane and butane can be produced with the lowest cost and the lowest investment.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to: aiming at the problems, the device and the method for integrating natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery can avoid freezing and blocking of equipment and pipelines in the natural gas liquefaction process and can extract ethane, propane, butane and the like from the natural gas after heavy hydrocarbon removal.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device which characterized in that: the device comprises a liquefaction cold box, a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank and a condensate recovery unit, wherein a primary precooling section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box is connected with a natural gas inlet pipeline, an outlet end of the primary precooling section inlet end is connected with the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower through a pipeline, liquid hydrocarbon separated by the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower enters a post-process through a bottom pipeline, a top gas phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower is connected with a secondary precooling section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box through a pipeline, an outlet end of the secondary precooling section is connected with the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank through a pipeline, a liquid phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank is connected with the upper part of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower through a pipeline provided with a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux pump, a gas phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank is divided into two paths, one path is connected with a condensation section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box through a pipeline provided with a, and the other path is connected with a condensate recovery unit through a pipeline, the condensate recovery unit is used for further recovering heavy hydrocarbon from the natural gas after heavy hydrocarbon removal, and the treated natural gas is sent back to the condensation section of the liquefaction cold box.
According to the integrated device for natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery, the liquefaction cold box is connected with the refrigerant refrigeration unit, the refrigerant refrigeration unit comprises a first cooler and a refrigerant compressor, the first cooler is connected with the cooling section in the liquefaction cold box, the cooling section is connected with the reheating section in the liquefaction cold box through a pipeline provided with a second throttling valve, the reheating section is connected with the refrigerant compressor through a pipeline, and the refrigerant compressor is connected with the first cooler through a pipeline to form a refrigerant refrigeration circulation loop.
The natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device comprises a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, a cryogenic separator and a demethanizer, wherein one path of gas phase of a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank is connected with a primary precooling section inlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box through a pipeline, a primary precooling section outlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box is connected with the cryogenic separator through a pipeline, a bottom liquid phase outlet of the cryogenic separator is connected with the demethanizer through a pipeline provided with a third throttle valve, a top gas phase outlet of the cryogenic separator is divided into two paths, one path of gas phase is connected with a secondary precooling section inlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box through a pipeline, a secondary precooling section outlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box is connected with the upper part of the demethanizer through a pipeline provided with a fourth throttle valve, and the other path of gas phase is connected with the demethanizer through a pipeline after being expanded by an expander, the top gaseous phase export of demethanizer passes through the reheat section entrance connection in pipeline and the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, the reheat section exit end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box passes through the pipeline and is connected with expander and dry gas compressor in proper order to send back the further cooling of heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box after the second cooler cooling, gaseous phase after the cooling passes through pipeline and the condensation section entrance connection in the liquefaction cold box.
According to the natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device, gas phase at the top of the demethanizer is cooled by the second cooler and then divided into two paths, one path of gas phase is sent back to the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, the other path of gas phase is connected with the inlet end of the cooling section in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box through a pipeline, and the outlet end of the cooling section in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box is connected with the upper part of the demethanizer through a pipeline provided with a fifth throttling valve.
According to the natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device, a liquid phase outlet in the middle of the demethanizer is connected with an inlet end of a heating section in a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box through a pipeline, and an outlet end of the heating section in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box is connected with a liquid phase inlet in the middle of the demethanizer through a pipeline.
According to the integrated device for natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery, the lower liquid phase outlet of the demethanizer is connected with the lower liquid phase inlet of the demethanizer through the pipeline provided with the demethanizer reboiler.
A method for integrating natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery is characterized by comprising the following steps: the method comprises the following steps:
the first step, the natural gas that comes from the natural gas admission line gets into the liquefaction cold box precooling and gets into after-25- ~ -45 ℃ and takes off heavy hydrocarbon tower lower part and separate, takes off heavy hydrocarbon tower bottom liquid hydrocarbon and gets into next process and handle, takes off heavy hydrocarbon tower top gas phase and gets into after the liquefaction cold box precooling and-50- ~ -65 ℃ and get into and take off heavy hydrocarbon tower reflux tank and carry out gas-liquid separation, wherein: the liquid phase enters the top of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower after being pressurized by a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux pump, the gas phase is divided into two paths according to any proportion, one path of the gas phase is throttled to 3500 kPa.a-5500 kPa.a by a first throttling valve, enters a liquefaction cooling box and is further condensed to-150 to-162 ℃, and then enters the next step of processing; the other path of heavy hydrocarbon enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box and is pre-cooled to-50 to-70 ℃, and then heavy hydrocarbon is further recovered;
and secondly, entering a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, precooling to-50-70 ℃, and then entering a low-temperature separator for gas-liquid separation, wherein: the liquid phase is throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a by a third throttling valve and then enters the middle part of the demethanizer, the gas phase is divided into two paths, one path of 1-30% material flow enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-95-125 ℃, enters a fourth throttling valve to be throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the upper part of the demethanizer, and the other path of 70-99% material flow enters an expansion machine to be expanded to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the middle upper part of the demethanizer; the gas phase at the outlet of the top of the demethanizer enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be reheated to 25-40 ℃, enters a dry gas compressor to be pressurized to 4000 kPa.a-6000 kPa.a after being pressurized by an expander, enters a second cooler to be cooled to 40-50 ℃, enters a cooled gas phase into a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-20-40 ℃ and then enters a liquefaction cold box to be liquefied;
and thirdly, the refrigerant from the first cooler enters a liquefaction cold box to be cooled to-150 to-162 ℃, enters a second throttling valve through a pipeline to be throttled to 300-500 kPa.a, enters the liquefaction cold box to be reheated to 35-45 ℃, enters a refrigerant compressor through a pipeline to be pressurized to 3500 kPa.a-5000 kPa.a, enters the first cooler to be cooled to 40-50 ℃ and then enters the liquefaction cold box to form refrigerant refrigeration cycle to provide the required cold energy for the liquefaction cold box.
In the second step, the gas phase at the outlet of the top of the demethanizer is cooled by a second cooler and then divided into two paths, wherein one path of 80-95% of material flow enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-20 to-40 ℃ and then enters a liquefaction cold box to be liquefied, the other path of 5-20% of material flow enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-95 to-125 ℃, enters a fifth throttle valve to be throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the top of the demethanizer.
In the second step, the liquid phase in the middle of the demethanizer enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be heated and then returns to the inlet in the middle of the demethanizer, so that the cold energy in the demethanizer is recovered.
In the second step, the liquid phase at the lower part of the demethanizer enters a demethanizer reboiler to be heated and then returns to the inlet at the lower part of the demethanizer to control the content of methane in the liquid phase at the bottom of the demethanizer, and the liquid phase at the bottom of the demethanizer enters the next working procedure for treatment.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following positive effects: removing C in natural gas by heavy hydrocarbon removing tower5 +Heavy hydrocarbon constitutes to avoid natural gas liquefaction in-process equipment and pipeline to freeze stifled, draw the natural gas after taking off heavy hydrocarbon through setting up the condensate recovery unit moreover and constitute such as ethane, propane, butane, the natural gas after the condensate recovery unit further condenses the liquefaction and produces liquefied natural gas, and can realize that the natural gas liquefaction is nimble under the condition that has or not condensate recovery unit and switch. The invention is applicable to natural gas, and also applicable to one or more hydrocarbon mixtures such as coal bed gas, coke oven gas and the like.
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The invention will be described by way of specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the principle of embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of embodiment 2 of the present invention.
The labels in the figure are: 1 is the natural gas inlet line, 2 is the liquefaction cold box, 4 is taking off the heavy hydrocarbon tower, 7 is taking off the heavy hydrocarbon tower reflux tank, 9 is taking off the heavy hydrocarbon tower reflux pump, 12 is first choke valve, 18 is the second choke valve, 21 is the refrigerant compressor, 23 is first cooler, 25 is the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, 27 is the cryogenic separation ware, 29 is the third choke valve, 31 is removing the methane tower, 33 is the expander, 37 is the fourth choke valve, 42 is the dry gas compressor, 44 is the second cooler, 49 is the fifth choke valve, 54 is removing the methane tower reboiler.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the indication of the orientation or the positional relationship is based on the orientation or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the orientation or the positional relationship which is usually placed when the product of the present invention is used, or the orientation or the positional relationship which is usually understood by those skilled in the art, or the orientation or the positional relationship which is usually placed when the product of the present invention is used, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and therefore, cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those skilled in the art; the drawings in the embodiments are used for clearly and completely describing the technical scheme in the embodiments of the invention, and obviously, the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the invention, but not all of the embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Example 1:
as shown in figure 1, a natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated device comprises a liquefaction cold box 2, a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower 4, a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank 7 and a condensate recovery unit, wherein a primary precooling section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box 2 is connected with a natural gas inlet pipeline 1, an outlet end of the primary precooling section inlet end is connected with the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower 4 through a pipeline, liquid hydrocarbons separated by the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower 4 enter a post-process through a bottom pipeline, a top gas phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower 4 is connected with a secondary precooling section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box 2 through a pipeline, an outlet end of the secondary precooling section is connected with the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank 7 through a pipeline, a liquid phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank 7 is connected with the upper part of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower 4 through a pipeline provided with a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux pump 9, a gas phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank 7 is divided into two paths, one path is connected with a condensing section inlet end in the liquefaction cold box, the exit end of condensation section passes through pipeline to back process, and another sweetgum fruit is passed through the pipeline and is connected with condensate recovery unit, condensate recovery unit is used for further retrieving the heavy hydrocarbon to the natural gas after taking off the heavy hydrocarbon to the condensation section of liquefaction cold box 2 is sent back to the natural gas after will handling.
The liquefaction cold box 2 is connected with a refrigerant refrigeration unit, the refrigerant refrigeration unit comprises a first cooler 23 and a refrigerant compressor 21, the first cooler 23 is connected with a cooling section in the liquefaction cold box 2, the cooling section is connected with a reheating section in the liquefaction cold box 2 through a pipeline provided with a second throttle valve 18, the reheating section is connected with the refrigerant compressor 21 through a pipeline, and the refrigerant compressor 21 is connected with the first cooler 23 through a pipeline to form a refrigerant refrigeration circulation loop.
In this embodiment, the condensate recovery unit includes a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25, a cryogenic separator 27 and a demethanizer 31, one gas phase of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank 7 is connected with a first-stage pre-cooling section inlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 through a pipeline, a first-stage pre-cooling section outlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 is connected with the cryogenic separator 27 through a pipeline, a bottom liquid phase outlet of the cryogenic separator 27 is connected with the demethanizer 31 through a pipeline provided with a third throttle valve 29, a top gas phase outlet of the cryogenic separator 27 is divided into two gas phases, one gas phase is connected with a second-stage pre-cooling section inlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 through a pipeline, a second-stage pre-cooling section outlet end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 is connected with an upper portion of the demethanizer 31 through a pipeline provided with a fourth throttle valve 37, and the other gas phase is connected with the demethanizer 31 through, the top gaseous phase export of demethanizer 31 passes through the reheat section entrance connection in pipeline and the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25, reheat section exit end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 passes through the pipeline and is connected with expander 33 and dry gas compressor 42 in proper order to send back heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 further cooling after the second cooler 44 cools off, the gaseous phase after the cooling passes through pipeline and the condensation section entrance connection in the liquefaction cold box 2.
The middle liquid phase outlet of the demethanizer 31 is connected with the inlet end of the heating section in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 through a pipeline, and the outlet end of the heating section in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 is connected with the middle liquid phase inlet of the demethanizer 31 through a pipeline; the lower liquid phase outlet of the demethanizer 31 is connected to the lower liquid phase inlet of the demethanizer 31 via a pipe provided with a demethanizer reboiler 54.
Based on the integrated device for natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery, the invention also provides a method for integrating natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery, which comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps that firstly, 4000 kPa.a-6000 kPa.a from a natural gas inlet pipeline, natural gas at 30-50 ℃ enters a liquefied cooling box for precooling to-25-45 ℃ and then enters the lower part of a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower for separation, liquid hydrocarbon at the bottom of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower enters the next procedure for treatment, gas phase at the top of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower enters the liquefied cooling box for precooling to-50-65 ℃ and then enters a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux tank for gas-liquid separation, wherein: the liquid phase enters the top of the heavy hydrocarbon removal tower after being pressurized by a heavy hydrocarbon removal tower reflux pump, the gas phase is divided into two paths according to any proportion, thus the flexible switching between natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery can be realized, and when the condensate recovery is not needed, the gas phase completely enters a liquefaction cold box through a first throttle valve; when condensate recovery is required, the gas phase can be controlled to completely enter or partially enter a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box according to requirements, specifically, one path of gas is throttled to 3500 kPa.a-5500 kPa.a by a first throttling valve, enters a liquefaction cold box, is further condensed to-150 to-162 ℃, and then enters the next process for treatment; the other path of the heavy hydrocarbon enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box and is pre-cooled to-50 to-70 ℃, and then the heavy hydrocarbon is further recovered.
And secondly, entering a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box, precooling to-50-70 ℃, and then entering a low-temperature separator for gas-liquid separation, wherein: the liquid phase is throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a by a third throttling valve and then enters the middle part of the demethanizer, the gas phase is divided into two paths, one path of 1-30% material flow enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-95-125 ℃, enters a fourth throttling valve to be throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the upper part of the demethanizer, and the other path of 70-99% material flow enters an expansion machine to be expanded to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the middle upper part of the demethanizer; and the gas phase at the outlet of the top of the demethanizer enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be reheated to 25-40 ℃, enters a dry gas compressor to be pressurized to 4000 kPa.a-6000 kPa.a after being pressurized by an expander, enters a second cooler to be cooled to 40-50 ℃, enters a cooled gas phase into a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-20 to-40 ℃ and then enters a liquefaction cold box to be liquefied.
The liquid phase at the middle part of the demethanizer enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be heated and then returns to the inlet at the middle part of the demethanizer to recover the cold energy in the demethanizer, the liquid phase at the lower part of the demethanizer enters a reboiler of the demethanizer to be heated and then returns to the inlet at the lower part of the demethanizer to control the content of methane in the liquid phase at the bottom of the demethanizer, and the liquid phase at the bottom of the demethanizer enters the next procedure to.
And thirdly, the refrigerant from the first cooler enters a liquefaction cold box to be cooled to-150 to-162 ℃, enters a second throttling valve through a pipeline to be throttled to 300-500 kPa.a, enters the liquefaction cold box to be reheated to 35-45 ℃, enters a refrigerant compressor through a pipeline to be pressurized to 3500 kPa.a-5000 kPa.a, enters the first cooler to be cooled to 40-50 ℃ and then enters the liquefaction cold box to form refrigerant refrigeration cycle to provide the required cold energy for the liquefaction cold box.
Example 2:
as shown in fig. 2, embodiment 2 is substantially the same as embodiment 1, and its main difference is: the gaseous phase at demethanizer 31 top is divided into two the tunnel after the second cooler 44 cools off, sends back heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 all the way, and another sweetgum fruit is through the cooling section entrance connection in pipeline and the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25, the cooling section exit end in the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box 25 is connected with demethanizer 31 upper portion through the pipeline that is provided with fifth choke valve 49.
Based on the difference of the structural design, the main difference of the natural gas liquefaction and condensate recovery integrated method is as follows: in the second step, the gas phase at the outlet of the top of the demethanizer is cooled by a second cooler and then divided into two paths, wherein one path of 80-95% of the material flow enters a heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-20 to-40 ℃ and then enters a liquefaction cold box to be liquefied, the other path of 5-20% of the material flow enters the heavy hydrocarbon recovery cold box to be cooled to-95 to-125 ℃, enters a fifth throttling valve to be throttled to 1000 kPa.a-3500 kPa.a and then enters the top of the demethanizer.
The invention is not limited to the foregoing embodiments. The invention extends to any novel feature or any novel combination of features disclosed in this specification and any novel method or process steps or any novel combination of features disclosed.