EP2205920B1 - Procede de liquefaction d'un gaz naturel avec fractionnement a haute pression - Google Patents

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EP2205920B1
EP2205920B1 EP08870150.3A EP08870150A EP2205920B1 EP 2205920 B1 EP2205920 B1 EP 2205920B1 EP 08870150 A EP08870150 A EP 08870150A EP 2205920 B1 EP2205920 B1 EP 2205920B1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of liquefaction of a natural gas.
  • Natural gas is often produced in places far from where it is used.
  • One method used for transportation is to liquefy natural gas at around -160 ° C and then transport it by boat in liquid form at atmospheric pressure.
  • natural gas Before being liquefied, natural gas must undergo various treatments, on the one hand to adjust its composition for sale (sulfur and carbon dioxide content, calorific value), and on the other hand to allow its liquefaction .
  • the fractionation of the natural gas produced by distillation makes it possible to eliminate the hydrocarbons that are too heavy and that risk blocking the pipes and the heat exchangers of the liquefaction plant by crystallization.
  • the fractionation by distillation makes it possible to separately recover compounds such as ethane, propane or butane which can be recovered separately, for example at the sale or as refrigerant fluids used in the liquefaction process.
  • the liquefaction is carried out at a pressure approximately equal to the operating pressure of the fractionation column.
  • the present invention proposes to modify the fractionation step to increase the operating pressure of the fractionation and, consequently, to increase the pressure at which the natural gas is liquefied in order to improve the overall efficiency of the liquefaction process.
  • Document US6401486 B1 discloses a process according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention defines a method of liquefying a natural gas with the features of claim 1.
  • the operating conditions of the fractionation column can be chosen so that said liquid phase comprises a molar amount of methane of between 40% and 70% of the molar amount of ethane.
  • the molar quantity of methane of said liquid phase can be adjusted by modifying the power of a reboiler located at the bottom of the column of
  • the natural gas to be liquefied arrives via the conduit 1 '.
  • Natural gas may have been previously purified to remove acid compounds, water and possibly mercury.
  • the natural gas flowing in the conduit 1 ' is cooled in the heat exchanger E1 at a temperature between 0 ° C and -60 ° C.
  • the refrigeration is carried out by means of the refrigeration closed circuit 100 which operates by compression and expansion of a refrigerant fluid, for example composed of a mixture of ethane and propane.
  • the partially liquefied natural gas in E1 is introduced via line 1 into fractionation column 2, reboiled using heat exchanger 9.
  • the vapor discharged at the top of column 2 through line 3 is partially condensed in the heat exchanger E1, before being introduced into the reflux tank 4.
  • the gaseous fraction discharged at the top of the flask 4 is sent through line 5 into the heat exchanger E2 to be liquefied.
  • the liquid natural gas is removed from E2 by the pipe 5 '.
  • the refrigeration is carried out by means of the refrigeration closed circuit 200 which operates by compression and expansion of a cooling fluid, for example composed of a mixture of nitrogen, methane and ethane.
  • the liquid obtained at the bottom of the flask 4 is introduced by the pump 6 and the duct 7 at the top of the column 2 as reflux.
  • the liquid obtained at the bottom of column 2 is discharged through line 8.
  • the liquid obtained at the bottom of the column 2 through the conduit 8 is cooled in the exchanger 10, for example by water or air, and then expanded in the expansion element V.
  • the cooled and expanded liquid is introduced into the deethanization column 11, reboiled by the heat exchanger 16.
  • the column 11 operates at a pressure between 20 and 35 bar.
  • the gaseous fraction obtained at the top of the column 11 is partially condensed at a temperature between 0 ° C. and 10 ° C. in the heat exchanger 12, by heat exchange with a portion of liquid withdrawn laterally from the column 2.
  • the condensates are separated from the gas phase in the flask 13.
  • the gaseous phase discharged at the top of the flask 13 consists mainly of methane and ethane. It can be sent to the fuel gas network or to liquefaction in the pipe 5.
  • the condensates recovered at the bottom of the separation tank 13 are sent, at a temperature preferably between 0 ° C. and 10 ° C., by the pump 14. at the top of column 11 as reflux.
  • a fraction of the condensates, which consist mainly of ethane, is withdrawn through line 30 to be used, for example, in the composition of refrigerant fluids circulating in circuits 100 or 200.
  • Hydrocarbons heavier than methane are discharged in liquid form at the bottom of column 11 via line 17.
  • the figures 2 and 3 repeat the same elements of the figure 1 by applying different operating conditions. References of figures 2 and 3 identical to those of the figure 1 designate the same elements.
  • the operating conditions of column 2 are chosen so that the methane content of the stream discharged through line 8 is between 10% and 150 mol%, preferably between 40% and 70 mol%, of the ethane from this stream.
  • the temperature or operating pressure of column 2 can be changed.
  • column 2 operates at a pressure of between 40 and 60 bar.
  • the pressure of the column 2 can be adjusted by means of a valve arranged upstream of the column 2, for example on the conduit 1 or 1 '.
  • the operating temperature of the column 2 can be adjusted by modifying the power of the reboiling, that is to say that increases or decreases the amount of heat that the reboiler 9 brings to the bottom of the column 2. Accordingly the adjustment of the power of the reboiler 9, the flow of gas discharged through line 3 and the flow of liquid discharged through line 8 are modified. In general, the power of the reboiler 9 is reduced so as to increase the amount of methane contained in the liquid at the bottom of the column 2 and, consequently, the liquid flow 8 increases.
  • the column 11 may be a distillation column provided with trays.
  • the heat exchanger 12 can perform a low temperature cooling, preferably between -10 ° C and -40 ° C.
  • the condensates recovered at the bottom of the separation flask 13 are sent, at a temperature preferably between -10 ° C. and -40 ° C., by the pump 14 at the top of the column 11 as reflux.
  • a portion of the refrigerant fluid of the first refrigeration circuit 100 is withdrawn via the pipe 101, which is expanded in the valve V1 before exchanging heat in 12 with the effluent discharged at the top of the column 11.
  • a portion of the refrigerant fluid is withdrawn from the first refrigeration circuit 100 via the pipe 101.
  • This fluid is cooled by heat exchange in 9 'with a liquid portion withdrawn laterally from the column 2.
  • the liquid portion is withdrawn between the feed point via line 1 of column 2 and the bottom of column 2.
  • the cooling fluid can be cooled to a temperature between -10 ° C and 20 ° vs.
  • the cooled refrigerant mixture is expanded in the member V1 so as to be partially vaporized at a temperature between -10 ° C and -40 ° C.
  • the partially vaporized fluid is introduced into the exchanger 12 to cool and partially liquefy the gaseous fraction discharged at the top of the column 11.
  • the coolant from the exchanger 12 is returned via the conduit 103 to one of the compressor stripper balloons of the first refrigerant circuit.
  • Liquid is withdrawn from the column 11 through the conduit 18 at a level located between the feed point of the column 11 through the conduit 8 and the point of introduction of reflux.
  • the duct 18 carries out a withdrawal at a plateau located from preferably at least two trays above the feed point.
  • the withdrawn liquid is introduced through the conduit 18 into the side column 20, called "stripping column".
  • the column 20 operates at a pressure substantially equal to the pressure of the column 11, with the pressure losses close.
  • the column 20 is reboiled with the aid of the heat exchanger 19, so as to vaporize the methane present in the liquid withdrawn.
  • At the bottom of column 20 is recovered a cup enriched in ethane and having a very low proportion of methane and propane.
  • the power of the exchanger 19 can be adjusted so as to maintain the liquid at the bottom of the column 20 at a temperature of between 10 ° C. and 20 ° C.
  • the vaporized fraction is discharged at the top of the column 20 to be reintroduced into the column 11.
  • the column 20 is operated so as to obtain a liquid cut comprising more than 92 mol% of ethane, preferably more than 95% molar of ethane.
  • the liquid rich in ethane can be used to form the refrigerant mixtures used in the circuits 100 and 200.
  • a hydrocarbon-enriched liquid heavier than ethane which can be sent via line 17 to a depropanizer column, is discharged.
  • a fraction enriched in propane which can be used to form the refrigerant mixtures used in the circuits 100 and 200.
  • the pretreated and dried natural gas circulates in the duct 1 'at a rate of 35,000 kmol / h, with the following composition: Component Composition (% mol) N2 1 C1 90 C2 5.5 C3 2.1 iC 4 0.5 nC4 0.5 iC5 0.05 nC5 0.05 C6 0.05 C7 0.05 C8 0.05 C9 0.05 Benzene 0.05 Toluene 0.05
  • the gas is cooled in E1 to a temperature of -30 ° C and then introduced into the fractionation column 2.
  • the liquefaction is thus carried out in E2 at a pressure of 40 bar.
  • a total of 162.4 MW of power is required for the two refrigerant cycle compressors.
  • Example 1 the deethanization column 11 has no side column.
  • the flow obtained at the top of the column 1 is cooled only by heat exchange with a side withdrawal of the fractionation column 2, and therefore does not increase the cooling capacity necessary for the operation of the process.
  • the gas to be treated has a composition and a flow rate identical to that of Example 1.
  • the gas is cooled in E1 to a temperature of -30 ° C and then introduced into the fractionation column 2.
  • the liquefaction is thus carried out in E2 at a pressure of 53 bars.
  • a power of 148.3 MW is required in total for the compressors of the two refrigerant cycles, a gain of about 9% compared with Example 1.
  • the counterpart of this efficiency gain lies in the difficulty in recovering a stream enriched with ethane, which is necessary to make the additional heat-transfer fluid of the refrigeration circuits 100 and 200.
  • a simple distillation in the separation column 11 makes it possible to obtain at the top a mixture of C1 and C2 that can be used in the second refrigeration cycle 200, but not in the first cycle 100 which uses a mixture of C2 and C3.
  • the invention proposes, in Example 2, to implement the lateral stripping column 20.
  • the flow at the top of the column 11 is cooled to a temperature of -20 ° C. by heat exchange with a portion of the coolant of the first refrigeration circuit 100.
  • the effluent discharged at the top of the flask 13 must be liquefied. .
  • Example 2 is much more attractive than the procedure of Example 1: it saves about 8% of energy or increases the liquefaction capacity of about 8% with the same gas turbines.

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