GB2466891B - Method and apparatus for cooling and liquefying a hydrocarbon stream - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for cooling and liquefying a hydrocarbon stream

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GB2466891B
GB2466891B GB1005406.2A GB201005406A GB2466891B GB 2466891 B GB2466891 B GB 2466891B GB 201005406 A GB201005406 A GB 201005406A GB 2466891 B GB2466891 B GB 2466891B
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refrigerant compressors
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Willem Dam
Peter Marie Paulus
Johan Jan Barend Pek
David Bertil Runbalk
Thor Frette
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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Abstract

Method of driving two or more refrigerant compressors in a hydrocarbon cooling process. In such a hydrocarbon cooling process a hydrocarbon feed stream (10) may be passed against partly evaporating refrigerant streams. The at least partly evaporated refrigerant streams (35a, 37a) are compressed through refrigerant compressors (34, 36). One or more gas turbines (54) are driven to provide electrical power (56) and hot gas. The hot gas (57) is passed through one or more steam heat exchangers (58) to provide steam power, which is used to drive one or more steam turbines (82) to drive at least one of the refrigerant compressors (34). The electrical power is used to drive (76) at least another one of the refrigerant compressors (36).
GB1005406.2A 2007-11-07 2008-11-05 Method and apparatus for cooling and liquefying a hydrocarbon stream Expired - Fee Related GB2466891B (en)

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EP07120144 2007-11-07
EP07120236 2007-11-08
PCT/EP2008/064973 WO2009059985A2 (en) 2007-11-07 2008-11-05 Method and apparatus for cooling and liquefying a hydrocarbon stream

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GB201005406D0 GB201005406D0 (en) 2010-05-12
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