RU2009146074A - ALTERNATIVE PRE-COOLING SYSTEM - Google Patents
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Abstract
1. Система сжижения природного газа, содержащая: ! первую холодильную систему предварительного охлаждения с замкнутым контуром для предварительного охлаждения, по меньшей мере, подаваемого потока природного газа посредством непрямого теплообмена с хладагентом предварительного охлаждения циркулирующим в указанном замкнутом контуре первой холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения; ! вторую холодильную систему предварительного охлаждения с замкнутым контуром для предварительного охлаждения, по меньшей мере, первого потока хладагента посредством непрямого теплообмена с хладагентом предварительного охлаждения циркулирующим в указанном замкнутом контуре второй холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения; и ! криогенный теплообменник, соединенный по текучей среде с первой холодильной системой предварительного охлаждения и со второй холодильной системой предварительного охлаждения для того, чтобы принимать предварительно охлажденный, подаваемый поток природного газа от первой холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения и предварительно охлажденный первый поток хладагента от второй холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения для сжижения подаваемого потока природного газа, ! причем замкнутый контур второй холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения отделен от замкнутого контура первой холодильной системы предварительного охлаждения, и причем при работе потоки предварительно не охлаждаются обеими системами предварительного охлаждения - второй холодильной системой предварительного охлаждения и первой холодильной системой предварительного охлаждения. ! 2. Систе 1. A natural gas liquefaction system comprising:! a first closed-loop pre-cooling refrigeration system for pre-cooling at least a natural gas feed stream through indirect heat exchange with a pre-cooling refrigerant circulating in said closed loop of the first refrigeration pre-cooling system; ! a second closed-loop refrigeration pre-cooling system for pre-cooling at least the first refrigerant stream by indirect heat exchange with the pre-cooling refrigerant circulating in said closed loop of the second refrigeration pre-cooling system; and! a cryogenic heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the first refrigeration pre-cooling system and to the second refrigeration pre-cooling system in order to receive a pre-cooled, supplied natural gas stream from the first refrigeration pre-cooling system and a pre-cooled first refrigerant stream from the second refrigeration pre-cooling system to liquefy the feed stream of natural gas,! moreover, the closed loop of the second refrigeration pre-cooling system is separated from the closed loop of the first refrigeration pre-cooling system, and moreover, during operation, the flows are not pre-cooled by both pre-cooling systems - the second refrigeration pre-cooling system and the first refrigeration pre-cooling system. ! 2. The system
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