US20170350648A1 - Process for liquefying carbon dioxide resulting from a natural gas stream - Google Patents

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US20170350648A1
US20170350648A1 US15/611,505 US201715611505A US2017350648A1 US 20170350648 A1 US20170350648 A1 US 20170350648A1 US 201715611505 A US201715611505 A US 201715611505A US 2017350648 A1 US2017350648 A1 US 2017350648A1
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  • the present invention relates to a process for liquefying a stream of hydrocarbons, such as natural gas, in particular in a process for producing liquefied natural gas and liquid CO 2 .
  • refrigerant streams are used to produce the refrigeration at various levels of a main heat exchanger by vaporizing against the stream of hydrocarbons to be liquefied (typically natural gas).
  • natural gas may be stored and transported over long distances more easily in the liquid state than in the gas form, since it occupies a much smaller volume for a given mass and does not need to be stored at a high pressure.
  • natural gas typically contains hydrocarbons and CO 2 (0.5 mol % to 5 mol % approximately).
  • CO 2 0.5 mol % to 5 mol % approximately.
  • One means for removing the CO 2 from the natural gas stream is for example amine scrubbing upstream of a liquefaction cycle.
  • Amine scrubbing separates the CO 2 from the feed gas by scrubbing the natural gas stream with a solution of amines in an absorption column.
  • the CO 2 -enriched amine solution is recovered at the bottom of this absorption column and is regenerated at low pressure in a distillation (or stripping) column for regenerating the amine.
  • the CO 2 produced in order to be able to be sold, the CO 2 produced must meet strict specifications in terms of quality and purity.
  • any trace of hydrocarbons or of sulphur derivatives must be eliminated (content typically less than 1 ppm by volume).
  • This purification is carried out by means of a dedicated CO 2 purification unit requiring the installation of a dedicated refrigeration cycle (typically a refrigeration system operating with ammonia for example).
  • a dedicated refrigeration cycle typically a refrigeration system operating with ammonia for example.
  • the operation of the “refrigeration unit” refrigeration cycle consists in providing the refrigeration necessary for the CO 2 purification/liquefaction process.
  • a standard CO 2 unit contains the following steps:
  • Step 1 Compression of the impure CO 2 to a pressure between 15 and 50 bar abs.
  • Step 2 Purification of the CO 2 for example by processes that use regenerative adsorbents, absorbents or catalyst to eliminate any presence of water, mercury, hydrocarbons and sulphur derivatives (non-exhaustive list of impurities).
  • Step 3 Distillation of the noncondensable gases in order to separate in particular oxygen and nitrogen from the CO 2 produced.
  • the condenser of the distillation column used in step 3 represents around 50% of the total of the refrigeration requirements.
  • This refrigeration may be provided via a dedicated refrigeration cycle (typically an ammonia or propane refrigeration cycle) optionally coupled with a water cooling system.
  • the system for producing frigories represents a high cost of the CO 2 purification and liquefaction unit and adds complexity of implementation to the site for implementing the process which represents a constraint.
  • One existing solution consists in separating the two (natural gas liquefaction and CO 2 purification) units which requires the installation of two systems for producing frigories, one for the natural gas liquefaction unit and one for the CO 2 purification unit.
  • the present invention relates in particular to a process of thermal integration between a natural gas liquefaction unit and CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit.
  • the inventors of the present invention have then developed a solution that makes it possible to solve the problem raised above, namely to minimize the investment in a system for producing frigories in the CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit and therefore to optimize the investment expenditure while retaining an optimal efficiency for the liquefaction of the natural gas in the liquefaction unit.
  • the subject of the present invention is a process for producing liquefied natural gas and liquid carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) comprising at least the following steps:
  • Thermal coupling is understood to mean sharing the means for producing frigories in order to ensure the thermal balance of the two units, typically refrigeration cycle compressor, and optionally a turbine/booster system in the case of a nitrogen cycle.
  • a turbine/booster system is understood to mean a turbine mechanically coupled (via a common shaft) to a single-stage compressor. The power generated through the turbine is directly transmitted to the single-stage compressor.
  • This thermal integration is realized by the sharing of any column, heat exchanger, unit or other suitable arrangement (typically a heat exchanger) where streams linked to the natural gas liquefaction process and streams linked to the CO 2 purification/liquefaction process exchange thermally.
  • the process that is the subject of the present invention makes it possible to do without the refrigeration unit initially necessary for liquefying the CO 2 and to extract the refrigeration directly from the natural gas liquefier.
  • This thermal integration thus makes it possible to do without one piece of equipment in the CO 2 purification unit.
  • the proposed integration makes it possible to provide refrigeration at the three temperature levels needed.
  • the invention also relates to:
  • Another subject of the present invention is a device for producing liquefied natural gas and liquefied CO 2 comprising a feed gas treatment unit, producing at least a CO 2 -enriched gas stream and a CO 2 -depleted natural gas stream, and a natural gas liquefaction unit, said natural gas liquefaction unit comprising at least a main heat exchanger and a system for producing frigories, characterized in that the system for producing frigories is capable of and designed for liquefying both the CO 2 -enriched stream resulting from the treatment unit and the CO 2 -depleted natural gas stream circulating in the natural gas liquefaction unit, said natural gas liquefaction unit comprising at least one refrigeration cycle supplied by a refrigerant stream resulting from the main exchanger.
  • the present invention also relates to:
  • the refrigeration requirement of a natural gas liquefaction unit is generally greater than the refrigeration requirement of a CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit, it is relevant to benefit from the available capacity of the machines (compressors and/or turbine/boosters) of the natural gas liquefaction unit in order to provide, fully or at least partially, the refrigeration requirement of the CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit and in particular to limit the investment in machinery of the CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit.
  • the incremental investment for increasing the liquefaction capacity of a hydrocarbon liquefier is much lower than the incremental investment for increasing the liquid production capacity of a CO 2 purification/liquefaction unit.
  • the stream of hydrocarbons to be liquefied is generally a stream of natural gas obtained from natural gas fields, oil reservoirs or a domestic gas network distributed via pipelines.
  • the natural gas stream is essentially composed of methane.
  • the feed stream comprises at least 80 mol % of methane.
  • the natural gas contains quantities of hydrocarbons heavier than methane, such as for example ethane, propane, butane and pentane and also certain aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • the natural gas stream also contains non-hydrocarbon products such as H 2 O, N 2 , CO 2 , H 2 S and other sulphur-containing compounds, mercury and others.
  • the feed stream containing the natural gas is therefore pretreated before being introduced into the heat exchanger.
  • This pretreatment comprises the reduction and/or the elimination of the undesirable components such as the CO 2 and the H 2 S, or other steps such as precooling and/or pressurization. Given that these measures are well known to a person skilled in the art, they are not described in further detail here.
  • natural gas as used in the present application relates to any composition containing hydrocarbons including at least methane.
  • the heat exchanger may be any heat exchanger, any unit or other arrangement suitable for allowing the passage of a certain number of streams, and thus enabling a direct or indirect heat exchange between one or more refrigerant fluid lines, and one or more feed streams.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic representation of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • a natural gas feed stream 1 (flow rate considered: 500 000 tonnes per year, i.e. around 60 tonnes per hour) containing CO 2 is introduced into a treatment unit 2 in which said stream 1 is separated into at least two gas streams 3 and 4 .
  • the natural gas feed stream 1 contains for example from 0.1 mol % to 5 mol % of CO 2 .
  • the first stream 3 is a CO 2 -depleted natural gas stream.
  • the second stream 4 is a CO 2 -enriched stream.
  • the treatment unit 2 is a unit that separates the CO 2 from the natural gas stream, for example a chemical absorption unit, in particular an amine (of MDEA, MEA, etc. type) scrubbing unit that makes it possible to produce pure (or concentrated) CO 2 at low pressure (typically slightly greater than atmospheric pressure).
  • Pure CO 2 is understood to mean a stream containing more than 95 mol % of CO 2 on a dry basis.
  • the CO 2 -depleted natural gas stream 3 is introduced into the main exchanger 8 of a natural gas liquefaction unit 5 in order to be liquefied.
  • the pressure of this gas stream is for example between 25 and 60 bar absolute.
  • the gas stream 3 contains between 30 ppm by volume and 500 ppm by volume of benzene, usually less than 100 ppm by volume.
  • the gas stream 3 is cooled by heat exchange in the heat exchanger 8 in contact with a refrigerant.
  • the heat exchanger 8 is supplied by at least one refrigerant stream 8 .
  • this stream may be composed of a nitrogen or mixed refrigerant stream that provides the refrigeration necessary for the liquefaction of the natural gas stream.
  • the refrigerant stream is sent into the exchanger at high pressure (typically from 30 to 60 bar) and sent back at low pressure (from 1 to 10 bar).
  • the recompression energy necessary for the operation of the refrigeration cycle is provided by a cycle compressor (optionally supplemented by a turbine/booster system within the context of a nitrogen cycle).
  • the CO 2 -depleted natural gas stream 3 introduced into the main exchanger 8 of a natural gas liquefaction unit 5 is for example liquefied according to the process described in the following lines.
  • the natural gas stream cooled to a temperature between ⁇ 20° C. and ⁇ 70° C., typically between ⁇ 35° C. and ⁇ 40° C. at the outlet of the exchanger 8 is introduced into a unit 11 for separating the heavy hydrocarbons from the natural gas stream, for example a scrubbing column in which the heavy products 10 are separated from the natural gas.
  • Heavy products are understood to mean hydrocarbons having more than four carbon atoms and aromatic compounds including in particular benzene.
  • a gas stream that no longer presents a risk of freezing due to the presence of heavy hydrocarbons or aromatic derivatives (typically comprising less than 1 ppm by volume of benzene) is recovered in order to be introduced into a second section of the heat exchanger 8 .
  • a heat exchange Via heat exchange, it is cooled to the desired temperature (typically ⁇ 160° C.) in order to be sent to a liquefied natural gas storage means 14.
  • the mixed refrigerant stream recovered at the outlet of the heat exchanger 8 is introduced into a phase separator vessel that produces a gas stream containing the light elements of the refrigerant at the top of the vessel and a liquid stream 13 containing the heavy elements of the refrigerant at the bottom of the vessel.
  • the refrigerant stream circulates in a closed cycle in the heat exchanger 8 in order to provide the refrigeration necessary for liquefying said natural gas stream 3 .
  • the liquefaction cycle 9 uses a refrigerant that may be a mixture of refrigerants typically selected from nitrogen, methane, ethane, ethylene, propane, butane and pentane. It may be a cycle based on a refrigeration cycle consisting of a refrigerant or a mixture of several refrigerants.
  • a refrigerant stream is introduced into the 9 rigories-producing system 9 of the liquefaction unit 5 via a compressor (and optionally via a compressor/booster system).
  • the second CO 2 -enriched gas stream 4 resulting from the treatment unit 2 is compressed to medium pressure (typically 25 bar abs), cooled, purified (elimination of any trace of H 2 O, hydrocarbons, sulphur derivatives in particular) then sent back to a distillation column (stripping column) that separates the noncondensable gases at the top from the concentrated liquid CO 2 15 recovered at the bottom.
  • medium pressure typically 25 bar abs
  • purified separation of any trace of H 2 O, hydrocarbons, sulphur derivatives in particular

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