WO2008077788A2 - System and method of production of liquefied natural gas - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a process to obtain Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) using air as refrigerant. This process can be performed by using an open or close air refrigerant cycle.
- LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
- Natural gas is often available in areas remote from where it will be ultimately used. When carrying it, natural gas is cooled to a temperature of approximately -260 0 F (-160 0 C) at atmospheric pressure so that it condenses to a liquid called liquefied natural gas (LNG). This LNG is normally transported overseas in appropriate carrier vessels.
- LNG liquefied natural gas
- the present invention refers to a novel process, system or plant capable of liquefying natural gas from any kind of natural gas fields, and particularly from "offshore” fields, and more particularly from stranded natural gas fields, wherein this process comprises air used as refrigerant.
- the system of the present invention comprises a simple and easily reproducible process in all possible locations, preferably "offshore" natural gas fields.
- This system is particularly advantageous when located in barges for liquefying gas from small natural gas fields located in distant areas, far away from the coast.
- a first aspect of this invention refers to a process to obtain liquefied natural gas which comprises the air used as refrigerant. This process can be developed as an air refrigeration cycle independent from the natural gas stream.
- an air refrigeration cycle comprising the following steps: a. compressing the air b. cooling said compressed air of step (a) c. expanding said compressed air once cooled at step (b); and d. using said expanded air (step (c)) for cooling natural gas
- the process can also comprise the further step: e. adding an air make-up in order to compensate the probable air losses.
- the air make-up may be treated to remove the CO 2 and water that can be carried using treating facilities known in the art.
- step (a) of the process is carried out in at least one stage, preferably more than one.
- the air refrigerant cycle of the invention can be open or closed.
- the air refrigeration cycle When the air refrigeration cycle is open, the air is continuously taken from the environment, at atmospheric conditions, treated to remove CO 2 and water, used to cool natural gas according to the above steps, and given back to the atmosphere.
- step (a) When the air refrigeration cycle is closed, the air used to cool natural gas goes back to the beginning of the process (step (a)).
- the natural gas stream passes through the following steps: a. cooling the natural gas. b. expanding said natural gas once cooled at step (a), obtaining LNG or LNG and a vapour phase (endflash gas).
- the natural gas can be liquefied completely (LNG), without letting any vapor phase, or not obtaining two phases, liquid and vapor.
- the natural gas stream comprises the further step: c. separating said phases: liquid (LNG) and vapor (endflash gas).
- the natural gas stream may further comprise the stage of separating their natural gas liquids (NGL), before liquefaction.
- NNL natural gas liquids
- Natural gas liquids refers to less volatile components of the natural gas, from ethane to higher hydrocarbons (ethane, propane, butane, isobutane and natural gasoline, the latter sometimes called condensate), with minor content of methane.
- the natural gas stream can be pre-treated, if required, before cooling it.
- pretreatment arrangements are known in the art. The appropriate pretreatment depends on the location, the type, the precise composition and the level and nature of undesirable contaminants or impurities present in the natural gas feed.
- This natural gas stream is often passed to the process with a pressure of at least 1 bar, and preferably above 10 bar; it also depends on the location, and the type of the natural gas in the gas-field.
- the feed of natural gas can be poor in heavier hydrocarbons and it needs no separation of the natural gas liquids; alternately, should the natural gas is partially rich in heavier hydrocarbons, the natural gas liquids can be kept in the final LNG and separated by fractionation after its transportation to the final destination. In both cases the natural gas is liquefied as such and this is realized using a single heat exchanger.
- a natural gas stream particularly rich in heavier hydrocarbons is cooled in two stages:
- the natural gas is cooled with air, until a suitable temperature that allows condensing as a liquid the required quantity of natural gas liquids (NGL).
- NNL natural gas liquids
- This stage is carried out through a first heat exchanger.
- This temperature could depend on the natural gas feed composition, LNG specifications, or on particular requirements in heavier components recoveries and/or purities. This temperature will not be lower than -100 0 C.
- lean natural gas refers to a stream which contains almost all the methane and the nitrogen of the initial feed, the desired quantity of ethane and small residual quantities of the less volatile components (propane and higher).
- the lean natural gas goes through a second heat exchanger where it is cooled with the air, until the gas is almost totally or fully liquefied.
- the temperature at which the NG exits this heat exchanger will not be lower than -163 0 C.
- the cooling and liquefaction of a natural gas stream particularly rich in heavier hydrocarbons can be carried out in only one heat exchanger.
- the NGL extraction is done after the gas pretreatment and before the cooling and liquefaction.
- the endflash gas stream obtained as subproduct in the liquefying of natural gas, is used to cool natural gas and air streams in the process in order to recover its cryogenic energy, and as fuel gas.
- This fuel could feed gas turbines and it will typically need to be pressurized by a compressor before being introduced to them.
- the amount of endflash gas obtained can match the quantity of required fuel gas or it can be part of it or it can be in excess and be used partly for other purposes.
- a second aspect of the present invention refers to a system to carry out the previously described process which comprises a continuous stream of natural gas, gas treatment facilities and an air refrigerant cycle.
- Air is used as refrigerant in the refrigerant cycle of this system in order to obtain liquefied natural gas.
- This cycle can preferably be closed loop or open cycle.
- system comprises the following pieces of equipment:
- Heat exchangers Any type of heat exchangers may be used in the present invention, although plate-fin heat exchangers are preferred.
- the minimum number of heat exchangers in the natural gas side is one, although any number of heat exchangers is possible.
- the system can have the exchange of heat between the compressed air stream and the exhaust air after cooling and liquefaction in a separate heat exchanger.
- expanders examples include a JT-valve (Joule Thompson valve) and a turbine expander, although any type of expander may be employed.
- At least one expander is necessary for air expansion. Due to power limitations, the air expanders can be more than one in parallel. The air expanders can be coupled to one or more air compressors in order to recovery their power. Alternately, their power can be utilized for other process purposes, such as power generation.
- At least one expander is necessary for expanding the liquid obtained from the heat exchange section.
- - Compressors At least one is required for compressing the air.
- the number of compression stages in the air cycle depends on the process optimization; it is not a fixed number.
- the compression zone preferably comprises one or more heat exchangers (intercoolers) between compressors, in case more than one compressor is used, and one or more heat exchangers (aftercoolers) after the last compressor.
- the intercoolers and the aftercoolers preferably use water as coolant medium, although air can also be used.
- Shell -and-tube heat exchangers are preferred.
- Another compressor together with its cooling system, may be required to feed the gas turbines with the endflash gas.
- system comprises further equipment:
- NGL extraction a column for NGL extraction. If an NGL fractionation is required, more than one column could be necessary.
- the column for NGL extraction can be bypassed if no natural gas liquids need to be extracted, so in this case, the natural gas stream can be directed to a further heat exchanger for the liquefaction of natural gas.
- system comprises further equipment:
- this system may be located on a fixed structure such as a platform or a movable structure such as a barge or a ship. Both structures may be used in all types of natural gas fields, including onshore and offshore gas fields. This allows the exploitation in any kind of deposit, even for exploitation of stranded gas (small volume and remote area fields).
- onshore refers to something that is on land.
- offshore refers to something that is in the sea away from the shore; not on the shoreline but out to the sea.
- the system can be located on two separate areas (two different fixed structures, two different movable structures or one fixed structure and one movable structure).
- One area may be dedicated to the gas pretreatment unit and the NGL extraction facilities, while the other area may be dedicated to the liquefaction unit.
- a third aspect of this invention refers to the use of the system previously described for natural gas fields, and preferably for stranded natural gas fields.
- stranded natural gas field refers to a natural gas field that has been discovered, but remains unusable for either physical or economic reasons. Economically, because the reserve is too remote from a market for natural gas; or physically, if the gas field is too deep to drill for, or is beneath an obstruction.
- Another aspect of this invention relates to the use of the previously described system for producing at least 0.1 MTA (million tonnes per year) of LNG, and preferably, the production of LNG is within the range of 0.5 to 3 MTA.
- Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.- are schematic diagrams of a closed refrigerant cycle according to the invention.
- Fig. 2.- is a schematic diagram of an open refrigerant loop according to the invention.
- Fig.1 shows one example of the present invention as applied to liquefaction of a natural gas feed stream using air as refrigerant.
- the natural gas feed stream 1 is treated in a conventional pretreatment plant A to remove CO 2 , H 2 S, water and mercury contaminants.
- the treated gas, stream 2 corresponds to a sweet, dry natural gas stream at 15 0 C, 30 bar.
- Stream 2 has a molar composition as given in Table 1 below.
- Stream 2 enters the liquefaction plant, passing through two heat exchangers 100, 101 in order to obtain a subcooled high pressure liquid, stream 6.
- the natural gas is precooled to an intermediate temperature of about -69 0 C (stream 3), in order to condense the natural gas liquids.
- Stream 3 enters a column B where the natural gas liquids are extracted as stream 4 at the bottom, while the lean gas, stream 5, exits the column at the top.
- Stream 4 will be directed to a fractionation zone, if specific products like propane and butane are required.
- the lean natural gas (stream 5) enters the second heat exchanger 101 , and it is cooled to a temperature of about -13O 0 C, obtaining a subcooled high pressure liquid stream (stream 6), which is directed to a JT-valve 102, through which the stream 6 is expanded adiabatically to 1.1 bar and finally directed to an endflash vessel 103, which separates liquid and vapor, producing LNG to storage (stream 8) and endflash gas (stream 9), both at about -16O 0 C and 1.1 bar.
- stream 9 is passed back to both heat exchangers 101 and 100, respectively, where the cryogenic energy of this stream is recovered.
- stream 9 exits the heat exchanger 101 at -91 0 C, obtaining stream 10, which is further heated by heat exchanger 100 to the temperature of 15 0 C (stream 11).
- This vapor stream 11 can be used as fuel within the plant. In case this fuel feeds gas turbines, stream 11 will typically need to be pressurized by a compressor before being introduced to them.
- the heat exchangers in the natural gas side are plate-fin heat exchangers.
- the air refrigeration cycle which transforms gas stream 2 to liquid stream 6 will now be described, starting with air stream 12 which has been exhausted of all or most of its cooling properties by absorbing heat from the feed gas.
- Stream 12 at about 34 0 C, is at the lowest pressure of the cycle (about 2 bar) and is fed to and recompressed in a multistage compressor unit 104 provided with intercooling and aftercooling stages to produce compressed stream 18.
- the compressor zone comprises three compressors 105, 107 and 109, with one heat exchanger 106 between compressors 105 and 107, one heat exchanger 108 between compressors 107 and 109 and one heat exchanger 110 after the last compressor 109.
- the intercoolers 106 and 108, and the aftercooler 110 use water as coolant medium.
- Compressed stream 18 exits the compressor unit 104 at 4O 0 C, 30 bar and is directed to heat exchanger 100, where is precooled to -24 0 C by the countercurrent passage of air refrigerant stream 21 and of endflash gas 10.
- Stream 18 emerges as stream 19 from heat exchanger 100 and is passed to an expander zone 111 to reduce the pressure and temperature of the air stream 19, resulting in the stream 24.
- the expander zone comprises two turboexpanders 112 and 113 in parallel and is used to provide part of the power for the compressors of the compressor unit 104.
- the air stream 24 (which has been expanded in the expander zone 111) is at 2.1 bar and at a temperature of about -135 0 C. It passes through both heat exchangers 101 and 100, respectively.
- the stream 24 provides enough cooling to liquefy the natural gas stream 5 to form liquid natural gas (stream 6).
- Stream 24 emerges as stream 25 from heat exchanger 101 at a temperature of -73 0 C and it enters heat exchanger 100, where it precools both the natural gas (stream 2) and the compressed air (stream 18).
- Stream 25 leaves the heat exchanger 100 as stream 12 and it starts the cycle again.
- the air cycle will have a point for make up in order to compensate for air losses in the air cycle.
- the air make-up will have to be treated in treating facilities to eliminate the CO2 and water that it can carry.
- Table 2 shows the operating conditions of the main streams of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 shows another example of the present invention.
- the example shown in FIG. 2 has, as modification in relation to FIG. 1 , that the air used as refrigerant flows in an open loop.
- the natural gas 1 is treated in the pretreatment plant A to remove CO 2 , H 2 S, water and mercury contaminants (the treated gas, stream 2, has the composition shown in Table 1 ) and then liquefied by exchange with cold air in two steps.
- the heat exchanger 100 precooled in the heat exchanger 100 to a temperature of about -69 0 C (stream 3). It passes through a column B where the liquids are extracted as the bottom stream 4; the lean natural gas exits the column B at the top (stream 5) and enters the second heat exchanger 101.
- the liquid stream emerging from heat exchanger 101 at about -13O 0 C (stream 6) is directed to an expansion zone, where is expanded adiabatically in a JT-valve 102 to 1.1 bar (stream 7).
- stream 7 is directed to an endflash vessel 103, which separates liquid and vapor, producing LNG to storage (stream 8) and endflash gas (stream 9), both at about -16O 0 C and 1.1 bar.
- Stream 9 is passed back to both heat exchangers 101 and 100, respectively, where the cryogenic energy of this stream is recovered, in an identical way as in Example 1.
- endflash gas exits heat exchanger 100 as stream 11 at 15 0 C, 1 bar.
- This vapor stream 11 can be used as fuel within the plant.
- the air refrigeration cycle in FIG. 2, is an open loop. In this cycle, the air is continuously taken from the atmosphere at ambient conditions (stream 12'). Stream 12' enters the treating plant C, which is in charge of removing the CO2 and water that can carry the air and leaves the plant as stream 12 (15 0 C, 1 bar). Stream 12 is compressed in a multistage compressor unit 104 provided with intercooling and aftercooling stages to produce compressed stream 18, which exits the compressor unit 104 at 4O 0 C and 16 bar. It is directed to heat exchanger 100, where is precooled to about - 27 0 C by the countercurrent passage of air refrigerant stream 21 and of endflash gas 10.
- Stream 18 emerges as stream 19 from heat exchanger 100 and is passed to an expander zone 111, where the pressure and the temperature is reduced to about 1.2 bar and -133 0 C, respectively (stream 24).
- Stream 24 passes through both heat exchangers 101 and 100, respectively.
- the stream 24 provides enough cooling to liquefy the natural gas stream 5 to form liquid natural gas (stream 6).
- Stream 24 emerges as stream 25 from heat exchanger 101 at a temperature of about -74 0 C and it enters heat exchanger 100, where it precools both the natural gas (stream 2) and the compressed air (stream 18).
- Stream 25 leaves the heat exchanger 100 at about 33 0 C and 1 bar, and it is released directly to the atmosphere 26.
- Table 3 shows the operating conditions of the main streams of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 3 shows another example of the present invention.
- the natural gas 1 is treated in the pretreatment plant A (the treated gas, stream 2, has the composition shown in Table 1 ) and then liquefied by exchanging heat with cold air in two steps.
- the pretreatment plant A the treated gas, stream 2
- the heat exchanger 120 precooled in the heat exchanger 120 to a temperature of about -69 0 C (stream 3). It passes through a column B where the liquids are extracted as the bottom stream 4; the lean natural gas exits the column B at the top (stream 5) and enters the second heat exchanger
- stream 6 is directed to an expansion zone, where is expanded adiabatically in a JT-valve 102 to 1.1 bar (stream 7).
- stream 7 is directed to an endflash vessel 103, which separates liquid and vapor, producing LNG to storage (stream 8) and endflash gas (stream 9), both at about -16O 0 C and 1.1 bar.
- Stream 9 is passed back to both heat exchangers 101 and 120, respectively, where the cryogenic energy of this stream is recovered, in an identical way as in Examples 1 and 2.
- endflash gas exits heat exchanger 120 as stream 11 at 15 0 C, 1 bar. This vapor stream 11 can be used as fuel within the plant.
- the stream 24 provides enough cooling to liquefy the natural gas stream 5 to form liquid natural gas (stream 6).
- Stream 24 emerges as stream 25 from heat exchanger 101 at a temperature of about -81 0 C and it enters heat exchanger 120, where it precools the natural gas (stream 2).
- Stream 25 leaves the heat exchanger 120 as stream 121 at about -43 0 C and 3.7 bar, and is directed to the heat exchanger 114, where this stream precools the countercurrent air stream 18.
- Stream 121 leaves the heat exchanger 114 and it starts the cycle again.
- the air cycle will have a point for make up in order to compensate for air losses in the air cycle.
- the air make up will have to be treated in treating facilities to eliminate the CO2 and water that it can carry.
- Table 4 shows the operating conditions of the main streams of FIG. 3.
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