WO2010063789A3 - Method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream and an apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream and an apparatus therefor Download PDF

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WO2010063789A3
WO2010063789A3 PCT/EP2009/066297 EP2009066297W WO2010063789A3 WO 2010063789 A3 WO2010063789 A3 WO 2010063789A3 EP 2009066297 W EP2009066297 W EP 2009066297W WO 2010063789 A3 WO2010063789 A3 WO 2010063789A3
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Francois Chantant
Alexandre Maria Corte Real Santos
Georgios Protopapas
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Abstract

The present invention provides a method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream, such as a method of liquefying a natural gas stream to provide a liquefied natural gas stream and an apparatus therefore, the method comprising at least the steps of : (a) heat exchanging a hydrocarbon stream (10) against one or more refrigerant streams (20) to provide a cooled hydrocarbon stream (30) and one or more at least partly evapourated refrigerant streams (40); (b) compressing the one or more at least partly evapourated refrigerant streams (40) in at least one refrigerant compressor (150) to provide one or more compressed refrigerant streams (60); (c) driving one or more turbines (200) to directly mechanically drive the at least one refrigerant compressor (150) and provide one or more hot discharge streams (220, 460) from the one or more turbines (200); and (d) thermally desalinating a salinated water stream (280) in a thermal desalination unit (250) with at least a part of the heat energy derived from at least one of the one or more hot discharge streams (220, 460) to provide a desalinated water stream (260).
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