WO2007116050A3 - Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream Download PDF

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WO2007116050A3
WO2007116050A3 PCT/EP2007/053448 EP2007053448W WO2007116050A3 WO 2007116050 A3 WO2007116050 A3 WO 2007116050A3 EP 2007053448 W EP2007053448 W EP 2007053448W WO 2007116050 A3 WO2007116050 A3 WO 2007116050A3
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Mark Antonius Kevenaar
Chun Kit Poh
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Mark Antonius Kevenaar
Chun Kit Poh
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Priority to KR1020087027706A priority patent/KR101393384B1/en
Priority to CN200780013103XA priority patent/CN101421574B/en
Priority to EP07727916A priority patent/EP2005095A2/en
Priority to US12/296,587 priority patent/US9726425B2/en
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of liquefying a hydrocarbon stream such as a natural gas stream, the method at least comprising the steps of : supplying a partly condensed hydrocarbon feed stream (10) to a first gas/liquid separator (2); wherein it is separated into a gaseous stream (20) and a liquid stream (30); expanding the gaseous stream (20) and feeding it (40) into a second gas/liquid separator (3); feeding the liquid stream (30) into the second gas/liquid separator (3); removing from the bottom of the second gas/liquid separator a liquid stream (60) and feeding it into a fractionation column (5); removing from the top of the second gas/liquid separator (3) a gaseous stream (50) and passing it to a compressor (6) and cooling it (70) thereby obtaining a cooled compressed stream (80); heat exchanging (8) the cooled compressed stream (80) against a stream being downstream of the first gas/liquid separator (2) and upstream of the fractionation column (5) for further cooling and liquefying (16) the further cooled compressed stream (80c).
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AU2007235921A AU2007235921B2 (en) 2006-04-12 2007-04-10 Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream
JP2009504715A JP5032562B2 (en) 2006-04-12 2007-04-10 Natural gas stream liquefaction method and apparatus
KR1020087027706A KR101393384B1 (en) 2006-04-12 2007-04-10 Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream
CN200780013103XA CN101421574B (en) 2006-04-12 2007-04-10 Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream
EP07727916A EP2005095A2 (en) 2006-04-12 2007-04-10 Method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas stream
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