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Design and analysis of a small-scale natural gas liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling

Abstract

With the growth of energy consumption and environmental protection concerns, it is of enormous economic and environmental values for the development of stranded gas. As a means for exploitation and transportation of stranded gas to market, a novel small-scale liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling is put up with in this paper. Taking unit energy consumption as the target function, Aspen HYSYS is employed to simulate and optimize the process to achieve the liquefaction rate of 0.77 with unit energy consumption of 9.90 kW/kmol/h. Furthermore, the adaptability of this process under different pressure, temperature and compositions of feed gas is studied. Based on the optimization results, the exergy losses of main equipment in the process are evaluated and analyzed in details. With compact device, safety operation, simple capability, this liquefaction process proves to be suitable for the development of small gas reserves, satellite distribution fields of gas or coalbed methane fields. - Highlights: •A novel small-scale liquefaction process used in stranded gas is designed. •The adaptability of this process under different pressure, temperature and compositions of feed gas is studied. •The exergy analysis of main equipment in the process is analyzed.
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 2014
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Applied Thermal Engineering; Journal Volume: 64; Journal Issue: 1-2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXERGY; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; MARKET; METHANE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERANTS; RESOURCE EXPLOITATION
OSTI ID:
22316011
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-4311; CODEN: ATENFT; Other: PII: S1359-4311(13)00888-0; TRN: GB15R0663022208
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.011
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 139-146
Announcement Date:
Mar 19, 2015

Citation Formats

Yuan, Zongming, Cui, Mengmeng, Xie, Ying, and Li, Chunlin. Design and analysis of a small-scale natural gas liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling. United Kingdom: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2013.12.011.
Yuan, Zongming, Cui, Mengmeng, Xie, Ying, & Li, Chunlin. Design and analysis of a small-scale natural gas liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2013.12.011
Yuan, Zongming, Cui, Mengmeng, Xie, Ying, and Li, Chunlin. 2014. "Design and analysis of a small-scale natural gas liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2013.12.011.
@misc{etde_22316011,
title = {Design and analysis of a small-scale natural gas liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling}
author = {Yuan, Zongming, Cui, Mengmeng, Xie, Ying, and Li, Chunlin}
abstractNote = {With the growth of energy consumption and environmental protection concerns, it is of enormous economic and environmental values for the development of stranded gas. As a means for exploitation and transportation of stranded gas to market, a novel small-scale liquefaction process adopting single nitrogen expansion with carbon dioxide pre-cooling is put up with in this paper. Taking unit energy consumption as the target function, Aspen HYSYS is employed to simulate and optimize the process to achieve the liquefaction rate of 0.77 with unit energy consumption of 9.90 kW/kmol/h. Furthermore, the adaptability of this process under different pressure, temperature and compositions of feed gas is studied. Based on the optimization results, the exergy losses of main equipment in the process are evaluated and analyzed in details. With compact device, safety operation, simple capability, this liquefaction process proves to be suitable for the development of small gas reserves, satellite distribution fields of gas or coalbed methane fields. - Highlights: •A novel small-scale liquefaction process used in stranded gas is designed. •The adaptability of this process under different pressure, temperature and compositions of feed gas is studied. •The exergy analysis of main equipment in the process is analyzed.}
doi = {10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2013.12.011}
journal = []
issue = {1-2}
volume = {64}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2014}
month = {Mar}
}