Gas storage and transmission systems
According to this scheme, associated gas that has been liquefied on an offshore platform or barge and transported under pressure (to reduce cooling requirements) could be received by a land terminal for storage under atmospheric pressure and subsequent vaporization. The pressurized LNG, having a temperature above its ambient-pressure bubble point, passes from the carrier through a heat exchanger where it cools to its ambient-pressure liquefaction temperature; it then flows through a pressure-reduction valve before entering the storage tank. Meanwhile, LNG from the storage tank is pumped up to pipeline pressure and passed through a second heat exchanger for warming before entering the baseload vaporizer. A nitrogen refrigerant circuit acts as the heat-exchange medium between the two exchangers.
- Assignee:
- British Gas Corp.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4315407
- OSTI ID:
- 6243292
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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