Skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device and method
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of natural gas liquefaction, and particularly relates to a skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device and method.
Background
Liquefied natural gas is a clean energy source with high quality, high efficiency and convenience, and is becoming a new hotspot in the global energy market as it contributes to effectively developing natural gas resources, realizing diversification of energy supply and guaranteeing energy safety. Although the research in the LNG field is late, the development is rapid, particularly in the last decade, the construction of natural gas liquefaction plants in China enters the high-speed development stage, and more than 70 natural gas liquefaction plants are built, wherein more than 30 natural gas liquefaction plants in small and medium sizes are built. Because the device is huge, large-scale liquefied natural gas system is not convenient for in fields such as city peak regulation gas use, scattered gas field that the reserves are less and marginal gas field that the exploitation cost is higher, and china has marginal gas field, associated gas field, the coal bed gas field that the reserves of large volume are less, consequently need urgently to develop small-size sled dress formula natural gas liquefaction device so that these natural gas resources are effectively utilized, small-size sled dress formula natural gas liquefaction device is suitable for equally simultaneously, coal bed natural gas (gas), shale gas development utilizes etc. very wide market prospect. The device has great use value in development and utilization in China.
In recent years, small and medium-sized LNG liquefaction devices are developed more, such as SOOL LNG experimental devices developed by joint development of Jilin oil fields, China oil and gas general companies and China academy of sciences low-temperature centers; propane precooling and small natural gas liquefaction process schemes of expansion refrigeration and cyclic compression of a gas wave refrigerator which takes the gas wave refrigerator developed by the research and popularization center of large continuous gas wave refrigeration as a core, and the like. Meanwhile, the patent of partial small-sized skid-mounted LNG devices is formed, but the existing small-sized LNG skid-mounted devices have the defect of high energy consumption, and the contradiction that the energy consumption of the devices and the investment of the devices are considered simultaneously cannot be solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: (1) the small skid-mounted liquefying device has the defect of high energy consumption; (2) complexity of the process; (3) the contradiction that the energy consumption of the device and the equipment investment cannot be simultaneously considered;
the invention provides a skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device, which comprises: a liquefaction skid block and a refrigeration cycle skid block;
the liquefaction sled piece includes:
a refrigerant separator for separating the refrigerant from the refrigerant,
the LNG cold box comprises a first hot runner, a second hot runner, a third hot runner and a cold runner, a purified gas inlet pipeline is connected with an inlet of the first hot runner, a gas-phase outlet and a liquid-phase outlet of the refrigerant separator are connected with an inlet of the cold runner, an outlet of the second hot runner is connected with an inlet of the refrigerant separator,
an inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator is connected with an outlet of the first hot runner, a gas phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator is connected with an inlet of a third hot runner of the LNG cold box, and an outlet of the third hot runner is connected with the LNG storage tank;
a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger which is provided with a cold runner, wherein a cold runner inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger is connected with a liquid phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator, a heat medium outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger is connected with a second hot runner inlet of the LNG cold box, an outlet of the cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger is connected with a heavy hydrocarbon storage tank,
the refrigeration cycle pry block includes:
a refrigerant suction tank, the inlet of which is connected with the outlet of the cold runner of the LNG cold box,
at least one refrigerant compression cooling separation unit, the refrigerant compression cooling separation unit comprising: the device comprises a refrigerant compressor, a rear cooler of the refrigerant compressor and a rear separator of the refrigerant compressor, wherein an inlet of the refrigerant compressor is connected with a gas-phase outlet of a refrigerant suction tank, an inlet of the rear cooler of the refrigerant compressor is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant compressor, an inlet of the rear separator of the refrigerant compressor is connected with an outlet of the rear cooler of the refrigerant compressor, a gas-phase outlet of the rear separator of the refrigerant compressor is connected with an inlet of a second hot runner of an LNG cold box, and a liquid-phase outlet of the rear separator of a third-stage compressor of the refrigerant is connected with a hot medium inlet of a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger.
Preferably, the refrigerant compression cooling separation unit is multi-stage and is connected in series, a gas-phase outlet of a rear separator of a refrigerant compressor of the previous-stage refrigerant compression cooling separation unit is connected with an inlet of a refrigerant compressor of the next-stage refrigerant compression cooling separation unit, a gas-phase outlet of a rear separator of a refrigerant compressor of the last-stage refrigerant compression cooling separation unit is connected with an inlet of a second hot runner of the LNG cold box, and a liquid-phase outlet of a rear separator of a third-stage refrigerant compressor is connected with a hot medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger.
Preferably, the refrigerant compression cooling separation unit has three stages including:
the inlet of the first stage of refrigerant compressor is connected with the gas phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank,
the inlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor aftercooler is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor,
the inlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor after-separator is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor after-cooler,
the inlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor is connected with the gas-phase outlet of the separator behind the refrigerant first-stage compressor,
the inlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor aftercooler is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor,
the inlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor rear separator is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor rear cooler,
the inlet of the third stage of refrigerant compressor is connected with the gas phase outlet of the separator behind the second stage of refrigerant compressor,
the inlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor aftercooler is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor,
and the inlet of the rear separator of the third-stage refrigerant compressor is connected with the outlet of the rear separator of the second-stage refrigerant compressor and the outlet of the rear cooler of the third-stage refrigerant compressor, the gas-phase outlet of the rear separator of the third-stage refrigerant compressor is connected with the inlet of a second hot runner of the LNG cold box, and the liquid-phase outlet of the rear separator of the third-stage refrigerant compressor is connected with the hot medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger.
Preferably, the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank and the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor after-separator are connected with an emptying system.
The invention also provides a method for liquefying natural gas by the skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefying device, which comprises the following steps:
1) purified gas subjected to deacidification, drying and demercuration enters a first hot runner of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) cold box, is cooled in the LNG cold box and then enters a heavy hydrocarbon separator;
2) after gas-liquid separation is carried out in the heavy hydrocarbon separator, the gas-phase product enters a third hot runner of the LNG cold box to be cooled and liquefied into liquid, and then enters the LNG storage tank; the liquid phase product in the heavy hydrocarbon separator enters a cold runner of a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger;
3) heating liquid in a cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger by a heat medium, and then feeding the heated liquid into an LNG storage tank;
liquid in a second hot runner of the LNG cold box enters a refrigerant separator, and a gas-phase product and a liquid-phase product of the refrigerant separator enter a cold runner of the LNG cold box; after heat exchange, refrigerant in a cold runner of the LNG cold box enters a refrigerant suction tank; the gas-phase product in the refrigerant suction tank enters a refrigerant compressor; after being compressed, the refrigerant enters a refrigerant compressor aftercooler; after cooling, the refrigerant enters a rear separator of a refrigerant compressor; after separation, a liquid-phase product of the separator after the refrigerant compressor enters a heat medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger to be used as a heat medium; the hot medium of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger flows out to a second hot runner of the LNG cold box; and the gas-phase product of the separator after the refrigerant compressor enters a second hot runner of the LNG cold box.
Preferably, the method for liquefying natural gas by the skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device comprises the following steps:
1) purified gas subjected to deacidification, drying and demercuration enters a first hot runner of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) cold box, is cooled in the LNG cold box and then enters a heavy hydrocarbon separator;
2) after gas-liquid separation is carried out in the heavy hydrocarbon separator, the gas-phase product enters a third hot runner of the LNG cold box to be cooled and liquefied into liquid, and then enters the LNG storage tank; the liquid phase product in the heavy hydrocarbon separator enters a cold runner of a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger;
3) heating liquid in a cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger by a heat medium, and then feeding the heated liquid into a heavy hydrocarbon storage tank;
the gas-phase product in the refrigerant suction tank enters a refrigerant first-stage compressor; after being compressed, the refrigerant enters a first-stage compressor aftercooler of the refrigerant; after cooling, the refrigerant enters a rear separator of a first-stage compressor of the refrigerant; after separation, the gas-phase product of the separator after the first-stage compressor enters a refrigerant second-stage compressor; after being compressed, the refrigerant enters a secondary refrigerant compressor aftercooler; after cooling, the refrigerant enters a secondary refrigerant compressor and a post-separator; after separation, a gas-phase product of the separator after the refrigerant second-stage compressor enters a refrigerant third-stage compressor, and a liquid-phase product enters the separator after the refrigerant third-stage compressor; after being compressed, the gas-phase product of the refrigerant second-stage compressor rear separator enters a refrigerant third-stage compressor rear separator; after separation, the liquid phase product of the separator after the third-stage compressor of the refrigerant enters a heat medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger to be used as a heat medium; the hot medium of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger flows out to a second hot runner of the LNG cold box; and the gas-phase product of the separator after the third-stage compressor of the refrigerant enters a second hot runner of the LNG cold box.
Preferably, the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank and the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor after-separator are connected with an emptying system.
Preferably, the purified gas in the step 1) enters a first hot runner of an LNG cold box, is cooled to-50 to-70 ℃ in the LNG cold box and then enters a heavy hydrocarbon separator.
Preferably, the pressure of the suction end of the inlet of the first-stage refrigerant compressor is 0.17MPa, and the suction temperature is 30-45 ℃; the refrigerant pressure at the outlet of the refrigerant third stage compressor was 4.0MPa, and the temperature was 50 ℃.
Preferably, after being cooled to-145 to-162 ℃, the refrigerant in the second hot runner is reduced to-148 to-165 ℃ by throttling and then enters the refrigerant separator.
The invention can achieve the following effects:
the invention relates to a skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device and a method, wherein the device adopts a single-cycle refrigeration process, and the refrigeration and liquefaction energy consumption is 0.38kW.h/m3Compared with the common small-sized skid-mounted liquefying device, the energy consumption is 0.42kW.h/m3The reduction is over 9.5 percent, and the liquefaction rate of the liquefaction process is 96.5 percent. The device also has the characteristics of suitability for various gas sources, simple process flow and low equipment investment. The device mainly includes liquefaction sled piece I and mixed cryogen refrigeration sled piece II, and wherein the liquefaction sled piece mainly includes cryogen separator, LNG cold box, heavy hydrocarbon separator, heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger, and mixed cryogen refrigeration sled piece mainly includes cryogen suction tank and compressor.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the skid-mounted single cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction plant of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The present invention is further described with reference to the following drawings and specific examples so that those skilled in the art can better understand the present invention and can practice the present invention, but the examples are not intended to limit the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the skid-mounted single-cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction device of the invention comprises: a liquefaction skid block and a refrigeration cycle skid block;
the liquefaction sled piece includes:
the refrigerant separator (1) is provided with a refrigerant separator,
an LNG cold box 2 which comprises a first hot runner, a second hot runner, a third hot runner and a cold runner, wherein a purified gas inlet pipeline is connected with an inlet of the first hot runner, a gas-phase outlet and a liquid-phase outlet of a refrigerant separator 1 are connected with an inlet of the cold runner (beneficial to heat exchange in the cold box), an outlet of the second hot runner is connected with an inlet of the refrigerant separator 1,
an inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator 3 is connected with an outlet of the first hot runner, a gas-phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator 3 is connected with an inlet of a third hot runner of the LNG cold box 2, and an outlet of the third hot runner is connected with the LNG storage tank;
a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 which is provided with a cold runner, the inlet of the cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 is connected with the liquid phase outlet of the heavy hydrocarbon separator 3, the outlet of the heat medium of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 is connected with the second hot runner inlet of the LNG cold box 2, the outlet of the cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 is connected with a heavy hydrocarbon storage tank,
the refrigeration cycle sled piece includes:
a refrigerant suction tank 5, the inlet of which is connected with the outlet of the cold runner of the LNG cold box 2,
at least one refrigerant compression cooling separation unit, the refrigerant compression cooling separation unit comprising: the LNG cold box comprises a refrigerant compressor, a refrigerant compressor aftercooler and a refrigerant compressor afterseparator, wherein an inlet of the refrigerant compressor is connected with a gas-phase outlet of a refrigerant suction tank 5, an inlet of the refrigerant compressor aftercooler is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant compressor, an inlet of the refrigerant compressor afterseparator is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant compressor aftercooler, a gas-phase outlet of the refrigerant compressor afterseparator is connected with an inlet of a second hot runner of the LNG cold box 2, and a liquid-phase outlet of the refrigerant tertiary compressor afterseparator is connected with a hot medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4.
The refrigerant compression, cooling and separation units are not limited in the invention and can be connected in a multi-stage series manner, the gas-phase outlet of the rear separator of the refrigerant compressor of the former stage of refrigerant compression, cooling and separation unit is connected with the inlet of the refrigerant compressor of the latter stage of refrigerant compression, cooling and separation unit, the gas-phase outlet of the rear separator of the refrigerant compressor of the last stage of refrigerant compression, cooling and separation unit is connected with the inlet of the second hot runner of the LNG cold box 2, and the liquid-phase outlet of the rear separator of the third stage of refrigerant compressor is connected with the hot medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention takes a refrigerant compression cooling separation unit as an example with three stages, including:
a first stage compressor 6 of refrigerant, the inlet of which is connected with the gas phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank 5,
an inlet of the refrigerant first stage compressor aftercooler 7 is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant first stage compressor 6,
an inlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor afterseparator 8 is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor aftercooler 7,
an inlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor 9 is connected with a gas-phase outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor rear separator 8,
an inlet of the refrigerant second stage compressor aftercooler 10 is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant second stage compressor 9,
an inlet of the refrigerant second stage compressor afterseparator 11 is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant second stage compressor aftercooler 10,
the inlet of the third stage compressor 12 of refrigerant is connected with the gas phase outlet of the separator 11 after the second stage compressor of refrigerant,
a refrigerant third stage compressor aftercooler 13, the inlet of which is connected with the outlet of the refrigerant third stage compressor 12,
and an inlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor rear separator 14 is connected with an outlet of the refrigerant second-stage compressor rear separator 11 and an outlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor rear cooler 13, a gas-phase outlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor rear separator 14 is connected with an inlet of a second hot runner of the LNG cold box 2, and a liquid-phase outlet of the refrigerant third-stage compressor rear separator 14 is connected with a heat medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4.
The liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank 5 and the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor rear separator 8 are connected with a venting system.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a skid-mounted single cycle mixed refrigeration natural gas liquefaction plant natural gas liquefaction process comprises the steps of:
1) the purified gas (the purified gas can also be called as purified natural gas), which is deacidified, dried and demercurated in the petroleum and natural gas industry, the technological process of deacidification, dehydration, demercuration and the like of the raw material natural gas is called as natural gas purification, the treated natural gas can be called as purified natural gas), the purified gas enters a first hot runner of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) cooling box 2, and the treated natural gas enters a heavy hydrocarbon separator 3 (the temperature is-60 ℃ in the conventional way, and is determined according to the content of C5+ in the raw material natural gas) after being cooled to-60 ℃ in the LNG cooling box 2;
2) after gas-liquid separation is carried out in the heavy hydrocarbon separator 3, the gas-phase product enters a third hot runner of the LNG cold box 2 to be cooled and liquefied into liquid, and then enters an LNG storage tank; the liquid phase product in the heavy hydrocarbon separator 3 enters a cold runner of a heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4;
3) heating the liquid in the cold runner of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 by a heat medium, and then feeding the heated liquid into a heavy hydrocarbon storage tank;
the gas-phase product in the refrigerant suction tank 5 enters a refrigerant first-stage compressor 6; after being compressed, the refrigerant enters a refrigerant first-stage compressor aftercooler 7; after cooling, the refrigerant enters a refrigerant first-stage compressor rear separator 8; after separation, the gas phase product of the separator after the first-stage compressor enters a refrigerant second-stage compressor 9; after being compressed, the refrigerant enters a secondary refrigerant compressor aftercooler 10; after cooling, the refrigerant enters a secondary refrigerant compressor and a post-separator 11; after separation, a gas-phase product of the separator 11 after the refrigerant second-stage compressor enters the refrigerant third-stage compressor 12, and a liquid-phase product enters the separator 14 after the refrigerant third-stage compressor; after being compressed, the gas-phase product of the separator 11 after the second-stage compressor of the refrigerant enters a separator 14 after the third-stage compressor of the refrigerant; after separation, the liquid phase product of the separator 14 after the third-stage compressor of the refrigerant enters a heat medium inlet of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 to be used as a heat medium; the heat medium of the heavy hydrocarbon heat exchanger 4 flows out to a second hot runner of the LNG cold box 2; the gas-phase product of the separator 14 after the third-stage compressor of the refrigerant enters a second hot runner of the LNG cold box 2; after being cooled to-145 ℃, the refrigerant in the second hot runner is reduced to-148 ℃ by throttling and then enters the refrigerant separator 1. The pressure of the suction end of the first-stage refrigerant compressor 6 is 0.17MPa, and the suction temperature is 35 ℃; the refrigerant pressure at the outlet of the refrigerant third stage compressor 12 is 4.0MPa, and the temperature is 50 ℃.
The liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant suction tank 5 and the liquid phase outlet of the refrigerant first-stage compressor rear separator 8 are connected with a venting system.
In the above embodiments of the present invention:
the energy consumption of refrigeration and liquefaction is 0.38kW.h/m3Compared with the common small-sized skid-mounted liquefying device, the energy consumption is 0.42kW.h/m3The reduction is more than 9.5 percent, and the liquefaction rate of the liquefaction process is 100 percent.
The above embodiments are merely preferred embodiments for fully illustrating the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The equivalent substitution or change made by the technical personnel in the technical field on the basis of the invention is all within the protection scope of the invention. The protection scope of the invention is subject to the claims.