WO2007042662A2 - Procede de traitement d'un courant de gnl obtenu par refroidissement au moyen d'un premier cycle de refrigeration et installation associee - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of treating an LNG stream obtained by cooling by means of a first refrigeration cycle, the process being of the type comprising the following steps:
- cooling fluid is subjected to a second semi-open refrigeration cycle, independent of the first cycle.
- An object of the invention is therefore to provide an autonomous process for treating an LNG stream, which has improved efficiency and which can easily be implemented in units of various structures.
- the subject of the invention is a treatment method of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:
- the subcooling stream from the first heat exchanger is expanded to a lower pressure lower than the intermediate pressure P1 to form a substantially liquid subcooling stream of the LNG;
- the main cooling stream is expanded substantially to the low pressure PB in a main turbine, and the main cooling stream from the main turbine is mixed with the subcooling stream heated to form a mixing stream;
- the method according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following characteristics, taken separately or in any technically possible combination:
- the high pressure PH is between approximately 40 and 100 bar, preferably between approximately 50 and 80 bar and in particular between approximately 60 and 75 bar; the low pressure PB is less than approximately 20 bar;
- step (vi) the subcooling current resulting from the first heat exchanger is dynamically expanded in a liquid expansion turbine
- step (ii) at least partially the flow of refrigerating fluid flow is compressed in an auxiliary compressor coupled to the main turbine;
- step (i) a stream of C 2 hydrocarbons is introduced into the compressor to form part of the starting coolant stream;
- the stream of compressed refrigerant fluid is placed in heat exchange relation with a secondary refrigerant circulating in the second heat exchanger, the secondary refrigerant undergoing a third refrigeration cycle in which it is compressed at the outlet of the second heat exchanger, cooled, and condensed at least partially, and then expanded before vaporizing in the second heat exchanger;
- the secondary refrigerant fluid comprises propane and optionally ethane; and before the expansion of step (e), the stream coming from the intermediate turbine is mixed with a natural gas make-up stream cooled by heat exchange with the overhead gas stream in a fourth heat exchanger; and the C 1 content of the overhead gas is such that the stream cooled by the second heat exchanger is purely gaseous.
- the subject of the invention is also an installation for treating an LNG stream obtained by cooling by means of a first refrigeration cycle, the installation being of the type comprising: sub-cooling means of the LNG stream comprising a first heat exchanger for putting the LNG stream in heat exchange relation with a refrigerant fluid; and
- a second cycle of semi-open refrigeration independent of the first cycle, characterized in that it comprises:
- the second refrigeration cycle comprises: means for forming a starting refrigerant flow stream from a second portion of the overhead gas compressed at the intermediate pressure;
- a main turbine for expanding the main cooling stream to the low pressure; means for mixing the cooling stream coming from the main turbine with the heated subcooling stream to form a mixing stream;
- the installation according to the invention can comprise one or more of the following characteristics, taken separately or according to any possible technical combinations:
- the high pressure PH is between approximately 40 and 100 bar, preferably between approximately 50 and 80 bar and in particular between approximately 60 and 75 bar; the low pressure PB is less than approximately 20 bar;
- the expansion means of the subcooling stream from the first heat exchanger comprises a liquid expansion turbine
- the means for compressing the starting coolant stream comprise an auxiliary compressor coupled to the main turbine;
- the second refrigeration cycle comprises means for introducing a stream of C 2 hydrocarbons into the compressor to form part of the flow of refrigerant starting fluid;
- the second heat exchanger comprises means for circulating a secondary refrigerant fluid, the installation comprising a third refrigeration cycle comprising secondary means for compressing the secondary refrigerant fluid from the third heat exchanger, secondary means of cooling and expansion; secondary refrigerant fluid from the secondary means of compression, and means for introducing the secondary coolant from the secondary expansion means in the second heat exchanger; and
- the secondary refrigerant fluid comprises propane and optionally ethane
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a first installation according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the efficiency curves of the second refrigeration cycle of the installation of FIG. 1, as a function of the temperature of the LNG at the inlet of the first exchanger;
- FIG. 3 is a diagram similar to that of Figure 1 of a second installation according to the invention
- - Figure 4 is a diagram similar to that of Figure 1 of a third installation according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram similar to that of Figure 1 of a fourth installation according to the invention.
- the first subcooling installation 9 according to the invention is intended for production, from a stream 11 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting at a temperature below
- the installation 9 also produces a fuel gas stream 16 rich in nitrogen.
- the starting LNG stream 11 is produced by a natural gas liquefaction unit 15 comprising a first refrigeration cycle 17.
- the first cycle 17 comprises, for example, a cycle comprising means for condensing and vaporizing a mixture of hydrocarbons.
- the installation 9 comprises a first subcooling heat exchanger 19, a second half open refrigeration cycle 21, independent of the first cycle 17, and a denitrogenation unit 23.
- the second refrigeration cycle 21 comprises a stage 25 compression apparatus having a plurality of compression stages 27.
- Each stage 27 comprises a compressor 29 and a refrigerant 31.
- the second cycle 21 further comprises a second heat exchanger 33, a third heat exchanger 35, an expansion valve 37 and an auxiliary compressor 39 coupled to a main expansion turbine 41.
- the second cycle 21 also comprises an auxiliary refrigerant 43.
- the stage compressor comprises four compressors 29.
- the four compressors 29 are driven by the same source 45 of external energy.
- the source 45 is for example a gas turbine engine type.
- the refrigerants 31 and 43 are cooled by water and / or air.
- the denitrogenation unit 23 comprises an intermediate hydraulic turbine 47 coupled to a current generator 48, a distillation column 49, a heat exchanger 51 at the top of the column and a heat exchanger 53 at the bottom of the column. It further comprises a pump 55 for evacuating the de-nitrogenated LNG 13.
- the starting LNG stream 11 coming from the liquefaction unit 15 is at a temperature below -90 ° C., for example at-130 ° C.
- This stream 11 comprises, for example, substantially 5% of nitrogen, 90% of methane and 5% ethane, and its flow rate is 50,000 kmol / h.
- the LNG stream 11 is introduced into the first heat exchanger 19, where it is sub-cooled to a temperature of-150 ° C. to produce a stream 57 of sub-cooled LNG.
- the stream 57 is then introduced into the hydraulic turbine 47 and dynamically expanded to a low pressure, to form a stream 59 expanded.
- This stream 59 is essentially liquid, that is to say that it contains less than 2 mol% of gas.
- the stream 59 is cooled in the foot heat exchanger 53, then introduced into an expansion valve 61 where it forms a supply stream 64 of the column 49.
- the stream 64 is introduced at the top of the distillation column 49, at a low distillation pressure.
- the low distillation pressure is slightly above atmospheric pressure. In this example, this pressure is 1.25 bar, and the temperature of stream 64 is about -165 ° C.
- a make-up stream 63 of natural gas, substantially of the same composition as the starting LNG stream 11, is cooled in the head exchanger 51 and then expanded in a valve 65 and mixed with the depressurized subcooled LNG stream 59. upstream of the valve 61.
- a reboiling stream 68 is extracted from the column 49 at an intermediate stage Ni, located in the vicinity of the bottom of this column.
- the stream 68 is introduced into the exchanger 53, where it is heated by heat exchange with the expanded sub-cooled LNG 59 stream, before being reintroduced into the column 49 under the intermediate level Ni.
- a liquid foot stream 67 containing less than 1% nitrogen is withdrawn from column 49.
- This foot stream 67 is pumped by pump 55 to form the denitrogenated LNG stream 13 to be sent to a storage.
- a gaseous overhead stream 69, containing about 50% nitrogen, is withdrawn from the distillation column 49.
- This stream 69 is heated by heat exchange with the makeup stream 63 in the head exchanger 51 to form a heated stream 71.
- This stream 71 is introduced into the first stage 27A of the compression apparatus 25.
- the heated overhead stream 71 is successively compressed in the first stage 27A and in the second stage 27B of the compressor 25 to substantially a low cycle pressure PB, then compressed in the third compression stage 27C before being introduced into the fourth compression stage 27D.
- the overhead stream 71 is compressed in the compressor 29 followed by cooling to a temperature of about 35 0 C in the associated refrigerant 31.
- a first portion 16 of the compressed head stream in the fourth compression stage 27D is extracted from the compressor 29D at an intermediate pressure P1 to form the fuel gas stream.
- the intermediate pressure P1 is for example greater than 20 bar, and preferably substantially equal to 30 bar.
- the low cycle pressure PB is, for example, less than 20 bar.
- a second portion 73 of the overhead current continues its compression in the compressor 29D to a mean pressure substantially equal to 50 bar to form a flow of refrigerant starting fluid.
- the current 73 is cooled in the exchanger 31 D and then introduced into the auxiliary compressor 39.
- the flow rate of the starting coolant stream 73 is much greater than the flow rate of the fuel gas stream 16.
- the ratio between the two flow rates is, in this example, substantially equal to 6.5.
- This high pressure is between 40 and 100 bar, preferably between 50 and 80 bar and advantageously between 60 and 75 bar.
- the stream 73 coming from the compressor 39 forms, after passing through the refrigerant 43, a stream of compressed refrigerating fluid 75.
- the stream 75 contains less than 5% by mass of hydrocarbons Ct, so that the stream 75 is purely gaseous.
- the stream 75 is a supercritical fluid.
- the stream 75 is then cooled in the second heat exchanger 33 and separated at the outlet of this exchanger 33 into a minority sub-cooling flow stream 77 and a main cooling stream 79.
- the ratio of these two flows is of the order of 0.5.
- the subcooling stream 77 is cooled in the third exchanger 35 and then in the first exchanger 19 to form a cooled subcooling stream 81.
- the stream 81 is expanded to the low cycle pressure PB in the valve 37, from which it exits as a substantially liquid subcooling stream 83, i.e. containing less than 10 % mol of gas.
- the stream 83 is then introduced into the first exchanger 19, where it vaporizes and cools the stream 81 and the starting LNG stream 11 by heat exchange, to form, at the outlet of the first exchanger 19, a stream 85 of heated cooling.
- the main gas stream 79 is expanded in the turbine 41 to substantially the low cycle pressure PB and mixed with the heated stream 85 from the first heat exchanger 19 to form a mixing stream 87.
- the mixing stream 87 is then introduced successively into the third heat exchanger 35, then into the second heat exchanger 33, where it cools by heat exchange relation, respectively the heat flow. -cooling 77 and the compressed coolant stream 75.
- the heated mixing stream 89 from the exchanger 33 is then introduced into the compression apparatus 25 at the inlet of the third compression stage 27C, substantially at the low pressure PB.
- the efficiency curve 91 of the cycle 21 in the process according to the invention is represented as a function of the temperature value of the LNG stream 11. As illustrated in this FIGURE, the yields are greater than 44% , which constitutes a significant gain over the methods of the state of the art involving a semi-open inverted Brayton cycle.
- the method and plant 9 according to the invention can also be used to subcool and de-nitrogen LNG produced in natural gas liquids extraction (NGL) processes.
- NTL natural gas liquids extraction
- the installation 99 shown in FIG. 3 differs from the first installation 9 in that the expansion valve 37 situated downstream of the first exchanger is replaced by a dynamic expansion turbine 101 coupled to a current generator 103.
- the method of treating the LNG stream in this installation is also identical to the method implemented in the installation 9, to the numerical values.
- a stream of ethane 92 is mixed with the heated mixture stream 89 before it is introduced into the third compression stage 27C.
- the efficiency of the cycle 21 is then further increased, as shown in curve 93 of FIG.
- the third installation according to the invention 104 is shown in FIG. 4.
- This installation 104 differs from the second installation 99 in that it also comprises a third closed refrigeration cycle 105, independent of the first and second cycles 17 and 21.
- the third cycle 105 comprises a secondary compressor 107, first and second secondary refrigerants 109A and 109B, an expansion valve 111 and a separator tank 113.
- This cycle is carried out using a secondary refrigerant fluid stream 115 made of propane.
- the gaseous stream 115 at low pressure is introduced into the compressor 107, then cooled and condensed at the high pressure in the coolers 109A and 109B to form a stream 117 of partially liquid propane.
- This stream 117 is cooled in the exchanger 33, then introduced into the expansion valve 111, where it is expanded and forms a two-phase stream of expanded propane 119.
- the stream 119 is introduced into the separator tank 113 to form a liquid fraction 121.
- the fraction 121 is introduced into the exchanger 33, where it is vaporized by heat exchange with the stream 117 and with the stream 75 of compressed refrigerant, before being introduced into the balloon 113.
- the gaseous fraction from the head of the flask 113 forms the gaseous propane stream 115.
- Figure 5 differs from that shown in Figure 4 in that the third refrigerant cycle 105 is free of separator tank 113.
- the stream 119 from the valve 111 is directly introduced into the second exchanger 33 and completely vaporized in this exchanger.
- the refrigerant 115 is composed of a mixture of ethane and propane.
- the ethane content in the fluid 115 is substantially equal to the propane content.
- the average efficiency of the second refrigeration cycle is then increased by about 0.5% relative to the efficiency of the process implemented in the third installation 104 when the temperature is higher. below -13O 0 C.
- the overall efficiency of the installation of Figure 5 is slightly greater than 50%, against about 47.5% for that of Figure 1 , 47.6% for that of Figure 3 and 49.6% for that of Figure 4.
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