EP 2082178 B1 20180829 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A HYDROCARBON STREAM
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A HYDROCARBON STREAM
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KÜHLUNG EINES KOHLENWASSERSTOFFREICHEN STROMES
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR RÉFRIGÉRER UN COURANT D'HYDROCARBURES
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2007062202 W 20071112
- EP 06124012 A 20061114
- EP 07822489 A 20071112
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2008058926A2] A method of cooling a hydrocarbon stream such as natural gas, the method at least comprising the steps of: (a) providing a feed stream (10); (b) passing the feed stream (10) through a gas treatment stage (2) comprising one or more (number: X) parallel gas treatment units (14a, 14b), the feed stream (10) being divided into two or more part-feed streams (20a, 20b) if there is more than one gas treatment unit, to provide one or more first treated streams (30a, 30b); (c) passing the first treated stream or streams (30a, 30b) of step (b) through an NGL extraction stage (4) comprising one or more (number: Y) parallel NGL extraction units (16a, 16b), the first treated stream or streams (30a, 30b) being shared to match the number of NGL extraction units (16a, 16b), to provide one or more second treated streams (40a, 40b); and (d) passing the second treated stream or streams (40a, 40b) of step (c) through a cooling stage (6) comprising one or more (number: Z) parallel cooling systems (22), the second treated stream or streams (40a, 40b) being shared to match the number of cooling systems (22), to provide a cooled hydrocarbon stream or streams.
IPC 8 full level
F25J 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F25J 1/0022 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 1/027 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 1/0271 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 2220/64 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 2220/66 (2013.01 - EP US); F25J 2290/10 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
HR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2008058926 A2 20080522; WO 2008058926 A3 20090312; AU 2007321248 A1 20080522; AU 2007321248 B2 20100902; CY 1120954 T1 20191211; DK 2082178 T3 20181126; EP 2082178 A2 20090729; EP 2082178 B1 20180829; RU 2009122376 A 20101220; RU 2464510 C2 20121020; US 2008134717 A1 20080612
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2007062202 W 20071112; AU 2007321248 A 20071112; CY 181101027 T 20181005; DK 07822489 T 20071112; EP 07822489 A 20071112; RU 2009122376 A 20071112; US 93859907 A 20071112