EP 2278210 A1 20110126 - Method for the gasification of a liquid hydrocarbon stream and an apparatus therefore
Title (en)
Method for the gasification of a liquid hydrocarbon stream and an apparatus therefore
Title (de)
Verfahren zur Verdampfung flüssigen Erdgases und Vorrichtung hierzu
Title (fr)
Procédé de gazéification de gaz naturel liquéfié et appareil destiné à cet effet
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 09165686 A 20090716
- EP 10169479 A 20100714
Abstract (en)
The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for the gasification of a liquid hydrocarbon stream (15), to provide a gaseous hydrocarbon stream (45) and power, said method comprising at least the steps of: (i) heat exchanging, in one or more hydrocarbon stream heat exchangers (20, 30, 40), a liquid hydrocarbon stream (15) comprising one or more hydrocarbons, against two or more working fluids, in two or more working fluid circuits (100, 200, 300) to transfer cooling duty from said one or more hydrocarbons to said two or more working fluids, to provide a gaseous hydrocarbon stream (45) and two or more liquefied working fluid streams (115, 215, 315); (ii) heat exchanging the two or more liquefied working fluid streams (115, 215, 315) in one or more heat exchangers (20, 30, 40, 130, 140, 240, 340) to provide two or more vaporised working fluid streams (145, 245, 345); (iii) dynamically expanding the two or more vaporised working fluid streams (145, 245, 345) to provide power; and (iv) cooling at least one of the working fluids with at least a portion of the cooling duty transferred to at least another one of the two or more working fluids from the one or more hydrocarbons.
IPC 8 full level
F17C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F17C 7/04 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0107 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2225/035 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0185 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0311 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0316 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0393 (2013.01); F17C 2260/044 (2013.01); F17C 2260/046 (2013.01); F17C 2265/05 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0581 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
US 2006236699 A1 20061026 - KLOCHKO MARAT [IL], et al
Citation (search report)
- [XI] FR 2496754 A1 19820625 - CHIYODA CHEM ENG CONSTRUCT CO [JP]
- [X] GB 904489 A 19620829 - NORTH THAMES GAS BOARD
- [X] EP 0043212 A1 19820106 - PETROCARBON DEV LTD [GB]
- [A] US 2937504 A 19600524 - BRUNO RIEDIGER
- [A] EP 0009387 A1 19800402 - FLUOR CORP [US]
- [A] FR 1295046 A 19620601 - CONCH INT METHANE LTD
- [A] DE 3836061 A1 19890629 - LINDE AG [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 10169479 A 20100714