Optimization of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 1091-1098

  Alabdulkarem, Abdullah ^a   Mortazavi, Amir ^a   Hwang, Yunho ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a   Rogers, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

APCI LNG plant; GA; Natural Gas Liquefaction; Optimization; Pinch temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GA; GLOBAL OPTIMUM; LNG PLANT; MATLAB OPTIMIZATION TOOLBOX; MIXED REFRIGERANTS; NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION; NEW REFRIGERANTS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; PINCH TEMPERATURE; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER SAVINGS; REFRIGERANT MIXTURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TWO STAGE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GAS PLANTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LIQUEFACTION OF GASES; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; MIXTURES; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; PROPANE; REFRIGERANTS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79951772610     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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