Exergy evaluation of the Arctic Snøhvit liquefied natural gas processing plant in northern Norway - Significance of ambient temperature

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1259-1267

  Rian, Anne Berit ^a   Ertesvåg, Ivar S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICAL EXERGY; COLD CLIMATE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; COMPRESSED CO; EXERGY CHANGE; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXERGY LOSS; FEED STREAMS; HEAT RECOVERY UNIT; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS; PROCESSING PLANTS; REINJECTION; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; TEMPERATURE; TIN; WASTE HEAT;

EXERGY;

EID: 84857407256     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef201734r     Document Type: Article

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