Performance enhancement of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG plant

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-131

  Mortazavi, A ^a   Somers, C ^a   Hwang, Y ^a   Radermacher, R ^a   Rodgers, P ^b   Al Hashimi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

ASPEN; Expansion valves; Natural gas liquefaction; Turbine expanders

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPANSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIQUEFACTION OF GASES; PROPANE; RECOVERY;

ASPEN; ASPEN SOFTWARE; CHEMICAL PROCESSING; COMPRESSOR POWER; CYCLE EFFICIENCY; EXPANSION PROCESS; EXPANSION VALVES; LNG PLANT; LOSS RECOVERY; MIXED REFRIGERANTS; NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION; PER UNIT; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PRODUCTION INCREASE; TURBINE EXPANDERS;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EMISSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TURBINE;

EID: 84857996839     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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