Automatically varying the composition of a mixed refrigerant solution for single mixed refrigerant LNG (liquefied natural gas) process at changing working conditions

Energy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 931-941

  Xu, Xiongwen ^a   Liu, Jinping ^a   Cao, Le ^a   Pang, Weiqiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Control solution; Mixed refrigerant; Natural gas liquefaction; Working condition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; LIQUID METHANE; LIQUIDS; METHANE; REFRIGERANTS; COLD WORKING; FLOW OF GASES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

CONTROL SOLUTIONS; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPONENTS; MIXED REFRIGERANTS; NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION; PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; WORKING CONDITION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ALKANE; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHYLENE; EXERGY; FLOW VELOCITY; LIQUEFACTION; NATURAL GAS; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; DESIGN; GAS FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PROPANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84891494273     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.10.040     Document Type: Article

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