Design and optimization of a novel mixed refrigerant cycle integrated with NGL recovery process for small-scale LNG plant

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 5545-5553

  He, Tianbiao ^a   Ju, Yonglin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; LIQUEFACTION OF GASES;

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MIXED REFRIGERANT CYCLES; MIXED REFRIGERANTS; MOLAR FLOW RATES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PROCESS PERFORMANCE;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84897499428     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4040384     Document Type: Article

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