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WO2012013231A3
WO2012013231A3 PCT/EP2010/060982 EP2010060982W WO2012013231A3 WO 2012013231 A3 WO2012013231 A3 WO 2012013231A3 EP 2010060982 W EP2010060982 W EP 2010060982W WO 2012013231 A3 WO2012013231 A3 WO 2012013231A3
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Paul Higginbotham
Anthony Knut James Topham
Kevin David Thomas Tapsfield
John Crawford Rossman
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Air Products And Chemicals, Inc.
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Priority to US13/811,703 priority Critical patent/US20130118204A1/en
Priority to CN201080068287.1A priority patent/CN103270381B/en
Priority to PCT/EP2010/060982 priority patent/WO2012013231A2/en
Priority to KR1020137004611A priority patent/KR20130056294A/en
Priority to SG2013000302A priority patent/SG186906A1/en
Priority to JP2013520976A priority patent/JP2013536392A/en
Priority to RU2013108796/06A priority patent/RU2531099C1/en
Priority to EP10737899.4A priority patent/EP2598815A2/en
Priority to TW100126477A priority patent/TW201213692A/en
Publication of WO2012013231A2 publication Critical patent/WO2012013231A2/en
Publication of WO2012013231A3 publication Critical patent/WO2012013231A3/en

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    • F25J2270/04—Internal refrigeration with work-producing gas expansion loop
    • F25J2270/06—Internal refrigeration with work-producing gas expansion loop with multiple gas expansion loops
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
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Abstract

A system and process for liquefying a gas, comprising introducing a feed stream into a liquefier comprising at least a warm expander and a cold expander; compressing the feed stream in the liquefier to a pressure greater than its critical pressure and cooling the compressed feed stream to a temperature below its critical temperature to form a high pressure dense-phase stream; removing the high pressure dense-phase stream from the liquefier, reducing the pressure of the high pressure dense-phase stream in an expansion device to form a resultant two-phase stream and then directly introducing the resultant two-phase stream into a storage tank; and combining a flash portion of the resultant two-phase stream with a boil-off vapor from a liquid in the storage tank to form a combined vapor stream, wherein the temperature of the high pressure dense-phase stream is lower than the temperature of a discharge stream of the cold expander.
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