METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF LNG LIQUEFACTION SYSTEMS

• Main Author: USHITORA AKIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.02.2009
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; WEAPONS

For a LNG (liquid natural gas) liquefaction system or plant that includes a gas turbine fueled by vaporized LNG and which receives compressed air, via an air compressor, as an input, a means and method to use relatively colder LNG vapor, in a heat exchanger disposed before the inlet to the turbine&#...