IP Library Granted Patent US 7,461,520
Granted Patent B2
US 7,461,520 · App. 10/526,104 · Granted Dec 9, 2008

Gas liquefaction plant

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Patent No.
US 7,461,520
App. No.
10/526,104
Granted
Dec 9, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas liquefaction plant includes a pre-cooling exchanger which pre-cools a feed gas by means of indirect heat exchange with a first refrigerant; a first refrigerant compressor which compresses the first refrigerant which has been used for refrigerating the feed gas in the pre-cooling exchanger; a cryogenic heat exchanger which refrigerates and liquefies the feed gas which has been pre-cooled by the pre-cooling exchanger by means of indirect heat exchange with a second refrigerant; a second refrigerant compressor which refrigerates the second refrigerant which has been used for cooling and liquefying the feed gas in the cryogenic heat exchanger; and a piping complex which receives piping used in the gas liquefaction plant, wherein the pre-cooling exchanger, the first refrigerant compressor, the cryogenic heat exchanger, and the second refrigerant compressor are installed at one side of the piping complex.

Claims (14)

1. A gas liquefaction plant comprising:

a pre-cooling exchanger which pre-cools a feed gas by means of indirect heat exchange with a first refrigerant;

a first refrigerant compressor which compresses the first refrigerant which has been used for refrigerating the feed gas in the pre-cooling exchanger;

a cryogenic heat exchanger which refrigerates and liquefies the feed gas which has been pre-cooled by the pre-cooling exchanger by means of indirect heat exchange with a second refrigerant;

a second refrigerant compressor which refrigerates the second refrigerant which has been used for cooling and liquefying the feed gas in the cryogenic heat exchanger; and

a piping complex which receives piping used in the gas liquefaction plant,

wherein the pre-cooling exchanger, the first refrigerant compressor, the cryogenic heat exchanger, and the second refrigerant compressor are installed at one side of the piping complex, and

the refrigerant piping which connects the pre-cooling heat exchanger and the first refrigerant compressor, and the refrigerant piping which connects the cryogenic heat exchanger and the second refrigerant compressor are arranged without being installed in the piping complex.

2. The gas liquefaction plant according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-cooling exchanger and the first refrigerant compressor are installed adjacent to each other, and the cryogenic heat exchanger and the second refrigerant compressor are installed adjacent to each other.

3. The gas liquefaction plant according to claim 1 , wherein a heavy component removing facility which removes a heavy component in the feed gas is installed between a first heat exchange area defined by the pre-cooling exchanger and the first refrigerant compressor, and a second heat exchange area defined by the cryogenic heat exchanger and the second refrigerant compressor at one side of the piping complex, and a pre-treatment facility which pre-treats the feed gas before the feed gas is cooled by the pre-heat exchanger, is installed at the other side of the piping complex.

4. The gas liquefaction plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pre-treatment facility for pre-treating the feed gas; and

a fractionating facility which fractionates the feed gas; wherein

the pre-treatment facility and the fractionating facility are installed at the other side of the piping complex.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: JGC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053042/0230 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 24, 2020
From: JGC CORPORATION
To: JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053025/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2005
From: IIJIMA, TAKAYUKI; FUKUOKA, SHINICHI; TAKEZAWA, NAOYUKI
To: JGC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016980/0261 →