Heat Transfer Problems in Liquefied Natural Gas Plants

1973 ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
L. E. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Transfer Problems ◽  
Gas Plants

Liquefied natural gas plants based on nitrogen expansion cycles

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. F. Kuzmenko ◽  
V. A. Peredelskii ◽  
A. L. Dovbish
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Plants

scholarly journals A boil-off gas utilization for improved performance of heavy duty gas turbines in combined cycle

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Mazzoni ◽  
Srithar Rajoo ◽  
Alessandro Romagnoli
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Cooling Power ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Cold Energy

The storage of the natural gas under liquid phase is widely adopted and one of the intrinsic phenomena occurring in liquefied natural gas is the so-called boil-off gas; this consists of the regasification of the natural gas due to the ambient temperature and loss of adiabacity in the storage tank. As the boil-off occurs, the so-called cold energy is released to the surrounding environment; such a cold energy could potentially be recovered for several end-uses such as cooling power generation, air separation, air conditioning, dry-ice manufacturing and conditioning of inlet air at the compressor of gas turbine engines. This paper deals with the benefit corresponding to the cooling down of the inlet air temperature to the compressor, by means of internal heat transfer recovery from the liquefied natural gas boil-off gas cold energy availability. The lower the compressor inlet temperature, the higher the gas turbine performance (power and efficiency); the exploitation of the liquefied natural gas boil-off gas cold energy also corresponds to a higher amount of air flow rate entering the cycle which plays in favour of the bottoming heat recovery steam generator and the related steam cycle. Benefit of this solution, in terms of yearly work and gain increase have been established by means of ad hoc developed component models representing heat transfer device (air/boil-off gas) and heavy duty 300 MW gas turbine. For a given ambient temperature variability over a year, the results of the analysis have proven that the increase of electricity production and efficiency due to the boil-off gas cold energy recovery has finally yield a revenue increase of 600,000€/year.

Numerical Simulation of Liquefied Natural Gas in Rib-Tube

2013 ◽  
Vol 483 ◽  
pp. 162-165
Author(s):  
Su Hou De ◽  
Zhang Yu Fu ◽  
Ji Yong Che ◽  
Xiao Long Wen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Heat Exchange ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Dispersed Phase ◽  
Wall Function ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Set Up

The flow of liquefied natural gas (LNG) which was coupled between heat transfer and fluid-flow in rib-tube was studied in this paper. Based on theoretical analysis, the model and wall-function were chosen to simulate the flow field of rib-tube, and the multiphase flow was described by the mixture model, in which the dispersed phase was defined by different velocity. In addtion, self-defining functions were used and governing equations were set up to solve the dispersed phase, and the result were compared with the experiment. The process of fluid-flow and heat exchange on rib-tube was simulated, and the contours of temperature, pressure, velocity, gas fraction were obtained, which showed that, the parameters of above changed when the temperature was rising and the LNG evaporating along the rib-tube, and a mixed process existed in the middle of the heat tube.

Application of Boil Off Gas Compressors in Liquefied Natural Gas Plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustapha Chaker ◽  
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji ◽  
Pradeep Pillai ◽  
Dipanjan Bhattacharya ◽  
David Messersmith
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Dynamic Simulation ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lng Liquefaction ◽  
Gas Plants

This paper discusses complexities and challenges of managing boil off gas (BOG) in liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction plants. Most publications in the past have focused on regasification terminals and have not addressed the area of liquefaction plants. The paper discusses the generation and management of BOG and the associated networks and machinery to manage it. BOG options available for both Greenfield plants and in debottlenecking situations are covered. The advantages and disadvantages of different options and compressor systems are covered and the concept of dynamic simulation as an analysis tool is addressed.

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