Controlled liquefaction and energy management

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for liquefaction control, the computer program product comprising code which causes one or more processors to perform operations of:

• pressurizing a gas within a first pressure containment vessel using a column of liquid;
• cooling the gas that is being pressurized using a liquid spray, wherein the liquid spray is introduced into the first pressure containment vessel in a region occupied by the gas;
• metering the gas that was pressurized into a second pressure containment vessel, wherein the metering enables liquefaction of the gas;
• additionally cooling the gas after it leaves the first pressure containment vessel using one or more heat exchangers, wherein the one or more heat exchangers are cooled by a liquefied version of the gas, wherein the liquefied version of the gas is metered from the second pressure containment vessel, wherein a dehydrator for the gas is included between at least two of the one or more heat exchangers, and wherein a heat exchanger downstream of the dehydrator receives the liquefied version of the gas that was metered from the second pressure containment vessel before a heat exchanger that is upstream of the dehydrator;
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• pushing the gas that was liquefied in the second pressure containment vessel into a holding tank, wherein the holding tank stores a liquefied state of the gas, and wherein the pushing is accomplished by the pressure of the gas that was metered into the second pressure containment vessel.

A system for liquefaction control comprising:

• a memory which stores instructions;
• one or more processors coupled to the memory wherein the one or more processors, when executing the instructions which are stored, are configured to:
• pressurize a gas within a first pressure containment vessel using a column of liquid;
• cool the gas that is being pressurized using a liquid spray, wherein the liquid spray is introduced into the first pressure containment vessel in a region occupied by the gas;
• meter the gas that was pressurized into a second pressure containment vessel, wherein the metering enables liquefaction of the gas;
• additionally cool the gas after it leaves the first pressure containment vessel using one or more heat exchangers, wherein the one or more heat exchangers are cooled by a liquefied version of the gas, wherein the liquefied version of the gas is metered from the second pressure containment vessel, wherein a dehydrator for the gas is included between at least two of the one or more heat exchangers, and wherein a heat exchanger downstream of the dehydrator receives the liquefied version of the gas that was metered from the second pressure containment vessel before a heat exchanger that is upstream of the dehydrator;
• and
• push the gas that was liquefied in the second pressure containment vessel into a holding tank, wherein the holding tank stores a liquefied state of the gas, and wherein the pushing is accomplished by the pressure of the gas that was metered into the second pressure containment vessel.