Refrigerant supply to a cooling facility
AssigneeConocoPhillips Company
InventorsPaul R. Davies, James L Harris
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Abstract
An embodiment of a method for supplying refrigerants to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility includes: advancing a first refrigerant from a first storage device to a heat exchanger, the first refrigerant having a first temperature; advancing a second refrigerant from a second storage device to the heat exchanger, the second refrigerant having a second temperature different than the first temperature; flowing the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant through the heat exchanger; adjusting the second temperature based on at least a transfer of heat between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant in the heat exchanger; and transferring the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant to the LNG facility.
Claims19
A method for supplying refrigerants to a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, the method comprising:
- advancing a first refrigerant from a first storage device to a heat exchanger, the first refrigerant having a first temperature;
- advancing a second refrigerant from a second storage device to the heat exchanger, the second refrigerant having a second temperature different than the first temperature;
- adjusting the second temperature based on at least a transfer of heat between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant in the heat exchanger;
- advancing the first refrigerant from the heat exchanger to a temperature control system to apply heat to the first refrigerant;
- advancing the second refrigerant from the heat exchanger to an expansion valve to reduce pressure of the second refrigerant;
- and
- transferring the first refrigerant from the temperature control system and the second refrigerant from the expansion valve to cooling cycles in the floating LNG facility,
- wherein,
- the second refrigerant is introduced to the floating LNG facility, during a first-fill procedure at a different pressure than subsequent introductions of the second refrigerant to the floating LNG facility,
- the first-fill procedure of the second refrigerant is performed prior to operation of the floating LNG facility, and
- the subsequent introductions of the second refrigerant occur during the operation of the floating LNG facility.
A method to supply refrigerants to a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, the method comprising:
- heating, via a temperature control system, a first refrigerant received from a heat exchanger;
- reducing, via an expansion valve, pressure of a second refrigerant received from the heat exchanger;
- and
- transferring the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant to cooling cycles in the floating LNG facility during a first-fill procedure,
- wherein,
- the second refrigerant is introduced to the floating LNG facility, during a first-fill procedure at a different pressure than subsequent introductions of the second refrigerant to the floating LNG facility,
- the first-fill procedure of the second refrigerant is performed prior to operation of the floating LNG facility, and
- the subsequent introductions of the second refrigerant occur during the operation of the floating LNG facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.