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AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHelmut FRITZ, Werner LEITMAYR, Tobias KELLER, Christian VOSS
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The invention relates to a process (100) for producing liquefied natural gas using a feedstock mixture that contains at least methane, one or more components boiling at a temperature lower than methane and one or more hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane, wherein the hydrocarbon(s) boiling at a temperature higher than methane comprise one or more hydrocarbons freezing at a higher temperature, with a freezing point higher than −50° C. According to the invention the feedstock mixture is fed into a pressure swing adsorption process (10), in which a first fraction containing methane and a second fraction containing methane are formed, the first fraction containing methane contains, in addition to the methane, at least the predominant portion of the components of the feedstock mixture that boil more readily than methane and is low in or free from the hydrocarbons boiling less readily than methane, and the second fraction containing methane contains, in addition to the methane, at least the predominant portion of the hydrocarbons from the feedstock that boil less readily than methane and is low in or free from the components that boil more readily than methane, and the first fraction containing methane, or a portion thereof, is supplied for liquefaction (20). The invention also relates to a corresponding plant.
Process (100) for producing liquefied natural gas using a feedstock mixture that contains at least methane, one or more components boiling at a temperature lower than methane, and one or more hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane, wherein the hydrocarbon(s) boiling at a temperature higher than methane have one or more high-freezing hydrocarbons with a freezing point higher than −50° C.,
Plant for producing liquefied natural gas using a feedstock mixture containing at least methane, one or more components boiling at a temperature lower than methane, and one or more hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane, wherein the hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons boiling at a temperature higher than methane have one or more high-freezing hydrocarbons with a freezing point of more than −50° C.,
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