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Enhancing LNG Production with Propane Refrigerant

This document describes a typical LNG production process that uses propane pre-cooling with mixed refrigerant. The process involves sweetening the feed gas, decreasing its temperature through pre-cooling and in a cold box to condense it, separating the condensed liquid natural gas from remaining gas in a separator, and fractionating the condensate to produce propane, butane, and pentane. The refrigeration cycles use both propane and a mixed refrigerant to provide cooling at different stages of the process.

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Enhancing LNG Production with Propane Refrigerant

This document describes a typical LNG production process that uses propane pre-cooling with mixed refrigerant. The process involves sweetening the feed gas, decreasing its temperature through pre-cooling and in a cold box to condense it, separating the condensed liquid natural gas from remaining gas in a separator, and fractionating the condensate to produce propane, butane, and pentane. The refrigeration cycles use both propane and a mixed refrigerant to provide cooling at different stages of the process.

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Performance enhancement of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG plant

Description: The schematic diagram shows an example of a typical LNG production process. The design is
based and licensed by Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APCI). About 77% of LNG plants uses propane pre-
cooled Multi-Component Refrigerant which is illustrated from the schematic diagram. Feed gas passes
through gas sweetening for the removal of impurities such as H2S, CO2, H2O, and Hg. It decreases its
temperature through pre-cooler and cold box resulting to condensation of the gas. The remaining gas and
condensate are separated in the separator, giving of a LNG product. The condensate undergoes
fractionation to give of propane, butane, and pentane. Two refrigeration process are used in the process:
Propane and MCR cycle. Propane cycle provides cooling to pre-cooler, cold box, and fractionation. MCR
cycle provides cooling for cryogenic column.

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