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5. Low temperatures, liquefied gases, Stirling engines, LNG, dry ice
Ron ZevenhovenÅbo Akademi University
Thermal and Flow Engineering Laboratory / Värme- och strömningstekniktel. 3223 ; [email protected]
Refrigeration (Kylteknik) course # 424519.0 v. 2017
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5.1 Gas refrigeration and liquefaction
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Gas liquefaction options Liquefied gases can be produced by cooling a gas until
it partially forms a liquid, and removing this liquidproduct, by gas-liquid separation.
The necessary cooling effect can be achieved by expansion cooling– Using a turbine or other expansion machine
(allows for very limited liquid formation): reversed Brayton cycle, reversed Stirling cycle
– Using a throttling device, making use of the Joule-Thomson effect
For pre-cooling, a vapour- compression process can be used
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5.2 Stirling cycles
See also A11: chapter 13.10and TV08
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Carnot, Stirling, Ericsson cycles Carnot cycle: reversible
– Heat addition at constant T– Adiabatic expansion– Heat rejection at constant T– Adiabatic compression
Stirling cycle: reversible– Heat addition at constant T– Heat rejection at constant v– Heat rejection at constant T– Heat addition at constant v
Ericsson cycle: reversible– Heat addition at constant T– Heat rejection at constant p– Heat rejection at constant T– Heat addition at constant p
T,s and p,vdiagrams for Carnot →and Stirling ↓power cycles
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Stirling cycle, Stirling engine
Heat is temporarily stored in the regenerator, going from temperature TH to TL during step 2-3 (and vice versa when returning to state 1) Picture: T06Picture: ÇB98
See for principle also http://www.cs.sbcc.net/~physics/flash/heatengines/stirling.html (Feb. 2017)
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A Stirling cooler
“The cooler consists essentially of only two moving parts - a piston and a displacer. The displacer shuttles the working gas (helium) between the compression and expansion spaces. The phasing between the piston and displacer is such that when the most of the gas is in the ambient compression space, the piston compresses the gas while rejecting heat to the ambient. The displacer then displaces the gas through the regenerator to the cold expansion space. After this, both displacer and piston allow the gas to expand in this space while absorbing heat at a low temperature.”
Picture and source: http://www.ohio.edu/mechanical/thermo/Intro/Chapt.1_6/Chapter3b.html (Feb 2017)
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Stirling refrigeration cycles /1
The working gas in the cycle is hydrogen or helium (high thermal conductivity!)
The Stirling cycle is difficult to achieve in practice since heat transfer requires temperaturedifferences→ regenerator has efficiency< 100%, and pressure drop
Nonetheless of interest due to efficiency potential and (for engines) emissions control(Ford, GM, Philips)
Picture: S90Stirling gas refrigerator (Philips)
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Stirling refrigeration cycle /2
Stirling refigeration devices(”cryogenerators”) allow for cooling down to -250°C at up to several MW cooling power
Efficiency: COP ~ 0.5· COPcarnot
Compact, simple, low noise Temperature-range flexible
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With repeated strokes, lower and lowertemperatures can bereached
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5.3 Joule-Thomson effect(see also 3.3)
See also A11: chapter 2.30
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Gas expansion: Joule-Thomson effect /1
Throttling (= isenthalpic pressure reduction of gases) can have a temperature effect as a result of deviations from ideal gas behaviour:
For the states (for example in a T,s diagram) where(∂T/∂p)h > 0, reducing pressure will give a lowertemperature: the Joule-Thomson effect Picture: S90
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Gas expansion: Joule-Thomson effect /2
At the inversion temperature of a gas, µJT = 0
Application: cooling and liquefaction of gases
Some tabelised data:
Picture & table: A83
Air at 1 atm: µJT ~ 2K/MPa at ~ 20°CµJT ~ 4K/MPa at ~ -100°C
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Using the Joule-Thomson effect
Note: during vaporisation of liquid air, more N2 than O2 is vaporised, enriching the remaining liquid in O2, whichcan lead to ignition of oil, therefore cooling with liquidnitrogen (by-product from O2production !) is much safer
The main application of the J -T effect is the Linde process, later also the Claude process, still later also natural gas processing: gases with relatively high vapour pressure
Initially used mainly for liquefaction of air, followed by distillation to separate air into N2 + O2
Water and CO2 can be removedat ~ -50°C and -80°C, resp.
T,x diagram for O2 + N2 at 1 atm
Picture: Ö96
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5.4 Linde-Hampson process(for liquefaction of gases)
See also A11: chapter 13.11and MMW14: chapter 4..2.5
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Linde-Hampson process – ideal /11-2 Compression at T = Tin
2-3 Heat exchange3-4 Throttling4-6 Liquid removal4-5 Gas removal5-7 Heat exchange
Note: massin = massliq @ 6 + massgas @ 5
1 and 7 can be open forair (and p2 for cold gas = 1 bar); closed loop for other gases
Liquefied gas
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Data for several gasesCritical Temperatures, Critical Pressures, Boiling Points
Gas Tc(oC) Pc (atm) BP at 1 atm (oC)
He -267.96 2.261 -268.94
H2 -240.17 12.77 -252.76
Ne -228.71 26.86 -246.1
N2 -146.89 33.54 -195.81
CO -140.23 34.53 -191.49
Air -140 39 see data N2, O2, …
Ar -122.44 48.00 -185.87
O2 -118.38 50.14 -182.96
CH4 -82.60 45.44 -161.49
C2H6 32.27 48.16 -88.6
CO2 31.04 72.85 -78.44
C3H8 96.67 41.93 -42.02
NH3 132.4 111.3 -33.42
Cl2 144.0 78.1 -34.03
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Linde-Hampson process – ideal /2Mass balance:min = m4 = m6 + m5
Energy balance I:h3= h4 = x· h5+(1-x)· h6
fraction of massliquefied = γ = 1-xEnergy balance II:m2· h2 = m6· h6+m7· h7
h2 = γ· h6 + (1-γ)· h7
givesγ = (h2-h7)/(h6-h7)
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Linde-Hampson process – ideal /3 For example (see p,h
diagram on next page) air 290 K, 1 bar → 200 bar hair in = 290 kJ/kg = h4
h1 = 255 kJ/kgh2 = - 40 kJ/kg = h3
h3’ = -130 kJ/kg
air mass fraction liquefied,γ, from energy balance
min· h1= γ· min· h3’+ (1-γ)· min· h4
gives γ = (h1-h4)/(h3’-h4) = 0.083 kg / kg
T2 = 120 K, T3’ = 80 K
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cp kJ/kg· K 1 bar 300 bar
0°C 1.006 1.409
-100°C 1.011 1.761
Some data for air:
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Linde-Hampson process – real states ”*”
1-2* Compression with intercooling
2*-3* Heat exchange with pressure drop
3*-4* Throttling4*-6* Liquid removal4*-5* Gas removal5*-7* Heat exchange
4* instead of 4: much less liquid product !Cooling inlet compressionwith water can give 1-2With air, if 7 ≠ 7* then coldair is rejected.
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Liquefied gas
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Linde-Hampson process - improved Linde process
with pre-cooling using a separate refrigeration process
Linde process with external pre-cooling process and high pressure circulation
Pictures: Ö96
to ~50 barto ~200 bar(for air)
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Linde-Hampson initial cascade process
Until 1895 the mostimportant process, used only for liquefaction of air
Uses 4 cooling cyclesin series
Relatively small pressure & temperature rangesper stage
Medium is liquefied in 4th stage
Picture: Ö96
Linde’s 4-stage cascadeprocess (here for N2)
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5.5 Claude process(for liquefaction of gases)
See also MMW14: chapter 4..2.6
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Similar to Linde process except for:
2-3 heat exchange Iand then partially:
3-4 expansion turbine; + 3-5 heat exchange II + III
5-6 throttling6-8 liquid product6-7 gas product
A mix of a Linde process(all flow to throttle) and agas expansion process(no flow to throttle)
If 4 = 7 then heat exchange III is not needed
Picture: S90
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Claude process – real states ”*”1-2* Compression with
intercooling2*-3* Heat exchange I with
pressure drop3*-4* Expansion with losses$
3*-5* Heat exchange II with pressure drop
5*-6* Throttling6*-8* Liquid removal6*-7* Gas removal7*-9* Heat exchange with
pressure drop
6* instead of 6: much less liquid product !
Cooling inlet compressionwith water can give 2=2*
Picture: S90
Lique-fiedgas
$ depends on expansion device
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Linde-Hampson vs. Claude process For the Claude process the optimisation of the mass streams
and heat exchange is very important The Claude process is more complicated, requires less energy
input as a result of the expansion machine, nonethelessefficiencies can be as low as ~ 4-6 %.
For liquid air the production is ~ 0.05 - 0.07 kg/kg input air, can be improved to 0.1 - 0.2 kg/kg input air when using pre-cooling to -30 ~ -50°C
The temperature after the compressionis very important for overall efficiency
The choice between a Linde or Claude process depends on size and costs
For air, pre-cooling to ~ -50°C for H2O removal, to ~-80°C for CO2 removal
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Process energy use The energy input can be
evaluated from an energy balancefor liquid productγ· m· h0 + P = Q + γ· m· h3’with fresh gas feed γ· m at enthalpy h0 and m = mass flow to be compressed.
Power input per kg product: P/(γ· m) = Q/(γ· m) + h3’ – h0
Energy input for producing liquefied air at 80 K at 290 K ambient temperature
Theoretical kWh / kg
In practicekWh / kg
Linde cascade process (4 stages) 0.32 0.54
Simple Linde process 1.21 2.1
Linde process + pre-cooling 0.70 1.2
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5.6 Liquefied hydrocarbons(LNG / methane, LPG) and CO2
See also MMW14: chapter 4..2.4
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LNG processing /1
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is becoming increasing important, as a substitute for oil and other fossil fuels; liquefaction facilitates long-distance transport
Methane (CH4) with higher C:H molar ratio than other hydrocarbonfuels, gives less CO2 /kWh power
Typical composition:
CH4 87 - 91 mole-%; C2H6 4 - 11 mole-%; C3H8 < 3 mole-%;C4H10 < 1.5 mole-%; C5H12 < 0.05 mole-%
The gas is delivered for processing at ~ 90 bar and after removal of H2S / CO2, H2O, Hg (!), and heavy components (C5+), it is completelyliquefied at ~ - 160°C, pressures between 1 and 60 bar
LNG can be used to produce CNG (compressed natural gas, 100-250 bar)
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LNG processing /2
Source: WE09
LNG processing
Typical ”train” unit sizeup to 8 MTPA (million tons per annum)
LNG composition
Often, ethaneand/orpropane/butaneare (partly) removed
More detail:MMVW14 Chapter 2
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LPG Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a liquefied mixture of mainly
(>95%) propane plus some similar boiling point hydrocarbons, mainly butanes.
LPG is produced during processing of natural gas and in crude oil refining
The atmospheric boiling point of propane is ~ -42°C; LPG can be liquefied by compression and cooling to ~ 12 bar at low emperatures, and can be stored at ~ 15 bar, 40°C
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobbe_index(Feb. 2017)
For LNG: 35 ... 55 MJ/Nm3
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Similar to LNG and methane,a cascade of compression / heat exchange / expansionprocessescan be used for liquefication of other hydrocarbons with high vapour pressure (ethane, ethylene, ....) and CO2, usinghydrocarbons, ammonia, CO2, ....... as refrigerants
Acetylene, ethylene, CO2, ....
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5.7 LNG supply chain and processing
See also MMW14: chapter 1
Depending on transport distance and amount, transport of NG by pipeline, as LNG or after conversion (Fisher Tropsch GTL fuels, MeOH, DME)
2014: ~70% NG transport by pipeline, ~30% as LNGSmall LNG terminals: 0.01 – 0.3 Mt/a (MTPA), large > 1.5 Mt/a. Qatar: > 7 Mt/a, Australia > 8 Mt/a Global LNG trade 2016 ~ 250 Mt/a
Natural /LNG gas supply chain
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LNG processing before transport
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BOG = Boil-Off Gas
Pre-chilling and removal of heavy fractions (C2-C5, C6+), bringing CH4 content from ~90% to ~98-99%
Liquid LNG from flash (to ambinient pressure) to storagetanks, flash gas + BOG from storage and ship is compressedand sold e.g. as fuel
Gas turbinesreplaced steamturbines for LNG refrigeration, less attactiveto use flash gas (recompressionneeded)
LNG production from raw NG
LNG: atm. boiling point ~ -162°C, 87-99% methane, density 430 ~ 470 kg/m3, NG flammibility limits in air LFL ~ 5%-vol, UFL ~15%-vol
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N2 removal:1.quality
2. boiling point3. roll-over
Picture: MMVW14
LNG processing: special features Gas composition, purification needs: water, Hg, CO2, N2, ”heavy
hydrocarbons”, H2S Water removal: glycols (DEG or TEG), or adsorbents that also remove
CO2 and H2S, using molecular sieves, or alkanol amines (MEA, DEA, ....) Storage of LNG at ~ -160°C, 1 atm, at 1/600th of the NTP volume
requires, of course, insulation, and removing boil-off Pre-stressed concrete, Al and 9%Ni steel are suitable A serious challenge is stratification, caused by free convective flow of
heated liquid along the walls, towards the upper, liquid-vapour interface. Roll-over can then givesudden and rapid flashing.
”Aging” and varying LNG input increase the risk
More detail / source: F05 (e.g. Section 6.4)
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5.8 Liquefied gas, LNG transport
See also MMW14: chapter 3
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Liquified gas transport
Liquefied gases can be transported while beingrefrigerated on ships, trains and trucks (and in principle also on aeroplanes)
One option is to use part of the boil-off as fuel for the vehicle (and to drive the compressorfor the refrigerator)
Traffic and public safetymay be an issue
See also http://liquefiedgascarrier.com/ (Nov. 2014)
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Typically 30 000 – 300 000 m3, mostly ~ 130 000 m3 ~ 65 000 tons. T = approx. -169 °C, p = 1.3 ~ 1.7 bar, BOG = 0.05 ~ 0.15 %/day
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LNG transport by ship
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LNG receiving terminal : model
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LNG receiving terminal: processing
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Picture: MMVW14
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5.9 Natural gas liquefaction
See also MMW14: chapter 3and WE09: chapter 6
NG cooling curve
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andhttps://www.researchgate.net/figure/289496479_fig1_Fig-1-Pure-and-MR-cooling-curve-in-comparison-to-natural-gas-Helgestad-2009
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LNG liquefaction /1
LNG liquefaction is based on succesivecompression, heat exchange and expansion
Currently the propane pre-cooledmixed refrigerant (PPMR / C3MR) process* → covers ~75% of the market needs since the late1970s
A mixed refrigerant (MR) is used for minimal irreversibility losses; the PPMR process uses a mixture of nitrogen, methane, ethane and propane →
The first steps cool to ~ -35°C to remove heavy components (natural gas liquids, NGL), followed by Joule-Thomson cooling to ~ -160°C* APCI (Air Products & Chemicals Int)
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LNG liquefaction /2
An important alternative process for LNG liquefaction is the optimised cascade LNG process (OCLP)* based on threerefrigerants: propane, ethylene circuits and methane (flash) circuit.* Phillips Petroleum Co.
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LNG liquefaction /3
Another important, more recent alternative, process for LNG liquefactionis the the more recent dual mixed refrigerant process (DMR)* basedon pre-cooling to -50°C in the (P)PMR cycle (refrigerant propane) and further cooling and liquefaction in the MR cycle (refrigerant mainly ethane+ propane). Advantages: high efficiency, lowest specific costs. * Shell
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LNG liquefaction /4 Others
Source: WE09
Single mixed refrigerant (SMR) loop process Liquefin™ processMixed fluid cascade process
NG liquefaction power consumption
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5.10 Liquefied gas, LNG storage
See also MMW14: chapter 1.4.6
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Liquefied gas storage spheres Storage of liquefied gases can be
accomplished at pressures near1 atm using a spherical tank with a free liquid surface
Isolation materials minimise the ”boil-off” gas, BOG typically~ 0.05 % per day
The tank can be considered to be the evaporator of a vapour-compression cycle: the boil-off is extracted, compressed, condensed and throttled to the tank pressure
The two-phase mixture returned to the tank gives a cooling effectthat exactly compensates for heat leaking in during steady-stateoperation
For very low-temperature boiling gases like methane, a cascaderefrigeration process can be used with propane, freons, water, ..
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Liquefied gas storage Many liquefied gases can be
stored in gas storage spheres at atmospheric pressures, for example air, O2, N2 at ~ -190°C
CO2 is stored at ~ -20°C at 20 bar (triple point at 5.1 bar; if de-pressurised below that it will give a solid : dry ice! )
Ammonia can stored at atmospheric pressure at -33°C
Alternatively, gases can be stored without refrigeration in pressurised gas bottles.
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5.11 LNG off-loading, regasification
See also MMW14: chapter 1.4.6
LNG regasification /1 At the destination, LNG must be returned to the gaseous state for
transport and distribution, gradual warming from -163°C to > 0°C at 60 ~ 100 bar or more.
Also, to recover energy: ~ 8% of LNG energy is used for liquefaction! If possible, sea-water
trickle-type heat exchangers (made ofwood, or Ti-based metal) are used; if neededsome of the gas is burned to produce heat.
In some cases, contents ofN2 and/or C2+ are adjusted.
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LNG regasification /2
Status Finland (Feb. 2017): – Pori: operational September 2016 (storage capacity 0.015 Mt)– Tornio Manga project (to be available 2018)– Porvoo: LNG production operational 2010 (0.02 Mt/a)
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Port of Sagunto , (East coast of Spain)Installed capacity1.150.000 Nm3/h
Vaporisers (4x seawater,1x submerged combustor)
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LP sendoutpumps: ~ 1.3 ~ 9 bar
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Off-loading: LP compression, BOG condensation, HP compression /2
After LP pump 1.3 9 bar, BOG recondenser at ~ 9 bar, followed by HP pump 120 bar
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Off-loading: LP compression, BOG condensation, HP compression /3
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LP sendoutpumps: ~ 9 ~ 120 bar
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Regasification / vaporisation /1
Open Rack Vaporisation (ORV) : ~ 70%
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Regasification / vaporisation /2
Submerged Combustion Vaporizer (SCV): ~20%
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Regasification / vaporisation /3
Shell-and-tubevaporiser
Intermediate fluid vaporiser process
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Regasification / vaporisation /4
Hydrocarbonheat transfer fluid process
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Regasification / vaporisation /5
Ambient air vaporizer
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Regasification / vaporisation /6
Use of cold with organic Rankine cycle (ORC)closed (left) or open (right)
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As for yet another optionfor recovery of LNG coldenergy:Stirling engines !
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5.12 FPSO: floating production, storage and off-loading for LNG
FPSO floating production, storage and offloading
For example, the Lithuanianfloating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), built for Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Klaipéda; storage capacity 170 000 m3. (27.10.2014)
Compared to on-shore equipment, besides energy efficiency extra attention to compactness and safety
Mixed refrigerant (MR) processes need less equipment, while pure refrigerant cycles need more stages
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LNG liquefaction processes for FPSO studied by Lee et al. (2011)
See also: http://www.mustangeng.com/NewsandIndustryEvents/Publications/Publications/ midstream_LNG_Journal_Feb08.pdf (2008) http://www.airproducts.com/~/media/Files/PDF/industries/lng/en-lean-gas-article.pdf (2013)
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5.13 Hydrogen
See also http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov (Feb. 2017)
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Hydrogen productionHydrogen is (was?) seen, especially by politicians, as a ”solution” to
the ”energy production” and greenhouse effect problems However, hydrogen is not a fuel that can be extracted from
a natural resource but must be producedOptions for hydrogen production are
– From natural gas or bio-gas by reformingwith steam and/or oxygen
– From coal (or peat or wood or .....) by gasification– By electrolysis of water, using electricity from nuclear power or a
renewable source (wind, solar, ...)– Fermentative and other micro-organism systems
Separation of H2 from syngas (CO/H2/...) or other gas mixture canbe accomplished with for example pressure swing absorption (PSA) methods or membranesOften concentrated CO2 is a by-product → CO2 sequestration P
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Hydrogen liquefaction /1
The energy content per volumeof gaseous hydrogen is low; even in liquefied form it is less than that of for examplegasoline
Compression of H2 is veryenergy consuming; for examplecompression to 20 bar can cost10% of the heating value energy
Liquefaction requirestemperatures below 33 K (Tcrit), for atmosphericpressure 20 K.
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Hydrogen liquefaction /2
Cooling of H2 is accomplished by multi-stage compression and expansion coupled with counter-flow heat exchange and energy recovery by expansion turbines, based on the Claude process: I. Compression to ~ 50 bar,
removal of compression heat II. Pre-cooling with liquid nitrogen
to ~ 80 K / ~ - 196°C III. Expanding and further cooling
of the H2 (80 → 30 K) IV. Expanding in a throttling valve
→ 20 K Liquid H2 is then stored at low
pressure and T ~ 20 K
Current energy requirements for H2 liquefaction are in the order of 30 – 60 MJ (8-17 kWh)/kg liquidH2 (theory : 14.1 MJ/kg) for a plant producing > 100 kg/h
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Work in the US under the DOE hydrogen program aims at liquefied H2 production at 13-18 MJ/kg, corresponding to ~ 0.5 US$/kg. The process is based on the
hydrogen Claude process, and is referred to as the CombinedReverse-Brayton Joule-Thomson (CRBJT) expansion cycle The efficiency of the hydrogen
Claude process may be improvedby using He, He/Ne or Ne insteadof H2 in the gas compression / expansion cycle (He-Brayton; Ne-Brayton cycle)
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H2 transport and storage /1
Hydrogen can be stored as a compressed gas, in liquefied form or as solid hydrides. For largeamounts, underground storage in aquifers and depleted oil/gas reservoirs can be considered. Metal hydride (MH) storage devices (as
developed by Ovonics) can store up to three times as much hydrogen in the same volume as can be stored using high pressure methods
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H2 transport and storage /2
Liquefied hydrogen pipeline (a few 100 m) at Cape Canaveral (FL); several 1000 km of pressurised H2pipeline exist worldwide
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5.14 Dry ice
See also A11: chapter 6.8
Dry ice (solid CO2) production /1
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bright or bleak?” (2003, 2004) http://www.oilcrash.com/articles/h2_eco.htm#nota_01
D03: İ. Dinçer “Refrigeration systems and applications” Wiley (2003)
F05: T.M. Flynn “Cryogenic engineering” 2nd Ed. Marcel Dekker (2005) IAEA99: “Hydrogen as an energy carrier and its production by nuclear power”
IAEA-TECDOC--1085 IAEA, Vienna (Austria) (1999) L11: S Lee et al., “The study on a new liquefaction cycle development for LNG
plant” Int. Gas Union Res. Conf. 2011 (15 p.) http://members.igu.org/IGU%20Events/igrc/igrc2011/igrc-2011-proceedings-and-presentations/poster-papers-session-4/P4-22_Sanggyu%20Lee.pdf/@@download/file/P4-22_Sanggyu%20Lee.pdf
For some p,h diagrams: http://www2.dupont.com/Refrigerants/en_US/products/literature.html (accessed Feb. 2016)http://christophe.lauverjat.pagesperso-orange.fr/mava/index.html (accessed Feb. 2016)
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Sources #5 /2 ME06: S. Mokhatab, M.J. Economides, World Oil Magazine 227(2) (Feb
2006) http://www.worldoil.com/February-2006-Process-selection-is-critical-to-onshore-LNG-economics.html
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Publ. Co. (2009) S90: A.L. Stolk ”Koudetechniek A1”, Delft Univ. of Technol. (1990) TV08: D,G. Thombare, S.K. Verma. ”Technological developments in the
Stirling cycle engines”, Renew. Sustain, Energy Rev. 12 (2008) 1-38Ö96: G. Öhman ”Kylteknik”, Åbo Akademi Univ. (1996)
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