Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for processing a hydrocarbon-comprising fluid
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Application No.: US15548406Application Date: 2016-02-03
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Publication No.: US10254041B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Jerom Ferdinandus Van Roosmalen
- Applicant: ILNG B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Oosterbeek
- Assignee: ILNG B.V.
- Current Assignee: ILNG B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Oosterbeek
- Agency: AEON Law, PLLC
- Agent Adam L. K. Philipp; Jonathan E. Olson
- Priority: NL1041168 20150203
- International Application: PCT/NL2016/050077 WO 20160203
- International Announcement: WO2016/126159 WO 20160811
- Main IPC: F25J3/06
- IPC: F25J3/06 ; C10L3/10

Abstract:
Systems and methods for liquefying a gaseous fluid that comprises at least 50% by volume methane into a liquefied fluid that comprises at least 85% by volume methane. Processing can include increasing a pressure of the incoming gaseous fluid to between 10 and 50 bar; pre-treating the gaseous fluid using membrane filtering to a retentate stream having a methane content of at least 85% by volume; liquefying the retentate stream by cryogenic cooling to a temperature between −100° C. and −140° C.; flashing the liquefied fluid into a container; retrieving processed liquid fluid at a first container level at a pressure of between 1 and 10 bar, a temperature of between −120° C. and −160° C., and a methane concentration of at least 85% by volume into a storage device; and retrieving a slurry flow comprising solid CO2 and water ice at a second container level below the first container level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190128602A2 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A HYDROCARBON-COMPRISING FLUID Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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