公开(公告)号：US20180214841A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15748551

申请日：2016-07-28

Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Kai Jürgen FISCHER ,  Marcel Filip DABKOWSKI ,  Joshua ETKIND ,  Ancuta Ioana HULEA ,  Laurens Joseph Arnold Marie VAN CAMPEN ,  Raymond Petrus Henricus Maria BERGMANN

IPC: B01J19/06 ,  F25J1/00 ,  F25J1/02

CPC classification number: B01J19/06 ,  F17C2221/033 ,  F17C2223/0161 ,  F17C2223/0184 ,  F17C2225/0184 ,  F25J1/0022 ,  F25J1/0254 ,  F25J1/0264 ,  F25J2205/20 ,  F25J2210/04 ,  F25J2220/62 ,  F25J2220/64 ,  F25J2230/08 ,  F25J2230/60 ,  F25J2240/60 ,  F25J2245/02 ,  F25J2290/34

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for partially solidifying a methane comprising stream. The method comprises—providing a liquid methane comprising stream (30) at a first pressure (P1),—passing the liquid methane comprising stream (30) to a slush vessel (300) which is kept at a second pressure (P2), the second pressure (P2) being lower than the first pressure (P1), thereby cooling and at least partially solidifying the methane comprising stream (30) generating a methane comprising slush, and—collecting the methane comprising slush.