Advanced Dual Refrigerant Expansion Cycle for LNG Liquefaction

천연가스 액화용 이중 냉매 팽창 사이클

  • Received : 2018.06.08
  • Published : 2019.07.30

Abstract

This paper presents a LNG Liquefaction cycle configuration using two stages of methane expansion (i.e. spliting into two stages as warm & cold to generate an additional inflection point within a cold composite curve) and a single stage of nitrogen expansion to improve the efficiency of the conventional Methane & Nitrogen Expansion Cycle. In comparison with Double Nitrogen Expansion Cycel and Methane & Nitrogen Expansion Cycle, the cycle efficiency has increased approximately from 13.92 and 13.13 to 12.08 kW/ton/day (8~15% efficiency increase). A Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis based on Net Present Value (NPV) also show an improvement in therms of project NPV, against a minor increment of a CAPEX.

기존 메탄 & 질소 팽창 사이클의 효율 개선을 위해 2개의 메탄 팽창 공정 (cold composite curve에 변곡점을 하나 더 추가하기 위해 warm & cold 2개 공정으로 나눔)과 1개의 질소 팽창 공정을 사용한 천연가스 액화 사이클을 소개하기 위한 논문이다. 이전 질소 팽창 사이클 및 메탄 & 질소 사이클과 비교했을 때, 13.92 및 13.13에서 12.08 kW/ton/day로 효율이 8~15% 정도 개선되었다. 순 현재가치(NPV) 기준으로 한 수명 주기 비용 분석(LCC analysis) 또한 약간의 CAPEX 증가는 있지만 프로젝트 순 현재가치가 개선된 결과를 보여준다.

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