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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.5.3327

A comparative study on the simulation of single-stage and multi-stage refrigeration cycle using propane as a refrigerant  

Noh, Sanggyun (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Dong Yang University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.5, 2014 , pp. 3327-3335 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, comparison works have been performed for single-stage and multi-stage refrigeration cycle using propane as a refrigerant in order to cool down the natural gas stream. A comparative analysis has been performed for a single, two, three and four stage refrigeration cycle using propane as a refrigerant for cooling the natural gas stream. For the simulation, natural gas feedstock properties supplied by KOGAS were utilized and Peng-Robinson equation of state model was used. As the number of compression stages increase, the condenser heat duty is decreased. The refrigeration heat duty for a four-stage refrigeration cycle is decreased by 20.36% compared to that for a single-stage refrigeration cycle. Moreover, the total refrigerant circulation rate for a four-stage refrigeration system is was reduced by 14.53% compared to the single stage refrigeration cycle. The total compression power for a four-stage compression was reduced by 41.61% compared to the single stage compression.
Keywords
One-stage refrigeration; Two-stage refrigeration; Three-stage refrigeration; Four-stage refrigeration; Equation of state;
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