Tabet Mole faction of components for natural gs. nents eat oe ica hy a Vote Faction 0509 000016 008 008 oom 0001 of components for mised refrigerants. Components CHy Gs Gy Gy GH Ne Mole faa 2404s apy on? om? oT Table ‘Main performance parameters of the processes. Fowrae Powerper_inadof Tiguetaction ofnatural unit ING watercooling rate gases (kmolfh) (kWh/Nm?) (kW) GRC 375 Oe ae oy MRC 305 0263, aot sed Nrexpander 375 oa asi ose ‘The natural gases used in the simulation are the associated natural gases from South China Sea. After pretreatment, the natural gases are ata pressure of 12.75 Mpaanda temperature of 50°C. The flow rate ofthe natural gases is assumed as 375 kmoljh. To compare the above three processes, we keep the same storage conditions, including the same storage pressure and storage temperature, and ‘the output of LNG. The adiabatic efficiencies of the compressors, turboexpanders and boosters in these liquefaction processes are all, set at 80%. The mole fraction of the components for the natural gases is shown in Table 1. Table 2 gives the fraction of components for mixed refrigerants adopted in the simulation, ‘The main performance parameters of the three kinds of liquefaction processes are shown in Table 3. We can see dearly that the power consumption of the No expander is the highest, which is higher than that of C3/MRC and MRC by 68% and 52%, respectively. The load of water-cooling of the N» expander is also the largest.. @ +H-E1, H-E2, H-E3 and H-E4, LNG heat exchangers; $1, $2, $3 and S4, separators: MI and M2, Mixers; P-| and P-2, compressors; C-1 and C-2, after coolers; H, heater; B and E, booster/turbe expander; J1-J6, valves; P1, P2, QI, Q2, E’ and H’, energy; numbers of 1443, pipelines. Fig. 1. CJMRC process.H-E1, H-E2, and H+E3, LNG heat exchangers; S1, $2, $3 and S4, separators: MI and M2, Miners; Pl and P-2, compressors; C=1. C=2 and C-3, after coolers; H, heater; B and E, boosteriturbo expander; 11-J5, valves; P1, P2, QU, Q2, Q3, E* and H°, energy; numbers of 1-38, pipelines. Fig. 2. MRC process.