Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.

Brent Heyrman

Douglas A Ducote, Jr

Timothy P Gushanas

Richard Hopewell

Peter J Turner

Ravikumar Vipperla

Mark R Glanville

Mathew R Watt

A heavies removal heat exchanger cools at least a portion of a feed gas stream. A scrubbing section receives the cooled main feed gas stream. A stripping section receives a fluid stream from the scrubbing section. A stripping gas feed expansion device receives a portion of the feed gas stream and is in fluid communication with the stripping section. A side draw vapor line receives a vapor stream from the vapor outlet of the stripping section and is in fluid communication with a reflux stream cooling passage of the heavies removal heat exchanger. A reflux separation device receives fluid from the heavies removal heat exchanger and has a liquid outlet and a vapor outlet. The liquid outlet is in fluid communication with the scrubbing section. A return vapor expansion device receives a vapor stream from the scrubbing section and directs a cooled vapor stream to a return vapor stream warming passage of the heavies removal heat exchanger. The reflux separation device vapor outlet is configured so that fluid passing therethrough joins with fluid that has exited the return vapor expansion device either before or after the fluid that has exited the return vapor expansion device flows through the return vapor stream warming passage of the heavies removal heat exchanger.

Side draw reflux heavy hydrocarbon removal system and method

A system and method for liquefying a hydrogen gas feed stream uses a pre-cooling refrigerant for pre-cooling the feed stream, where the pre-cooling refrigerant is compressed, cooled and then separated to provide high pressure mixed refrigerant vapor and liquid streams. The high pressure vapor stream is cooled and directed to a cold vapor separator where cold separator liquid and vapor streams are formed. The cold separator vapor stream is cooled and expanded to provide a pre-cool refrigeration stream in a heat exchanger system. The high pressure pre-cooling refrigerant liquid and cold separator liquid streams are cooled and expanded and directed to the pre-cool refrigeration stream. A high pressure primary refrigerant steam, after compression and cooling, is further cooled in the heat exchanger system and then expanded using warm and cold expanders, with the resulting expanded primary refrigerant streams used to liquefy the pre-cooled hydrogen feed stream via heat exchange in the heat exchanger system.

Hydrogen liquefaction system and method

A main heat exchanger receives and partially condenses an effluent fluid stream so that a mixed phase effluent stream is formed. A primary separation device receives and separates the mixed phase effluent stream into a primary vapor stream including hydrogen and a primary liquid stream including an olefinic hydrocarbon. The main heat exchanger receives and warms at least a portion of the primary vapor stream to provide refrigeration for partially condensing the effluent fluid stream. The main heat exchanger also receives, warms and partially vaporizes the primary liquid stream. A mixed refrigerant compression system also provides refrigeration in the main heat exchanger.

Dehydrogenation separation unit with mixed refrigerant cooling

A system for separating olefinic hydrocarbon and hydrogen in an effluent fluid stream from a dehydrogenation reactor includes a heat exchanger that receives and partially condenses the effluent fluid stream so that a mixed phase effluent stream is formed. A primary separation device receives and separates the mixed phase effluent stream into a primary vapor stream and a primary liquid product stream. A heat exchanger receives and partially condenses the primary vapor stream so that a mixed phase primary stream is formed. A secondary separation device receives and separates the mixed phase primary stream into a secondary vapor stream and a secondary liquid product stream. A heat exchanger receives and warms the secondary vapor stream to provide refrigeration for partially condensing the effluent fluid stream and a heat exchanger receives and warms the secondary vapor stream to provide refrigeration for partially condensing the primary vapor stream. A mixed refrigerant compression system provides refrigerant to a heat exchanger to provide refrigeration.

Provided are mixed refrigerant systems and methods and, more particularly, to a mixed refrigerant system and methods that provides greater efficiency and reduced power consumption.

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The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

Brent Heyrman