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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:
L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Michael A. Turney, Houston, TX (US);
Yasser Jebbari, Vincennes, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/02 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/0022 (2013.01); F25J 1/0052 (2013.01); F25J 1/0055 (2013.01); F25J 1/0212 (2013.01); F25J 1/0296 (2013.01); F25J 2215/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
The apparatus for liquefying a gaseous stream received from a pipeline that is comprised predominantly of ethane and a relatively small amount of other components by using a mixed refrigerant refrigeration cycle loop incorporating heavy hydrocarbons, as well as a distillation column to remove constituents lighter than ethane.