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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
John Michael Repasky, Schertz, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/02 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01); F25J 3/00 (2006.01); F25J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/0238 (2013.01); F25J 1/0022 (2013.01); F25J 1/023 (2013.01); F25J 1/0212 (2013.01); F25J 3/0247 (2013.01); F25J 2220/64 (2013.01); F25J 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for increasing the efficiency of liquefied natural gas production and heavy hydrocarbon distillation. In one embodiment, air within an LNG production facility can be utilized as a heat source to provide heat to HHC liquid for distillation in a HHC distillation system. The mechanism of heat transfer from the air can be natural convection. In another embodiment, heat provided by natural gas, or compressed natural gas, can be used for HHC distillation. In other embodiments, various other liquids can be used to transfer heat to HHC liquid for distillation.