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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Macungie, PA (US);
Gowri Krishnamurthy, Sellersville, PA (US);
Mark Julian Roberts, Kempton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/02 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/0227 (2013.01); F25J 1/0022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for increasing the capacity and efficiency of natural gas liquefaction processes by debottlenecking the refrigerant compression system. A secondary compression circuit comprising at least one double flow compressor is provided in parallel fluid flow communication with at least a portion of a primary compression circuit.