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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Duncan Peter Michael Reijnen, Rijswijk, NL;
David Bertil Runbalk, The Hague, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Research Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/00 ;
Abstract
Plant for liquefying natural gas comprising a main heat exchanger in which the natural gas is liquefied by means of indirect heat exchange with evaporating refrigerant, and a refrigerant circuit in which evaporated refrigerant is compressed and liquefied to produce liquid refrigerant that is used in the main heat exchanger, wherein the refrigerant circuit includes a compressor train consisting of at least one compressor driven by an electric motor.