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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Anthony P. Eaton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Anthony P. Eaton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 1/00 (2006.01); F25J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved methodology for starting up a LNG facility employing a refluxed heavies removal column. The improved methodology involves varying the temperature of the feed to the heavies removal column between start-up and normal operation. This allows a larger amount of the stream produced from the top of the heavies removal column during start-up to be used to more rapidly start up the LNG facility.