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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Stephen DE Haan, Wayne, NJ (US);
Stephen De Haan, Wayne, NJ (US);
Lummus Technology Inc., Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for chilling ethylene to required storage temperatures is disclosed, the process including: cooling an ethylene product from at least one of an ethylene production process and an ethylene recovery process via indirect heat exchange with a coolant at a temperature less than about −100° C. to decrease the temperature of the ethylene product; mixing a portion of the cooled ethylene product with methane to form the coolant; expanding at least one of the coolant, the methane, and the portion of the cooled ethylene to reduce a temperature of the coolant to less than −100° C. prior to the cooling; and feeding the heat exchanged coolant to at least one of the ethylene production process, the ethylene recovery process, and an open-loop refrigeration system.