Current status and perspectives of liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant design

W Lim, K Choi, I Moon - Industrial & engineering chemistry …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is attracting great interest as a clean energy alternative to other
fossil fuels, mainly due to its ease of transport and low carbon dioxide emissions, a primary …

Optimization of propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant LNG plant

A Alabdulkarem, A Mortazavi, Y Hwang… - Applied thermal …, 2011 - Elsevier
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants are energy intensive. One way to reduce their energy
consumption is to apply optimization methods when designing such plants. In this paper …

Design optimization of single mixed refrigerant natural gas liquefaction process using the particle swarm paradigm with nonlinear constraints

MS Khan, M Lee - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The particle swarm paradigm is employed to optimize single mixed refrigerant natural gas
liquefaction process. Liquefaction design involves multivariable problem solving and non …

Knowledge based decision making method for the selection of mixed refrigerant systems for energy efficient LNG processes

MS Khan, S Lee, GP Rangaiah, M Lee - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Mixed refrigerant (MR) systems are used in many industrial applications because of their
high energy efficiency, compact design and energy-efficient heat transfer compared to other …

Thermodynamic and economic optimization of LNG mixed refrigerant processes

M Wang, R Khalilpour, A Abbas - Energy Conversion and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural gas liquefaction processes are energy and cost intensive. This paper performs
thermodynamic and economic optimization of the mid-scale mixed refrigerant cycles …

Energy efficiency enhancement of a single mixed refrigerant LNG process using a novel hydraulic turbine

MA Qyyum, W Ali, NVD Long, MS Khan, M Lee - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The advancement in hydraulic turbine (HT) technology was exploited for energy and cost
benefits in natural gas liquefaction. Replacing the conventional Joule–Thompson (JT) valve …

Minimizing boil-off losses in liquefied natural gas transportation

MMF Hasan, AM Zheng, IA Karimi - Industrial & engineering …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Natural gas (NG) is the cleanest fossil fuel, which is most popular and economical after
crude oil. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the most economical way of transporting NG over …

Technical characteristics and development trend of printed circuit heat exchanger applied in floating liquefied natural gas

L **e, D Zhuang, Z Li, G Ding - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The printed circuit heat exchanger with high efficiency and good compactness and reliability
presents potential application in the floating liquefied natural gas platform. This paper offers …

Optimal design and operation of a C3MR refrigeration system for natural gas liquefaction

M Wang, J Zhang, Q Xu - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
LNG liquefaction is an energy-intensive process. Energy efficiency is the major concern in
LNG liquefaction process design and operation. In this paper, a new methodology for LNG …

Techno-economic versus energy optimization of natural gas liquefaction processes with different heat exchanger technologies

H Son, B Austbø, T Gundersen, J Hwang, Y Lim - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy intensity of the natural gas liquefaction process in LNG value chains is
considerable, and therefore a number of energy optimization studies have been conducted …