Thursday, 21 February 2008
By Mark J. Roberts, Adam A. Brostow, Vincent Coakley and Yu-Nan Liu
Recent improvements in the manufacturing and shipping capability of Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHE’s) together with the continued development of compressors and drivers offer the LNG industry the possibility of a new generation of LNG trains.
These synergistic developments now allow efficient single train process designs ranging from 3 to 8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) for the well proven propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant (C3MR) process to over 10 MTPA for the AP-X® process.
Recent improvements in the manufacturing and shipping capability of Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHE’s) together with the continued development of compressors and drivers offer the LNG industry the possibility of a new generation of LNG trains.
These synergistic developments now allow efficient single train process designs ranging from 3 to 8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) for the well proven propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant (C3MR) process to over 10 MTPA for the AP-X® process.
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February 2008
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