XIONG Xiaojun, HE Ting, LIN Wensheng. Process of BOG treating in LNG receiving station with normal temperature compressor[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (S2): 425-430.
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XIONG Xiaojun, HE Ting, LIN Wensheng. Process of BOG treating in LNG receiving station with normal temperature compressor[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (S2): 425-430.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20181153.
Process of BOG treating in LNG receiving station with normal temperature compressor
A certain amount of boil-off gas (BOG) will be produced during the operation of LNG receiving station. At present
three processes of torch
compression and re-condensation are commonly used to process BOG. Due to the low temperature of BOG
the cryogenic compressor is widely used in the compression process. However
the cost of cryogenic compressor reduces the economic benefits of LNG receiving station. Therefore
this paper proposes a process for BOG treating using a normal temperature compressor. The process utilizes the high temperature BOG of the compressor outlet to heat the low temperature BOG at the inlet of the compressor. On the one hand
the inlet temperature of the compressor is increased
which makes it possible for the normal temperature compressor to replace the cryogenic compressor; on the other hand
the BOG temperature at the outlet of the compressor and the cooling capacity required for the BOG re-condensation is reduced. Both cryogenic temperature compression and normal temperature compression process are simulated by HYSYS software. The results show that the normal temperature compressor process is more advantageous for small LNG receiving stations.