Assessment of flexible operation in an LNG plant
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Author(s)
Xuan, Ying Ying
Pretlove, John
Thornhill, Nina
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Process industries are becoming increasingly reliant on electrical power for reasons of efficiency and sustainability. A large industrial site typically has its own power management system to distribute electricity to the process and to manage electrical contingencies such as partial loss of supply. Recent work has illustrated more flexible alternatives to load shedding whereby an industrial process plant can continue to operate at a lower level making use of available electrical power. This paper presents a way for achieving such flexibility in a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant. It analyzes the consequences for production of varying the consumed power, and assesses the maximum flexibility within the feasible operating envelope of the process. The study has been conducted by modeling and simulation of an LNG plant using the Linde process with three refrigeration cycles. The results also show the relationships between electrical power consumption and production in terms of production rate and product characteristics. They also show that the vapour-liquid equilibrium plays a crucial role in establishing the operating points and setting the boundaries in which the process has to work. Thus, through the assessment and simulation of an LNG plant, this work demonstrates that flexible operation has benefits over alternatives. It achieves more operating points and therefore adds more flexibility.
Date Issued
2018-07-19
Date Acceptance
2018-05-30
Citation
IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018, 51 (8), pp.158-163
ISSN
2405-8963
Publisher
IFAC Secretariat
Start Page
158
End Page
163
Journal / Book Title
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume
51
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
ABB Switzerland Ltd.
ABB Switzerland Ltd.
ABB Switzerland Ltd.
ABB Switzerland Ltd.
ABB Technology Ltd
Grant Number
NA
NA
N/A
N/A
Source
3rd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production (OOGP)
Subjects
Flexible Operation
LNG Plant
Energy Distribution
RKS EoS
Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
ENERGY
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2018-05-30
Finish Date
2018-06-01
Coverage Spatial
Esbjerg, DENMARK
Date Publish Online
2018-07-19