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Design of an Intermediate Fluid Vaporizer for Liquefied Natural Gas
Author(s) -
Xu Shuangqing,
Chen Xuedong,
Fan Zhichao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201500740
Subject(s) - vaporizer , liquefied natural gas , computational fluid dynamics , natural gas , fluid dynamics , petroleum engineering , thermal , heat transfer , environmental science , energy recovery , mechanics , engineering , energy (signal processing) , thermodynamics , waste management , physics , quantum mechanics
The intermediate fluid vaporizer (IFV) owns various advantages over other types of liquefied natural gas (LNG) vaporizers. Research findings related to the design of an IFV, including configurational variations, selection of candidate working fluids, one‐dimensional steady‐state thermal model, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for thermal dynamic analysis, and cold energy recovery have been reviewed. Further updates to the current one‐dimensional thermal model are needed. A three‐dimensional unsteady CFD model should be established for the instantaneous flow and heat transfer analysis. Integrating the LNG regasification and cold energy recovery will bring more complexity in process design, optimization, and operation.