The pressure drop characteristics in LNG heat exchanger of cryogenic cascade refrigeration cycle

초저온 캐스케이드 냉동사이클의 LNG 열교환기 압력강하 특성

  • Yoon, J.I. (Dept. of Air-Conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Choi, K.H. (Dept. of Air-Conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kwag, J.W. (Graduate School, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Son, C.H. (Dept. of Air-Conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Baek, S.M. (Graduate School, Pukyong National University)
  • 윤정인 (부경대학교 냉동공조공학과) ;
  • 최광환 (부경대학교 냉동공조공학과) ;
  • 곽진우 (부경대학교 대학원) ;
  • 손창효 (부경대학교 냉동공조공학과) ;
  • 백승문 (부경대학교 대학원)
  • Published : 2012.03.29

Abstract

Natural gas is converted in to LNG by chilling and liquefying the gas to the temperature of $-162^{\circ}C$, when liquefied, the volume of natural gas is reduced to 1/600th of its standard volume. This gives LNG the advantage in transportation. The pressure dorp of the cascade liquefaction cycle was investigated and simulated using HYSYS software. The simulation results showed that the pressure drop in the LNG heat exchanger is set to 50 kPa considering the increase in the compressor work of cryogenic cascade liquefaction cycle.

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