A cryocooler-based gas scrubber, or cryocooler-based gas purifier, utilizes the cooling power of a cryocooler to cool and condense cryogen gas forming coalesced impurities which are then filtered through a filter matrix, such as for example a fiberglass filter matrix. The scrubber may further comprise a counter-flow heat exchanger for warming the purified gas prior to dispensing at an outlet for storage or consumption.

The present invention provides a method to separate CO2 from a contaminated hydrocarbon-containing stream. The method comprises obtaining a multiphase contaminated hydrocarbon-containing stream (100) containing at least a vapour phase, a liquid phase and a solid phase, creating a slurry stream (120) from the multiphase stream. The slurry stream is fed to a crystallization chamber comprising CO2 seed particles. A liquid hydrocarbon stream (170) is obtained from the crystallization chamber (91) and a concentrated slurry (140) is obtained. The concentrated slurry (140) is removed from the crystallization chamber (91) by means of an extruder (142), thereby obtaining solid CO2. A feedback stream (141) is obtained from the solid CO2 comprising CO2 seed particles having an average size greater than 100 micron. The feedback stream (141) is passed into the crystallization chamber (91).

A method includes directing a refrigerant fluid mixture and a flow of natural gas through a first heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a natural gas flow path and a first refrigerant flow path. The method also includes expanding the flow of natural gas exiting from the first heat exchanger via a first throttle valve. Further, the method also includes directing a generated cold natural gas vapor and a slurry having a liquefied natural gas and solidified carbon dioxide through a filter sub-assembly. Moreover, the method also includes separating the solidified carbon dioxide by the filter sub-assembly to form a purified liquefied natural gas. Finally, the method includes directing a pulse of a cleaning fluid having at least one of methane and carbon dioxide through the filter sub-assembly to remove the solidified carbon dioxide therefrom and storing the purified liquefied natural gas in a storage tank assembly.

A method for cryogenic cooling without fouling is disclosed. The method comprises providing a first cryogenic liquid saturated with a dissolved gas; expanding the first cryogenic liquid into a separation vessel, separating into a vapor, a second cryogenic liquid, and a first solid; drawing the vapor into a heat exchanger and the second cryogenic liquid and the first solid out of the separation vessel; cooling the vapor against a coolant through the heat exchanger, causing the vapor to form a third cryogenic liquid and a second solid, the second solid dissolving in the third cryogenic liquid; and combining the second cryogenic liquid and the first solid with the third cryogenic liquid, producing a final cooled slurry. In this manner, the cryogenic cooling is accomplished without fouling.

Devices, systems, and methods for concentrating a slurry are disclosed. A concentrator is utilized, including a cylindrical vessel containing a cylindrical filter and a screw. The cylindrical filter consists of a flat coil compression spring. The screw passes through the cylindrical filter. A slurry passed through the cylindrical vessel is concentrated. The slurry is conveyed by the screw along an interior of the cylindrical filter. Any two concentric coils of the spring are spaced such that the solid is prevented from passing between them. The slurry is concentrated to produce a concentrated slurry by restricting the product outlet such that a back pressure is created in the cylindrical vessel. The back pressure causes a portion of the liquid to pass between the concentric coils of the spring and out a fluid outlet. The concentrated slurry passes out a product outlet.

Method for extracting carbon dioxide in liquid methane, including expanding a liquid methane the carbon dioxide content being greater than 280 ppmv, the expansion carried out from a pressure greater than 6 bar to a pressure of 1 bar, the temperature of the liquid methane expanded being about 161.5 C., passing the methane gas phase and the carbon dioxide solid phase into a first liquid-solid-gas separator, with extraction of the solid carbon dioxide by filtration, and separation of the methane gas, to obtain a first liquid methane phase, partially decarbonized, transferring this first liquid methane phase to a second solid-liquid separator, the first liquid methane phase at 161 C., the second separator being an exchanger at less than 170 C., the carbon dioxide depositing in the second exchanger, to form a second liquid methane phase, the concentration of carbon dioxide in this second liquid methane phase at 170 C. being less than 200 ppmv.

Process and apparatus for producing pressurized gaseous nitrogen by cryogenic separation of air. The distillation column system includes a high pressure column, a medium pressure column, a main condenser and top condenser both being condenser-evaporators. Compressed and purified feed air is cooled in a heat exchanger and introduced to the distillation system. A gaseous nitrogen stream from the high pressure column is condensed in the main condenser. Bottom liquid of the medium pressure column is evaporated and gaseous nitrogen from the medium pressure column is condensed in the top condenser. Liquid nitrogen from the medium pressure column is pressurized and introduced to the high pressure column. A second gaseous nitrogen stream from the high pressure column is recovered as pressurized gaseous nitrogen product. A portion of the compressed and purified feed air is work-expanded and then warmed in the main heat exchanger.

Disclosed is a BOG reliquefaction system. The BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor as a refrigerant; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a second oil filter disposed downstream of the pressure reducer, wherein the compressor includes at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and the second oil filter is a cryogenic oil filter.

A distillation column system and a plant are for production of oxygen by cryogenic fractionation of air. The distillation column system has a high-pressure column and a low-pressure column, a main condenser, and an argon column with an argon column top condenser. The low-pressure column comprises an upper mass transfer region, a lower mass transfer region and a middle mass transfer region. The argon column top condenser is arranged within the low-pressure column between the upper and middle mass transfer regions and is configured as a forced-flow evaporator.

An air fractionation plant in which a cooling water circuit having a recooling apparatus is provided for cooling compressed air, where the recooling apparatus is configured for cooling cooling water using cooling air. The recooling apparatus is configured so as to cool the cooling water, at least at a wet bulb temperature of the cooling air of more than 289 K, to a temperature which is not more than 3 K above the wet bulb temperature. A corresponding operating method and a control facility are likewise provided.