An LPG reclaim system for withdrawing and reclaiming liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from an unspent LPG cylinder. The reclaim system has a reclaim station for reclaiming unspent LPG from LPG bottle containers, a compressor for applying a vacuum on the reclaim station and pressurizing LPG vapor from the reclaimed LPG fluid, and a receiving tanlc for receiving a stream of pressurized liquid LPG. The reclaim system has a pair of shell-and-tube heat exchangers include cold-side tubes and a hot side shell. The reclaimed LPG fluid is passed through the cold-side tubes, while the pressurizing LPG vapor is passed through the hot-side shell of the heat exchanger. The heat applied to the cold-side reclaimed LPG fluid promotes evaporation of the LPG fluid to LPG vapor for pressurizing, and the cooling applied to the hot-side pressurized LPG vapor promotes condensation of the LPG vapor to LPG liquid for the refill containers.

This hydrogen re-liquefaction system re-liquefies boil-off gas produced in a liquid hydrogen tank into liquid hydrogen and returns the liquid hydrogen to the liquid hydrogen tank, and includes: a delivery passage through which hydrogen to be delivered from the liquid hydrogen tank to a supply destination flows; a re-liquefaction passage through which the boil-off gas flows; and a re-liquefaction device that cools the boil-off gas flowing through the re-liquefaction passage and condenses the boil-off gas. The re-liquefaction device is a magnetic refrigerator that includes: a condenser provided in the re-liquefaction passage; and a heat dissipator provided in the delivery passage, cools the boil-off gas via the condenser by demagnetization, and releases heat generated during magnetization to the hydrogen via the heat dissipator.

Disclosed herein is a BOG reliquefaction system for LNG vessels. The BOG reliquefaction system includes a compressor compressing BOG, a heat exchanger cooling the compressed BOG by exchanging heat between the compressed BOG and BOG used as a refrigerant, and an expansion unit for expanding the BOG having been cooled by the heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger includes a core, in which heat exchange between a hot fluid and a cold fluid occurs, the core including a plurality of diffusion blocks, and a fluid diffusion member diffusing a fluid introduced into the core or a fluid discharged from the core.

A refrigerant charging system includes: a reliquefaction system reliquefying boil-off gas generated in a liquefied gas storage tank by compressing the boil-off gas and subjecting the compressed boil-off gas to heat exchange with refrigerant supplied to a heat exchanger while circulating along a refrigerant circulation line; a buffer tank storing utility N.sub.2 to be supplied to the ship; a booster compressor receiving the utility N.sub.2 from the buffer tank, compressing the received N.sub.2, and supplying the compressed N.sub.2 to the refrigerant circulation line; and a first load-up line along which the N.sub.2 is supplied from the buffer tank to the refrigerant circulation line without passing through the booster compressor. Upon initial charging in a non-operation state of the reliquefaction system, the refrigerant circulation line is charged with refrigerant by supplying the N.sub.2 from by a pressure differential between the refrigerant circulation line and the buffer tank.

A method for condensing argon can include two flow streams interacting with each other in a heat exchanger found within a cold box: a stream of gaseous argon enters the heat exchanger to be cooled down below its liquefaction point by a stream of pressurized liquid nitrogen entering the heat exchanger. While passing through the heat exchanger, gaseous argon is gradually cooled down until it is condensed into liquid, flowing by gravity to the nearby liquid argon storage tank.

An apparatus for condensing argon can include cold box, which is preferably sealed and largely maintenance free, where all instruments and valves requiring routine maintenance are to be located outside, a nitrogen separator disposed within the cold box, a heat exchanger disposed within the cold box, the heat exchanger is configured to condense a gaseous argon stream against a pressurized liquid nitrogen stream. The cold box is elevated as compared to an argon storage vessel, such that the condensed argon stream can flow to the argon storage vessel without the need for a pump.

A method for liquefying a natural gas feed stream and removing nitrogen therefrom, the method comprising passing a natural gas feed stream through a main heat exchanger to produce a first LNG stream, and separating a liquefied or partially liquefied natural gas stream in a distillation column to form nitrogen-rich vapor product, wherein a closed loop refrigeration system provides refrigeration to the main heat exchanger and to a condenser heat exchanger that provides reflux to the distillation column.

Disclosed are a system and method for reliquefaction of boil-off gas of a ship and a system and method for treating off-gas of a reliquefaction apparatus. The boil-off gas reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing boil-off gas generated from liquefied gas stored in an on-board storage tank; a heat exchanger cooling the boil-off gas compressed in the compressor; a refrigerant circulation line in which a refrigerant supplied to the heat exchanger circulates; a temperature raising line extending from the storage tank to the compressor; and a heater provided to the temperature raising line, wherein the heater heats the boil-off gas to a suitable input temperature of the compressor.

A hydrocarbon vapor capture and processing system is disclosed to reduce both carbon emissions and conventional pollution, while producing financial returns by turning waste vapors into high quality NGLs. In one embodiment, the hydrocarbon vapor is sent to a compressor for compression. Compressed vapor is then cooled via an air cooler, before being condensed by a refrigerator to form a liquid. The resulting two-phase flow is then separated into a dry gas stream and a liquid stream using a cyclonic separator. The dry gas stream may be transmitted as a light gas to sales line. The resulting liquid stream is passed to a stripping column to produce NGLs. The system offers great benefits to the environment and public health, by providing a technology that drastically cuts carbon emissions and noxious pollution, while incentivizing drillers to implement such measures through its ability to produce revenue.

A hydrogen boil-off gas recovery method, comprises liquefying hydrogen by cooling a hydrogen feed stream in a first cryogenic cold box, further cooling the hydrogen in a second cryogenic cold box, liquefying the hydrogen in the second cryogenic cold box or downstream thereof, providing liquefied hydrogen a loading bay containing at least one hydrogen transport truck, sending boil-off gas from at least one hydrogen transport truck in the loading bay to which liquefied hydrogen has been provided to an indirect heat exchanger outside the first and second cryogenic cold boxes in order to warm the boil-off gas and mixing at least part of the warmed boil-off gas with the hydrogen feed stream upstream of the first cryogenic cold box or with hydrogen in a hydrogen refrigeration cycle used to provide refrigeration for the second cryogenic cold box as a function of the pressure of the boil-off gas.