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LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION PLANT IN SPAIN.

LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION PLANT IN SPAIN./ INSTALLATION DE STOCKAGE ET DE DISTRIBUTION DE GAZ LIQUEFIES EN ESPAGNE.

Author(s) : MULLER A.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A BRIEF ARTICLE DESCRIBING A PLANT FOR COOLING, STORING AND DISTRIBUTING COMMERCIAL PROPANE, PROPYLENE AND COMMERCIAL BUTANE. ONE SUCH PLANT IN TARRAGONA PROVIDES A TOTAL REFRIGERATING CAPACITY OF 1,070 KW OPERATING ON R12. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BUTANE, WHICH IS STORED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, THE PROPANE AND PROPYLENE ARE FIRST COOLED TO 0 C AND THEN EXPANDED TO THE APPROPRIATE STORAGE PRESSURE. THE PROPANE WHICH IS DELIVERED AT 43 C IS PRECOOLED WITH A WATER-COOLED EXCHANGER IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE REFRIGERATION LOAD. THE REPORT ILLUSTRATES THE PLANT LAYOUT AND GIVES DETAILS ABOUT GAS STORAGE CAPACITIES, FLOW RATES, DELIVERY PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES, SAFETY PROVISIONS AND DESPATCHING FACILITIES BY PIPELINE OR ROAD TANKERS.

Details

  • Original title: LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION PLANT IN SPAIN./ INSTALLATION DE STOCKAGE ET DE DISTRIBUTION DE GAZ LIQUEFIES EN ESPAGNE.
  • Record ID : 1981-0249
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Rev. tech. Sulzer - Sulzer tech. Rev. - vol. 62 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1980
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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