Theme #1 Optimising Natural Gas Processing & LNG Production
Optimisation of LNG process plant to improve facilities design and operation, increasing production capacity and reducing downtime and operating costs.
Microscale LNG Facility for R&D
There is currently no open LNG plant facility dedicated to research and training available anywhere in the world; any ‘live’ training is only done on operating plants with sufficiently experienced personnel and any research facilities are proprietary and closed. This project will establish a pilot-scale LNG research facility and complete, at least, the detailed engineering…
More InfoPVT Measurements & Modelling for LNG
This project derives from the outcomes of previous ARC Linkage projects between Chevron and Profs May and Johns. Models developed and data produced5 in these two Linkage projects will be tested in purpose-built bench-scale operations of key LNG facilities (scrub column and main cryogenic heat exchanger). Bench-scale scrub columns, with both trays and packed internals,…
More InfoMulti-phase Flow & Boil Off Rates in Offshore LNG Production Systems
Two important challenges in FLNG operations are: (1) the effect of complex undulations caused by ocean swells and tilt on the operation and performance of process equipment (these effects will become more severe for FLNG vessels smaller than Prelude); and (2) reliable predictions of LNG boil-off in sloshing cryogenic storage tanks (boil-off can be a…
More InfoNovel Sensors for Smart Production
The quality of process measurement data from both plants and laboratories is fundamentally limited by the need to physically sample the process fluids. This limit can be overcome by conducting in-situ measurements of the fluid compositions through advanced spectroscopy. Integrating with Project PVT Measurements & Modelling for LNG , in situ Raman will be used…
More InfoLNG Plant Layout Optimisation
Cost estimates of a process plant’s piping show it makes up 25% of capital cost and 40% of detailed engineering cost. Facility layout can be designed to minimise piping length to reduce both these costs and operational cost of piping maintenance. However, mathematical formulations for layout optimisation typically minimise distances between equipment rather than actual…
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