System and method for unloading compressed natural gas

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9784411
APP PUB NO 20160290563A1
SERIAL NO

14677725

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A system and method for unloading highly pressurized compressed natural gas from transport vessels by depressurizing the gas through flow lines linking a series of automated flow control valves that lower the gas pressure to a predetermined level, the valves being linked in series with and separated by heat exchangers in which the lower pressure gas flowing through the system is also reheated to a predetermined temperature by a heat exchange medium recirculation system in which the heat exchange medium is reheated by a heat source that can be internal to the system. The use of a minor portion of the depressurized and reheated gas as fuel gas to reheat the heat exchange medium is also disclosed. The subject system can be skid-mounted if desired.

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DIGGINS DAVID ANot Provided

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Diggins, David A Midland, US 6 269

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