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Chart Industries introduces new technology to process LNG
Chart Industries, Inc. announced the release of IPSMR®+ process technology, which builds upon the IPSMR® process. The additional features of the new product will further lower power consumption, plant emissions and plant cost per ton. Chart’s IPSMR®+ delivers industry leading project economics by producing more LNG while reducing plant capital cost.
In the new age of LNG modular midscale solutions, Chart’s IPSMR® process has been adopted by EPCs, Project Developers, and validated by both National and International Oil Companies. Specifically, IPSMR®, along with the industry-proven brazed aluminum heat exchangers, Core-in-Kettle® heat exchangers and Chart’s Hudson air cooled heat exchangers, will be utilized on multiple mid-scale export terminal projects.
The next generation of liquefaction technology IPSMR®+ builds on the Chart’s single mixed refrigerant design and adds a pre-cooling step. The IPSMR®+ process provides as much as 8% increased efficiency over IPSMR®. Chart’s less complicated method for pre-cooling IPSMR® requires approximately 25% less plot space than conventional pre-cooled liquefaction technologies, independent of which rotating equipment is utilized. In addition to broadening the mid-scale offering, with the additional efficiency, capacity and cost benefits, IPSMR®+ is an excellent choice for baseload LNG plants using multiple identical liquefaction trains.
“At our customers’ requests to continue developing innovative technology solutions using industry standard and proven equipment, Chart is offering IPSMR®+ which is an enhancement of our successful IPSMR® process technology. IPSMR®+ has been evaluated by two international oil companies who have compared our own process and other technologies and determined it continues to be the most efficient,” said Jill Evanko, Chart Industries’ CEO. “We are proud of our equipment and processes which serve a broad set of applications and can be customized to what works best for the operator and our partners in each project.”