The invention discloses a process for precooling, expanding and liquefying 
natural gas. The process includes (a), compressing 
nitrogen at two stages, then cooling the compressed 
nitrogen by the aid of coolers, and precooling the cooled compressed 
nitrogen in multi-
stream heat exchangers; (b), expanding the nitrogen by the aid of turbo expanders and filling 
backflow to heat exchangers; (c), secondarily expanding the nitrogen by the aid of the turbo expanders and sequentially filling 
backflow to the heat exchangers; (d), compressing and pressurizing 
propane by the aid of 
propane compressors; (e), enabling the pressurized 
propane to flow through water coolers; (f), performing cooling and depressurization to generate a 
gas phase and a 
liquid phase, filling the 
gas phase and the 
liquid phase into the multi-
stream heat exchangers and precooling the 
natural gas and high-pressure refrigerants by the aid of the multi-
stream heat exchangers; (g), cooling the 
natural gas by the heat exchangers at first; (h), depressurizing and cooling the cooled natural gas by the aid of 
throttle valves to generate a 
gas phase, and storing the remaining 
liquid phase in 
liquefied natural gas storage tanks; (i), filling the gas phase as 
backflow gas into the heat exchangers to provide 
cooling capacity for the heat exchangers, reheating the backflow gas and using the reheated backflow gas as regenerated gas for purifiers for pre-treating the natural gas. The process has the advantages that the natural gas can be quickly liquefied, and 
power consumption and the cost are low.