Efficient natural gas gasification supercharger

Abstract

The utility model discloses an efficient natural gas gasification supercharger. The supercharger is mainly composed of a shell, a supercharging unit and a gasification unit. The pressurization unit and the gasification unit are ingeniously arranged in the shell, so that the compactness of the whole equipment is ensured, and the operation efficiency of the equipment is greatly improved. The pressurization unit is the core part of the whole gasification pressurizer and is composed of at least one centrifugal compressor, and natural gas can be effectively heated and gasified by using the centrifugal compressor for primary pressurization and combining a shell and tube heat exchanger and a water bath type gasifier, so that the gasification efficiency is improved. A temperature sensor and a pressure sensor in the control system can monitor the temperature and pressure of natural gas in real time, it is ensured that the gasification process is conducted in the optimal state, and the stability and safety of the system are improved. And the energy consumption is reduced by the efficient gasification process.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of natural gas processing equipment, and specifically relates to a high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster. Background Art

[0002] In existing natural gas processing technologies, gasification and pressurization are two key steps, crucial for ensuring the efficient and safe use of natural gas in both industrial and civilian sectors. Traditional natural gas gasification and pressurization equipment typically consists of separate pressurization and gasification units. These units are often bulky, costly to install and maintain, and consume significant energy and are inefficient during operation. Furthermore, these devices lack automation and intelligence, and are unable to monitor and adjust operating parameters in real time, potentially leading to inefficiencies and safety risks in natural gas processing.

[0003] Existing boosting technologies mostly use piston or screw compressors. While these compressors can provide a certain boosting effect, they suffer from issues such as high operating noise, high maintenance costs, and wear. In the gasification unit, traditional heat exchanger and vaporizer designs are often inefficient, resulting in inadequate heat exchange and incomplete natural gas vaporization, impacting the performance and safety of the entire system. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the present utility model is to provide a high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a highly efficient natural gas gasification booster that not only offers excellent performance and reliability, but also features a compact design and high efficiency. The booster consists primarily of three main components: a housing, a boosting unit, and a gasification unit. These two components are strategically arranged within the housing, ensuring the overall compactness of the device while significantly improving its operating efficiency.

[0006] The boosting unit, the heart of the gasification booster, consists of at least one centrifugal compressor. Its primary task is to initially boost the incoming natural gas pressure, thus laying a solid foundation for the subsequent gasification process. This efficient boosting process significantly elevates the temperature and pressure of the natural gas, ensuring the efficient operation of the gasification unit.

[0007] The gasification unit is responsible for converting the pressurized natural gas into a more transportable and usable form. This process requires not only precise temperature and pressure control but also an efficient heat exchange system to ensure a stable and efficient gasification process. This design enables the entire gasification booster to efficiently process natural gas and meet the needs of various industrial applications.

[0008] The vaporization unit is a complex system consisting of at least one heat exchanger and at least one vaporizer. The heat exchanger utilizes a highly efficient shell-and-tube design, with multiple tube bundles housed within the shell. These bundles are fed with a heat medium to ensure that the natural gas is adequately heated as it passes through them. Natural gas inlets and outlets are located on the outside of the shell, ensuring a more efficient and organized heating process. This design not only improves heat exchange efficiency but also ensures that the natural gas receives sufficient heat as it passes through the heat exchanger.

[0009] The vaporizer utilizes a water bath design with a comprehensive internal water circulation system. This system effectively maintains the temperature within the vaporizer, ensuring that the natural gas reaches optimal conditions during the vaporization process. This design allows the vaporizer to operate under stable temperature conditions, thereby improving the efficiency and quality of natural gas vaporization. The vaporizer's structural design also prevents the natural gas from overheating or overcooling during the vaporization process, ensuring a stable supply of natural gas.

[0010] Overall, the gasification unit utilizes a highly efficient heat exchanger and advanced water-bath vaporizer design to ensure efficient and stable heating and vaporization of natural gas. This design not only improves the efficiency of natural gas utilization but also ensures its safety and reliability during use.

[0011] To further enhance the system's intelligence and automation, electromagnetic on-off valves are installed on the inlet and outlet pipes of the housing. These valves precisely control the flow of natural gas in and out of the housing, ensuring safe and stable operation. Furthermore, the booster and gasification units are electrically connected to a control system that includes temperature and pressure sensors. These sensors monitor the natural gas's temperature and pressure in real time, ensuring that the entire gasification and boosting process operates within optimal parameters, thereby improving both the efficiency and safety of natural gas use.

[0012] Specifically, electromagnetic on-off valves are designed to quickly shut off the natural gas supply in emergencies, preventing potential dangers. Through precise control, these valves enable fine-tuning of the natural gas flow rate, ensuring efficient system operation. Furthermore, the electrically connected control systems of the booster and gasification units acquire real-time temperature and pressure data. Through intelligent analysis and processing, they adjust system parameters to ensure optimal gasification and boosting conditions. The real-time monitoring capabilities of the temperature and pressure sensors not only enable timely detection of anomalies but also optimize the system's operational strategies through data analysis, further enhancing system stability and safety. These measures have significantly enhanced the system's intelligence and automation, effectively ensuring efficient and safe natural gas use.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that natural gas can be effectively heated and gasified by using a centrifugal compressor for preliminary pressurization and a combination of a shell and tube heat exchanger and a water bath vaporizer, thereby improving the gasification efficiency.

[0014] Temperature and pressure sensors in the control system monitor the temperature and pressure of natural gas in real time, ensuring the gasification process operates optimally and improving system stability and safety. This efficient gasification process reduces energy consumption. Furthermore, the increased efficiency reduces emissions of incompletely gasified natural gas, thereby reducing environmental pollution.

[0015] The booster unit and gasification unit are integrated into a single housing, reducing equipment footprint and facilitating installation and maintenance. The use of electromagnetic on-off valves enables automatic control of natural gas inflow and outflow, improving operational convenience and system automation.

[0016] The shell and tube heat exchanger design effectively utilizes the heat of the heat medium, improving heat exchange efficiency and reducing energy waste. The integrated control system allows real-time monitoring and adjustment of operating parameters, ensuring stable operation under various operating conditions and improving system reliability. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of the present utility model.

[0018] In the figure: 1. Shell; 2. Booster unit; 3. Vaporization unit; 3-1. Heat exchanger; 3-2. Vaporizer; 4. Tube bundle; 5. Solenoid on-off valve. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0020] See also Figure 1 This utility model provides a technical solution: a highly efficient natural gas gasification booster that not only offers excellent performance and reliability, but also features a compact design and high efficiency. The booster consists primarily of three main components: a housing 1, a boosting unit 2, and a gasification unit 3. These two components are strategically arranged within the housing 1, ensuring the overall compactness of the device while significantly improving its operational efficiency.

[0021] The boosting unit 2 is the core of the gasification booster, consisting of at least one centrifugal compressor. The primary task of these compressors 4 is to initially boost the incoming natural gas pressure, thus laying a solid foundation for the subsequent gasification process. This efficient boosting process significantly elevates the temperature and pressure of the natural gas, effectively ensuring the efficient operation of the gasification unit 3.

[0022] Gasification unit 3 is responsible for converting the pressurized natural gas into a more easily transportable and usable form. This process requires not only precise temperature and pressure control but also an efficient heat exchange system to ensure a stable and efficient gasification process. This design enables the entire gasification booster to efficiently process natural gas, meeting the needs of various industrial applications.

[0023] The gasification unit 3 is a complex system consisting of at least one heat exchanger 3-1 and at least one vaporizer 3-2. The heat exchanger 3-1 utilizes a highly efficient shell-and-tube design, with multiple tube bundles 4 housed within its shell. These bundles are filled with a heat medium to ensure that the natural gas is adequately heated as it passes through them. The outer surface of the shell houses the natural gas inlet and outlet, making the heating process more efficient and organized. This design not only improves heat exchange efficiency but also ensures that the natural gas receives sufficient heat as it passes through the heat exchanger.

[0024] Vaporizer 3-2 utilizes a water bath design with a comprehensive internal water circulation system. This system effectively maintains the temperature within the vaporizer, ensuring that the natural gas reaches optimal conditions during the vaporization process. This design allows the vaporizer to operate under stable temperature conditions, thereby improving the efficiency and quality of natural gas vaporization. The vaporizer's structural design also prevents the natural gas from overheating or overcooling during the vaporization process, ensuring a stable supply of natural gas.

[0025] In summary, the design of the vaporization unit 3, through its efficient heat exchanger 3-1 and advanced water-bath vaporizer 3-2, ensures efficient and stable heating and vaporization of natural gas. This design not only improves the efficiency of natural gas utilization but also ensures its safety and reliability during use.

[0026] To further enhance the system's intelligence and automation, electromagnetic on-off valves 5 are installed on both the inlet and outlet pipes of the housing 1. These valves precisely control the flow of natural gas in and out of the housing 1, ensuring safe and stable operation of the system. Furthermore, both the boosting unit 2 and the gasification unit 3 are electrically connected to a control system that includes temperature and pressure sensors. These sensors monitor the natural gas's temperature and pressure in real time, ensuring that the entire gasification and boosting process operates within optimal parameters, thereby improving the efficiency and safety of natural gas use.

[0027] Specifically, the electromagnetic on-off valve 5 is designed to quickly shut off the natural gas supply in the event of an emergency, preventing potential danger. Through precise control, these valves enable fine-tuning of the natural gas flow rate, ensuring efficient system operation. Simultaneously, the electrically connected control system for the booster unit 2 and gasification unit 3 acquires temperature and pressure data in real time. Through intelligent analysis and processing, it promptly adjusts system parameters to ensure optimal gasification and boosting of natural gas. The real-time monitoring capabilities of the temperature and pressure sensors not only enable timely detection of anomalies but also optimize the system's operational strategy through data analysis, further enhancing system stability and safety. These measures have significantly enhanced the system's intelligence and automation, effectively ensuring the efficient and safe use of natural gas.

[0028] Working Principle: During operation, natural gas first enters booster unit 2 through the intake pipe of housing 1. Within booster unit 2, at least one centrifugal compressor initially boosts the natural gas. The boosted natural gas then enters gasification unit 3, where it first passes through heat exchanger 3-1.

[0029] In heat exchanger 3-1, the pressurized natural gas is heated by the heat medium within the shell-and-tube heat exchanger. The heat exchanger's shell houses multiple tube bundles 4, with the heat medium flowing within the bundles and the natural gas flowing outside. Heat exchange occurs through the natural gas inlet and outlet on the outside of the heat exchanger's shell. The heated natural gas then enters vaporizer 3-2, where it is further vaporized in a water bath. A water circulation system maintains the internal temperature and ensures complete vaporization of the natural gas.

[0030] The control system controls the flow of natural gas into and out of casing 1 via electromagnetic on / off valve 5. Temperature and pressure sensors monitor the natural gas's temperature and pressure to ensure stability and safety throughout the gasification and pressurization process. These sensors feed back the data to the control system, which then adjusts the operating status of the centrifugal compressor and the temperature of the heat medium in heat exchanger 3-1 to achieve optimal gasification and pressurization.

[0031] Finally, the pressurized and gasified natural gas is output through the gas outlet pipeline of the housing 1 for subsequent use or transportation.

[0032] In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "connected," and "fixed" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, they may refer to fixed connection, detachable connection, or integration; mechanical connection or electrical connection; direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and internal communication between two components or interaction between two components. Those skilled in the art will understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention based on specific circumstances.

[0033] The standard parts used in the present invention can all be purchased from the market, and special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description in the specification and the drawings. The specific connection methods of each part adopt conventional means such as mature bolts, rivets, welding, etc. in the existing technology. The machinery, parts and equipment all adopt conventional models in the existing technology, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection method in the existing technology, which will not be described in detail here.

[0034] While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A highly efficient natural gas gasification booster, characterized by: It comprises a housing (1), a pressurizing unit (2) and a gasification unit (3); The boosting unit (2) and the gasification unit (3) are provided inside the housing (1); The boosting unit (2) comprises at least one centrifugal compressor for initially boosting the natural gas; The gasification unit (3) comprises at least one heat exchanger (3-1) and at least one gasifier (3-2), wherein the heat exchanger (3-1) is used to heat the pressurized natural gas, and the gasifier (3-2) is used to further gasify the heated natural gas.

2. The high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster according to claim 1, characterized in that: Electromagnetic on-off valves (5) are provided on the gas inlet and outlet pipes of the housing (1) to control the on-off of natural gas in and out of the housing (1).

3. The high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster according to claim 1, characterized in that: The heat exchanger (3-1) is a shell and tube heat exchanger, wherein a plurality of tube bundles (4) are provided in the shell, a heat medium flows through the tube bundles (4), and a natural gas inlet and outlet are provided on the outside of the shell.

4. The high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster according to claim 1, characterized in that: The vaporizer (3-2) is a water bath type vaporizer, which is provided with a water circulation system for maintaining the temperature inside the vaporizer.

5. The high-efficiency natural gas gasification booster according to claim 1, characterized in that: The boosting unit (2) and the gasification unit (3) are both electrically connected to a control system, wherein the control system comprises a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor, wherein the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor are used to detect the temperature and pressure of the natural gas, respectively.

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