ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,773, issued on Feb. 3.
"Liquified natural gas processing cold box with internal refrigerant storage" was invented by Brian Frankie (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for processing liquified natural gas can include: a natural gas feed; a cold box; one or more natural gas cooling components; and a storage tank configured to store a refrigerant, wherein the one or more natural gas cooling components and the storage tank are located within the cold box. The cold box can be a methane cold box and the refrigerant can be propane, ethane, or ethylene. The system can also include a propane refrigerant cycle and/or a...