Equipment and Solutions

NATURAL GAS AND SMALL SCALE LIQUEFACTION APPLICATIONS

 THE CRYOSTAR GROUP
CRYOSTAR is a cryogenic equipment manufacturer with more than 600 em-
ployees including 150 engineers. With its headquarters located in France, SAFETY AND STANDARDS
the company operates five production sites and is present worldwide Safety is an integral part of CRYOSTAR’s management and manu-
facturing commitments. For each new development or project, the
through eight business centers and 16 business partners. company performs a risk analysis using approved techniques such
as HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) and FMEA (Failure Mode and Ef-
Founded in 1966 the company has over 40 years experience fects Analysis). CRYOSTAR’s equipment and solutions comply with
most stringent machine and safety regulations such as the Pressure
with LNG and has become the world leader for boil off Equipment Directive 97/23/CE (Module H and H1) and ATEX.
gas compressors and on-board liquefaction units for
LNG carriers. The company has delivered thousands
of cryogenic pumps for liquid hydrocarbon applica-
tions (including methane, ethylene, ethane, etc.)

CRYOSTAR’s engineers continuously innovate with pat-

ented solutions for various applications throughout the
LNG supply chain such as small scale liquefaction, LNG
transportation, LNG/LCNG vehicle refueling stations and
LNG bunkering.

FACTORY AND ON-SITE ACCEPTANCE TESTS

CRYOSTAR’s headquarters host the world’s largest and most so-
phisticated liquid nitrogen test facility for cryogenic pumps as well
as three test facilities dedicated to turbines. CRYOSTAR engineers
subject each pump and turbine to a performance test prior to ship-
CRYOSTAR United Kingdom
ment, offering customers guaranteed performance. CRYOSTAR
CRYOSTAR France provides commissioning, start-up and support for onsite perfor-
mance testing for liquefaction plants and refueling stations.
CRYOSTAR Automation

QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT

CRYOSTAR USA East
CRYOSTAR USA West
CRYOSTAR is ISO 9001-2008 certified. To structure its environmen-
CRYOSTAR China
CRYOSTAR Houston CRYOSTAR India
tal approach, CRYOSTAR has used the ISO 14001 standard to set up
all the organizational and operational processes necessary for an
aspiring Environmentally Responsible company. In parallel, CRYO-
CRYOSTAR Singapore
STAR has applied this approach to Health and Safety through the
CRYOSTAR Brazil OHSAS 18001 standard. ISO 9001-2008/ ISO 14001-2004 / OHSAS
18001-2007 quality assurance system.

CRYOSTAR BUSINESS CENTRES

GLOBAL CRYOSTAR

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 EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR LNG AND LBG

Fleet LNG Station Digester

City
Landfill

LNG Bunkering Station Small Town

CSM
CBM

Small Scale Liquefaction Small Scale Liquefaction

Satelite LNG Plant

Industry

Peak Shaving Plant Pressure Let Down Station Truck Stop LNG
refuelling station

LCNG / LNG Station

Gas Pipeline

LNG Trailer

LNG Feeder

LNG Receiving Terminal Ferry

LNG Bunkering Barge

LNG Floating Storage

LNG Carrier and Regasification Unit

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 CRYOSTAR StarLiteLNG™ from the LINDE StarLNG™ family
At CRYOSTAR, we have the requisite operational and industrial experience to have a global understand-
ing of your challenges in monetizing natural gas. Based on your specific environment and objectives, we
create flexible solutions based on our wide portfolio of natural gas liquefaction technology, “StarLite LNG TM.”

StarLNGTM, StarLNGLTM, LIMUM®

are a trademark of The Linde Group.
StarLite LNGTM is a trademark of CRYOSTAR.
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 EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR LNG AND LBG

Hands-on experience with small to mid-scale plants with StarLNG™

SMALL-SCALE MID-SCALE
 

120 tpd 900 tpd

(~70,000 gpd) (~530,000 gpd)

Bergen, NORWAY Stavanger, NORWAY

SMALL-SCALE SMALL-SCALE
 

21 tpd 175 tpd

(~12,000 gpd) (~100,000 gpd)

Altamont, USA Kwinana, AUSTRALIA

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 CRYOSTAR’s first liquefaction units: Boil-off gas systems on LNG carriers
Capacity ~7 tonnes per hour (turn down ratio ~30%),
Following an extensive development program CRYOSTAR’s Ecorel process was selected for installation
on the world’s largest LNG carriers Q-Max to the Qatar Gas Transport Company.
The capacity of these vessels, 266’000 m3, exceeds by far all that of all other LNG vessels ever built
More than 150,000 hours of combined operation (100 to 120 journeys)
2 x 14 units on Q-Max LNG carriers. In operation since 2008, 187 tpd
2 x 4 units to MOL for PNG LNG project, operational from 2015

N2
BOG Cold BOG
Compressor
Warm BOG
Condensate
BOG
BOG Desuperheater
Intercooler
N2 Counter Current
Exchanger N2 Inter &
After coolers
BOG
Condenser

N2 Compander

A Q-Max LNG carrier with

266’000 m3 of LNG cargo
capacity, arrives in the UK
Tank 5 Tank 4 Tank 3 Tank 2 Tank 1 to unload its cargo.

IMAGE QatarGas
Process flow diagram for boil off gas re-liquefaction onboard tankers

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StarLiteLNG™ - small scale liquefaction system

Based on its experience with the boil off gas re-liquefaction systems onboard LNG carriers, CRYOSTAR developed and now offers, through its
StarLiteLNG™ family product, small scale LNG or LBG plants for onshore natural gas or biogas liquefaction applications with capacity from 20 to 200
tonnes per day (17 to 124 k GPD).

CRYOSTAR focuses on a skid-mounted liquefaction unit. For additional packages such as gas treatment, polishing and balance of plant, we offer a
solution in collaboration with customers and our network of partners.

Power Solvent
Power Solvent
Generation Regeneration Refrigeration Utility systems
LNG block Generation Regeneration Refrigeration Utility systems
diagram
from pipeline,
Feed Gas LNG truck
stranded gas,
FeedFeed
Gas Gas System
Gas Treatment Liquefaction LNGLBG Storage
truck loading station
Feed
and Gas
coal System
Gas Treatment Liquefaction LBG Storage
loading station
beds / coal
mines
BOG Handling
BOG Handling

CO2 CO2 Dryer & CO2 LCO2 LCO2 truck

CO2 CO2 Dryer
Compression
& CO
Purification
2 Liquefaction
LCO 2 Storage
LCO2 truck loading station
Compression Purification Liquefaction Storage loading station

Power Solvent Refrigeration Utility systems

Power Solvent
Generation Regeneration LBG/LCO2
Refrigeration Utility systems block
Generation Regeneration
diagram from
Feed Gas biogas,
LBG truck
Feed BioGas
Gas System
Gas Treatment Liquefaction LBGLBG Storage
truck renewable
loading station
BioGas System
Gas Treatment Liquefaction LBG Storage loading station sources

BOG Handling
BOG Handling

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 StarLiteLNG™ toolbox
The idea of StarLiteLNG™ is to standardize and optimize a small scale LNG system from 20 to 200
tonnes per day (17 to 124 k GPD) based on a wide set of process variations. The toolbox is designed to cover
about 90% of real-life boundary conditions, with the following major benefits:

SAFE SIMPLE

FINANCEABLE ECONOMICAL

FLEXIBLE INNOVATIVE
RELIABLE

SAFE
No flammable or toxic refrigerant storage for simpler regulatory compliance SIMPLE
and less time to LNG production. A straightforward process control based on a single turbomachine (compander)
in the refrigeration system. Automatic load control in a range of ambient con-
FINANCEABLE ditions, gas compositions, pressures and tempera­tures.
CRYOSTAR has produced cryogenic machinery for 40 years and has a strong
parent company with investment grade credit rating. ECONOMICAL
High efficiency expansion and compression processes minimizes power con-
FLEXIBLE sumption. Lowest equipment count minimizes installation and maintenance
Turn down to 30% of design volume as required, for instance to avoid high expenses.
demand charges from utilities.
INNOVATIVE
RELIABLE CRYOSTAR continuously improves its product offering through strong
Highest in-house content thanks to complete engineering, manufacturing and R&D investment and by leveraging the knowledge of its parent company.
commissioning of the liquefaction module, including core components. Wide StarLiteLNG TM products portfolio is the latest extension of the Linde StarLNG TM
range of services including global maintenance facilities near our customers. family of liquefiers.

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 EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR LNG AND LBG

StarLiteLNG™ liquefier models and Nitrogen process toolbox

Simple, robust and easy-to-operate process with a nitrogen reverse Brayton closed loop, based on CRYOSTAR and Linde‘s proven technology and equipment.

SPECIFIC POWER
LIQUEFIERS HEAT LIQUEFIER FOOT PRINT
CAPACITY CONSUMPTION
MODEL EXCHANGER w/o Air coolers
at 100% capacity

TPD, metric (1) K GPD (2) Number Configuration kWh/kg (1) m ft

XS 28 17 2 2 skids 1,1 30 x 15 100 x 50

S 50 31 1 cold box 1,0 20 x 15 65 x 50

M 88 54 1 cold box 0,8 20 x 15 65 x 50

L 125 76 1 cold box 0,7 20 x 15 65 x 50

XL 200 124 1 cold box 0,6 20 x 15 65 x 50

(1) Varies with project specifics (2) Thousands of US gallons per day

Feed Gas Cold Box

Feed Gas

Cooler Module Heat Cooler Module

Exchanger
Module Heat
Exchanger
Module

E E
LNG LNG
Compander Module Compander Module

Process diagram for XS liquefier Process diagram for S,M,L,XL liquefier

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 StarLiteLNG™ liquefier models and Nitrogen process toolbox

Single stage N2 process with compander Dual stage N2 process with compander + JT valve

Feed Gas Feed Gas

LNG E

LNG

40 20

20 0

0 -20
Hot composite Hot composite
-20 -40
TEMPERATURE °C

TEMPERATURE °C
-40 -60
Cold composite Cold composite
-60 -80

-80 -100

-100 -120

-120 -140

-140 -160

-160 -180
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000

HEAT FLOW KW HEAT FLOW KW

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StarLiteLNG™ plant overview

• Pre-engineered process solutions and a modularized design approach to accomplish shortest delivery time with minimum on-site construction.
• Applying toolbox approach to ease plant customization while maintaining the benefits of standardization.

CONTENT OF TOOLBOX
Set of generic documents prepared and validated
for the base case including :

« BASIS OF DESIGN
Outdoor
concept and « PFD

3D overview, « PROCESS DESCRIPTION

for model XS « PID AT PRELIMINARY STEP

« SAFETY CONCEPT REQUIREMENT

« WINTERIZATION CONCEPT

« PLOT PLAN

« 3D MODEL

« MODULARIZATION DESIGN

« MTO STEEL STRUCTURE

Winterization « MTO PIPING

concept and « EQUIPMENT LIST

3D overview, « VALVE / INSTRUMENTATION LIST
for model L
« OPTIMIZED PLANT LAYOUT CONCEPT + COLDBOX

« CONCEPTUAL HAZID

« MASTER PROJECT SCHEDULE

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 StarLiteLNG™ compander machine
A compander is a combined expander and compressor in a single, integrally-geared machine installed
in the refrigerant cycle. CRYOSTAR built the first compander in 1996.

3 compression and 1 expansion stages mounted on

« a common motor driven speed increasing gearbox.

Expander power is recovered and reduces drive motor
consumption.

Lube oil and seal gas system

« (25 to 45 Nm3/h of N2 consumption)

« Motor with medium voltage requirement

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
« 2 days per year and 14 days every 35,000
operating hours (4-5 years)
Compander with water cooling system for marine applications

Coupling Guard Compressor Stage 2

Motor

Gearbox

Compressor Stage 1
Junction Box

Expander
Base Frame
Compressor Stage 3

12 Compander during final test in CRYOSTAR test bench hall

 EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR LNG AND LBG
PEAK SHAVING SYSTEMS
Truck loading station and equipment
The peak shaving system allows being injected into the grid.
natural gas to be stored and As part of our LNG systems port-
supplied on demand in case of folio, CRYOSTAR offers trail-
increasing gas consumption, or er unloading pumps, booster
gas supply outages from the pumps, reciprocating high pres-
natural gas grid. sure pumps, as well as complete
PLC controls solutions and cryo-
These systems usually require genic process consultancy to
very high flows, as well as me- meet customers’ requirements
dium to high pressure. in terms of plant performance
Once the LNG is pressurized, it and reliability.
is sent to the vaporizers before

LOADING AND OFFLOADING SOLUTIONS

Skidded unit Interface panel Metering skid

« « CRYOSTAR centrifugal «« Control box with start/stop «« Coriolis technology based
pump with external or buttons, lights, pressure on flow management
submerged motor and level indicators «« Weights and Measures ap-
«« ATEX skid with piping, «« Automatic management proval option available
valves, instrumentation of trailer offload process «« Measurement of loading
and safety devices which ensures higher safety and gas return flows
«« ATEX control panel «« Accessibility to the trailer
«« Manual or full automatic flexible hose outside of the
execution equipment area
«« Possibility to have a wired
connection with trailer for
higher safety

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 LNG / LCNG refueling stations

CRYOSTAR
equipment in
Rolande LNG
station, Tilburg
(The Netherlands)

CRYOSTAR dispenser 2.0

LNG
STORAGE TANK

LNG
STORAGE TANK

Boil off gas

managment system

HIGH PRESSURE
LIN
VAPORIZER
« On the fly »
LIN ASSIST saturation system
CONTROL PANEL ELECTRICAL LNG DISPENSER
BUFFER PANEL (safe area) CONTROL PANEL
RECIPROCATING CNG DISPENSER
PUMP HEATER
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LOADING
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14 Liquid to Compressed Natural Gas ‘’LCNG’’ refueling stations Liquid Natural

LiquifiedGas « LNGGas
Natural » refueling stations stations
“LNG” refueling
 EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR LNG AND LBG

Turbo expander/compressor for cold production in LNG processes

Turbo expander with compressor mounted on a common shaft with a large range of cold pro-
duction, pressure and flows are available from the TC120, ~ 50 kw to the TC600 up to 8 MW.

Usual gases handled : air, nitrogen, or waste gas from air with high oxygen or with CO, CO2
(Sour) Natural Gas, H2 & CH4 mixtures, LNG, NGL, LPG.

CRYOSTAR designs all turbo expander packages to the strict industry and client requirements
for various process refrigeration cycles.

Today, CRYOSTAR’s installed base, including industrial gas machines, exceeds more than 1,200
turboexpanders located in more than 60 countries worldwide.

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CHINA
FRANCE
INDIA
SINGAPORE
UK
USA

For contact and address of CRYOSTAR

locations worldwide, please go to
www.cryostar.com/locations

www.cryostar.com

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