| 摘要 |
An apparatus and process for separating a feed liquefied natural gas containing at least methane and a hydrocarbon less volatile the methane, into a product natural gas enriched with methane and lean in hydrocarbon less volatile than methane and a heavier fraction lean in methane and enriched with hydrocarbon less volatile than methane. The process includes heating the feed liquefied natural gas in a heat exchanger, passing the heated fluid into a distillation column, withdrawing the heavier fraction from a bottom of the column, and withdrawing a residue gas from a top of the column. The process also includes liquefying at least part of the residue gas in the heat exchanger, refluxing a part of the liquid portion of the fluid obtained in the liquefying step into the column, and withdrawing, as the product natural gas, the remainder of the liquid portion.
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