NATURAL GAS EXPANSION PLANT.

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP93/03223 Sec. 371 Date May 16, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 16, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 17, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/11626 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994For expanding highly pressurized natural gas, use is made of a turbo generator (13) having a heat exchanger (12) connected at its upstream side. Heat supply to the heat exchanger (12) is performed by at least one block-type thermal power station (16) comprising a gas-fired internal combustion engine and a generator. The heat exchanger preheats the gas to be expanded before the gas is supplied to the turbo generator for expansion. Both the block-type thermal power station (16) and the turbo generator (13) generate electric energy which is fed into the power supply network (18).