ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,421, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE (Nanterre, France).
"Method for producing liquefied natural gas from natural gas, and corresponding plant" was invented by Sylvain Vovard (Louveciennes, France) and Dominique Claude Jean Gadelle (Rueil Malmaison, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing an LNG from natural gas, comprising liquefaction of at least a first part of the natural gas in a first heat exchanger by heat exchange with a first mixed refrigerant fluid in a closed cycle, sub-cooling of liquefied natural gas in a second heat exchanger by heat exchange with a second refrigerant flui...