Natural Gas/Hydrogen Liquefaction Processes and Refrigerating System
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel, and hydrogen is a key energy for the green energy transition. Liquefaction is a necessary storage and transportation method for natural gas/hydrogen. However, this is a complex and energy-intensive industrial process, and the high energy consumption of hydrogen has become a major obstacle for large-scale applications.
Therefore, the refrigeration and liquefaction of natural gas/hydrogen are the most important issues determining the energy efficiency and overall economy in the LNG and liquid hydrogen field. Research on the liquefaction processes of natural gas/hydrogen is very significant for reducing specific energy consumption (SEC) and improving the technology needed in this industry.
This Special Issue on “Natural Gas/Hydrogen Liquefaction Processes and Refrigerating System” aims to cover recent advances in this field, and the topics of interest for it include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Novel natural gas/hydrogen liquefaction process;
- Modification and optimization of natural gas/hydrogen liquefaction process;
- Integrated liquefaction process of natural gas and hydrogen;
- Operation simulation of the liquefaction process of natural gas/hydrogen;
- Control strategy for the natural gas/hydrogen liquefaction process;
- Ortho-para hydrogen conversion;
- Integrated application of different energies in the natural gas/hydrogen liquefaction process;
- Integrated process and energy utilization optimization of hydrogen liquefaction and hydrogen production.
I hope you consider participating in this Special Issue.
Dr. Heng Sun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquefaction process
- specific energy consumption
- natural gas
- hydrogen
- ortho-para hydrogen conversion
- operation simulation
- process optimization
- control strategy
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