Natural gas fueled power plants are the leading electricity producers in Texas, USA. Recently, natural gas supply stations were unable to deliver natural gas to power plants due to major equipment failure caused by severe, inclement weather. This shortage of natural gas incited a vast number of power plant shutdowns which cut off the supply of power to millions of citizens resulting in billions of economic loss and dozens of fatalities.
This project proposal aims to mitigate this issue by reducing the reliance on natural gas pipelines by introducing an on-site NG liquefaction unit and storage facility. With the use of simulation software, Aspen HYSYS, a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with a liquefaction sub-system was designed and optimized in order to analyze the economical feasibility of the proposed NG liquefaction and storage facility.
